Life

Questions from Quora: Sterilize

How come people who don’t want children don’t get sterilized? Yes it’s their bodies and it’s up to them but why run the risk of getting pregnant if you “don’t want children”. I wonder if they’d feel the same if they couldn’t have children at all. That’s a great theory until you examine the facts.Continue reading “Questions from Quora: Sterilize”

“Obesity Crisis”?????

Repost from July 8, 2008, with a few revisions and additions. I hate the word obesity, to begin with, but who in their infinite wisdom has decided that fat people are in a crisis? Is it because they feel this is one group they can use guilt and fear as a means to control? AfterContinue reading ““Obesity Crisis”?????”

“Old People Sex”

I can’t do much these days, but I can speak out on social injustices, and I am. Racism, sexism, misogyny, gay rights, rape culture, fatphobia, ableism, and ageism. We have a long way to go, and at times it feels like two steps forward and one step back. But this idea that old people havingContinue reading ““Old People Sex””

Cinderella

MEANING:noun:1. One who deserves success or recognition, but instead suffers from neglect or obscurity.2. One who achieves sudden triumph or recognition, especially after a long period of neglect or obscurity. ETYMOLOGY:After Cinderella, the fairy-tale character who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters. With a little help from a fairy godmother, she attends a royalContinue reading “Cinderella”

Prompt: Animal

My very first thought when I saw this prompt was the song “Animal” by Def Leppard. But for actual animals, I’ve always enjoyed watching the shows on the Animal Planet TV channel. For years, I subscribed to National Geographic. Lately, I’ve been watching animal webcams, like the local Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle and Explore.

Turn the Page

It seems like my life is, and always has been, concerned with books. I’m either reading them, checking them out of the library, buying them on Amazon, reading free ebooks on various sites, writing books, publishing books (okay, so far it’s just been two, but it’s a start) or altering books. I’m not sure whatContinue reading “Turn the Page”

Pinboard Idea

I first saw this on Pinterest and tracked it back to a blog http://buttercupbungalow.blogspot.com/ and then to Pottery Barn Teens http://www.pbteen.com/ They call them Style Boards but PBTeen was closing them out, so even if I wanted to duplicate this idea, most of the elements are no longer available. I started thinking of all ofContinue reading “Pinboard Idea”

Movie Review: Pontiac Moon

I am watching a lot of old movies that I taped on VHS more than 20 years ago. Some I have seen, some I haven’t. Today I watched a movie that I hadn’t seen before: “Pontiac Moon” starring Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it turned out to beContinue reading “Movie Review: Pontiac Moon”

Questions from Quora: Got No Job

What should I do to make a living? I’m a male aged 27, got no job, and I have a kid. The kid stays with her mother and I stay at my parents’ home. How is it that you are 27 and you “got no” job? Do you mean you never have worked to supportContinue reading “Questions from Quora: Got No Job”