I was going through some comments this evening when this statement made me consider if I should comment or blog. I focus on what women's problems are here, but there is another whole side to this thing which we don't often discuss here, and that is the passivity and cowardice of many men in the … Continue reading Trained cowards avoid the short bus.
Month: September 2013
Worry and repentence (witchcraft in the church)
Yesterday I was on a long road trip with son one, who is very attuned to what is going on in the world and the politics of this day, and worries about the future. He worries about his plans for next year. To which I made two comments: he should worry about next year a … Continue reading Worry and repentence (witchcraft in the church)
Power and corruption.
Last night I read Equoid by Charles Stross, which in part (of many) is a meditation on how to subvert security by subverting those in power. Charles is an acute observer, and he described these people thusly: Only Georgina carries on as if everything is normal, and she at least has had time to get … Continue reading Power and corruption.
Administrivia number two this month.
1. Theme is changed to Neuro 3 from Cyberchimps. It's got the same features as Eclipse two, but a black and white colour scheme. 2. Disqus remains off but comments evolved for wordpress (used to be google+) is on. This should allow you to post from facebook and twitter and wordpress and disqus. If you … Continue reading Administrivia number two this month.
Confessions of a Roundhead.
I have fun with others when it comes to genealogy. I'm adopted, and that family comes from the honest working class on one side, and failed gentry on the other. But my birth mother's family is in the lists of the Anglo-Irish. The family was founded by a certain Captain Eyre, who took an estate … Continue reading Confessions of a Roundhead.
Linking and shunning.
I'm not sure if I would use the same classification as SSM here. I'd talk about stigma or discrimination when you don't deserve it, and shunning when you do earn repugnance and rejection. And the two should not be conflated. Stigma comes in two flavors: Existential Stigma and Achieved Stigma. Existential Stigma: stigma deriving from … Continue reading Linking and shunning.
The tradosphere in one passage.
Some administrivia: I have added the google comments plugin which allows disqus people to comment. The raw commenting system was throwing people out for insecure tokens (which is annoying: it did it to me when I used my twitter account). Thanks to Will S and SSM for the feedback on comments over the last couple … Continue reading The tradosphere in one passage.
An experiment
There is a new site up in the pukeko domain -- Darkness Talks. It's a wordpress & impress mashup, primarily for putting slides up. At present the talks are limited to 20 slides, and I have to show videos as external links. Each presentation has to be on a separate page. As I give something … Continue reading An experiment
Discipline beats ideology.
Sometimes you look at scripture and you know you read last night the introduction. The Cappy wrote this yesterday. I'll say it again, because it's true, leftists tend to be less attractive because to be attractive means you have to work at it. You have to eat right, you have to work out, you have … Continue reading Discipline beats ideology.
Shun, don’t silence.
I took time off work yesterday. I found myself coughing and spluttering throughout a meeting, becoming grumpier (and getting a lower and lower blood sugar). This morning I woke with a soaked through T shirt. There is something going on: half the staff is away (and they should be: you should not see people when … Continue reading Shun, don’t silence.