On social inneptness

(however that’s spelled)   Move house more than once as a kid? Have unregular mealtimes? and bedtimes? Live ‘out in the country’? Ever not have ‘the Thing’ eveyone had? Been homeschooled?   If you have artistic parents give yourself several bonus points.   I was witness to a remarkable discussion this lunchtime where any one […]

On CVs and other paperwork.

(I have finally made myself do my Ski-Training, so I can write again ;)) My life seems to be full of paperwork at the moment. I’d like to say I’m getting better at dealing with it, but I think that would be lying. It seems to create more problems and hassle per square inch than […]

On stubbornness

(please assume all references to ‘men’ mean people) Once upon a time there was a dirt road between 2 small villages. The villages were pretty and the fields inbetween were pretty too. A man stood in the middle of the road, between the 2 villages. He was admiring the view. Another man walked along the […]

On Power – of chocolate and of people (the lost and found version)

(I was just looking though my posts and found a draft version of Wednesday’s post. I thought it was competely gone, but apparently not. Here it is.) I don’t know why I give either as much power as I do. Yesterday wasn’t a particularly spectacular day. As well as losing my halo, I also lost […]

On Power – of chocolate and of people

Okay. I add ‘and of Mozilla’s moodswings’ to that. My post was pretty much finished and now it’s gone. The gist of it was that I am easily swayable by external factors: things, situations, people…and chocolate. That and the fact that I spend too much time and energy trying to placate people who make life […]