The tolerance paradox – an off-the-cuff joint.
I’ve always believed in fairness and equality. I’m team little guy, and I always have the victim’s back. Excepting siblings, of course. Those relationships are more complicated. But as far back as I can remember, all the way back to kindergarten, what was fair and right has been important to me. Isn’t it funny how what we instinctively know as children often turns out to … Continue reading The tolerance paradox – an off-the-cuff joint.
No more non-essential shopping.
1 – Shopping abstinence I have too much stuff. Most of us do. It’s a requirement of this age. Think of our economies as Great White sharks. If they stop swimming, they die. Our version of capitalism runs the same way, for “swimming” substitute “buying. [1] I don’t love it. I don’t love the mountains of stuff that clutter my life. I don’t love the … Continue reading No more non-essential shopping.
Clavin strikes again – mosquitoes, radios, and psoriasis.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. My dad used to say that to me all the time, long before Dunning-Kruger and the internet became things. You haven’t learned enough about a thing to realize that you know little when you’re just starting. [1] We tend to think we know more than we do about things, and the more complicated the concept, the more people … Continue reading Clavin strikes again – mosquitoes, radios, and psoriasis.
Habits, bedspreads, and mattress pads.
Habits are a two-edged sword. They aren’t great if they keep us small, or cause distress. Much space is given to discussing the impacts of bad habits and the benefits of quitting them. Much space is given to writings about freeing oneself from their hold and its rut. Leaving harmful habits behind does improve one’s life – my only quitting smoking regret is that I … Continue reading Habits, bedspreads, and mattress pads.
From Famine to Feast. 