Why do we Write?

Everyone has a different reason to write. Some like stories, and can find a publisher to pay them to create. Others write briefs to persuade a court, or articles to sway a constituency, or columns to move or amuse casual readers. For some, it is an unburdening; a barely cloaked…

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The Changing Recipe of Pleasure Lesion Stew

We've all recited: "Eye pleasure legion stew the flag, an tooda republic for ..." with maybe a glimmering of what it meant. The ideas are too complex for the school age children to parse. It is a mantra intended to imprint kids so that later they don't question the ideas…

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Scary Optical Illusion

I really do enjoy good optical illusions.  I've previously linked to this site, Mighty Optical Illusions, where you can find hundreds of well-crafted illusions.  It's really worth a visit. Because it's Halloween, though, I decided to link to an illusion that involves something more--something terrifying (it startled me when I…

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The Great Discrimination Guessing Game!

A boss neglects to notice your achievements. A potential love interest snubs you. A stranger acts as though you do not exist. An acquaintance does not respect your opinion. Sometime, somewhere, someone has failed to treat you how you believe you deserve to be treated. But what, in that ego-crushing…

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