There are times that I look at the world around me and wonder if my commitment to remaining moderate is in itself a radical way of life. Originally it wasn’t a life philosophy, just a bit of Bible verse ‘do all things in moderation’ but the older I get, and the more I see the… Read More Being Moderate
The Junior Mad Scientist had a problem this morning. We all wound up discussing it for ten minutes. A pool of philosophy in the whirlwind of morning routine. Mornings at the Nut House are a bit chaotic, I will readily admit. One kid is being chivvied through dressing, packing lunch, and take a shower willya?… Read More The Elephant’s Fundament
Life doesn’t always have answers. Some of life’s greatest mysteries have been solved, yes, but many more have not. The human drive to seek out new knowledge, find answers, and lay to rest false ideas is a grand one. It’s a drive that will hopefully take us to the stars, and beyond. However, like any… Read More The Human Desire for Answers
When I was training for search and rescue, and as a First Responder, the thing they hammered over and over was to stop and assess the scene before you dove in to rescue the injured or lost. If you jumped in and got hurt or dead, then who was going to help? Humans have an… Read More First Things First
This blog is both a professional voice for me, and in many ways, a personal one. It’s a tightrope I walk: how much information is TMI? and how much is fine, because I live a very public life and have nothing to hide? Most of the time, the obscuring veil I pull across posts has… Read More Don’t Sorry I’m Sick
I have a beautiful son. I also have three wonderful daughters, but my advice to them was encapsulated in a different post. Sparked by recent events, I wanted to write down some mother-love for my boy. It’s a dangerous world out there. There are heroes, and villains, and all sorts of in-betweens, some of whom… Read More Equality and Fairness
I’m going to briefly leave three things that popped up on my radar in the last day or so. I’m having a busy, grumpy day, and while I may still do a post on one or the other of these – certainly will, in the case of the organic food report – but today you… Read More A trio of topics: Controversy
I was listening to a podcast, talking about the Emperor of Japan, and what he was warped into during the regime that took over following Commodore Perry’s contact with Japan that basically ripped them out of their somewhat self-inflicted seclusion and took them virtually overnight from a medieval world into the Industrial Revolutionary era. I’ve… Read More Unseen Regulation
Generally speaking, I’m pretty sure I’m Lawful Good. I was raised to be a good girl, and even now I follow rules and stay within laws as best I can – figuring, of course, that there are an awful lot of them and I don’t always know what they are. I’ve mentioned before, I think,… Read More Rulebreaker
I’m digging into research for a post, which I will probably put up tomorrow, and as I am, I’m contemplating something. I’m researching the possible toxic effects of a home remedy, because people I know and love are interested in taking the remedy to help them. I’m not at all opposed to the placebo effect… Read More Decent Human Beings
Part of my problem with blogging right now is I simply don’t know what to write about. Sure, there are big, pressing issues, like what has been happing in the SF convention world with John Ringo, Larry Correia, and a couple of years ago, Uncle Timmy. I’m honored to know all three men and have… Read More Bullies and Toadies
This is a cure that could kill, on more than one level. That it is careless, sensational, and downright dumb surprises me not at all, but then again… people will fall for it. People have fallen for it. it’s not medicine, but culturally we’ve built up a scorn for medicine and pharmaceuticals, and this is… Read More Curing the Fear of Werewolves