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Category: Ethics and Morals
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Guilt-Trapping
Abundance is a mixed blessing. In yesterday’s post about food, I talked about guilty eating, and how it is making us unhealthy in mind as well as body. But the cultural guilt goes much further than our dinner plates. We are tripped up by guilt at nearly every turn, from where we shop, to what…
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Home Executive: The Foundation
I promised that I would talk about why I have been writing this series, and the principles behind why I do what I do… But it’s not an easy thing for me to write about. For all that I probably look like I splay my life out here, for all to see, there’s a lot…
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Paradigms Lost- Guest Post
Welcome again Doug to my blog. He sent me a post, wondering if I would be interested, and I was. I’m not a political person, but it’s hard to avoid politics right now. I did vote – I always do – but not for either of the Big 2 candidates. That said, when Trump won,…
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State and Art
I shared a post a friend had made, one that I profoundly agree with, and it promptly got a comment from another friend who completely missed the point of it. The commenter’s assumption was that I object to paying for tax-funded art, or that I don’t want art created that I ‘don’t like.’ And a…
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Cold Hands
My hands are cold this morning. It’s a bit distracting, to be honest. I know how to warm them up – several ways, actually, ranging from taking a brisk walk to washing the dishes. For some reason, though, cold hands keep me from writing easily. I don’t have problems with my joints, it’s just… cold…
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Heigh ho, Heigh Ho
Oh, wait, wrong dwarves. I woke up this morning to my mother having shared this medley of Tolkein songs, performed acapella, and, well, it’s fun! But before that, my husband invited me to sit outside in the pre-dawn dark with him. Ohio being Ohio, it’s currently in the mid-60s, rainy, and positively balmy out there.…
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Trust and Misgivings
I just got home from voting. For the first time in my adult memory, I’m not wearing my sticker. I have mixed feelings about today. I’m not political. I work hard at that, sometimes. It’s so tempting.. but then I look up, from the local folks who are trying to keep the town we live…
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Ethical Programming?
Written by Sanford Begley The murder of five police officers and the wounding of nine others was ended through use of a remote bomb detonation device erroneously called a robot by the mainstream media. Drone would have been a much more accurate word, but we must allow for the lack of knowledge and intelligence among…
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Spams, Scam, Bologna, and other Fried Emails
So this post has nothing to do with food. Just sayin’ so you know before you keep reading and don’t find a recipe. But if you are curious about spammy emails and how to spot them, read on. If you’re familiar with this blog and my philosophy, you know that I consider myself a content…
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Theft of an Original Idea
I helped someone steal my idea this weekend. I could have walked away and been rude when she started asking questions, but I was proud of my work and showing it off. I did tell her that I’d be publishing a tutorial of the design so others would be able to buy it and make…
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Honor in an Orwellian World
Written by Sanford Begley Originally published at the Otherwhere Gazette in March 2015 Most SF fans believe in honor. How can you read stories about heroes and not? I think we all believe we are honorable, I know I do. We can’t be certain though, we all fall short of our ideals, all we can…
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The Hooky Trap
“I don’t wanna go to work.” “And I don’t want to go to school.” “I don’t want to go to school either. Let’s play hooky.” And then he put on his coat and kissed me, before walking out the front door to his car, and off to work. I sighed, turned around, and picked up…