We’re trying to work out the schedule for our holiday in Canada, and we’ve reached a bit of a blockage. I know it’s my decision, but please humour me with some feedback here cause I’m going mental trying to work it out. Should I: Go to Regina (July 8-11) Hang out in Edmonton (July 12-16) [...]
I am riding the bus to the train station. It is friday afternoon, and the bus is busy. I am nearly late, I have shopping bags hanging off every arm and a heavy backpack. My mobile rings. It is elicia, saying that she isn’t going to make it down to visit on the weekend. It’s [...]
The busiest part of the summer is fast approaching, and now that the wedding (and our anniversary) is past the momentum is really starting to pick up. I’ve got another day and a half at work and a shopping list as long as my arm, then it’s back on the train down to Cork to [...]
An entertaining vocabulary test for those of us who enjoy words that nobody else understands. Also, check out the list of top scorers. Some of the descriptions of the people are priceless, such as Alan Crooke (maker of bilingual palindromes and rhymed double acrostic sonnets). He scored 188. I scored 148. The guy who created [...]
Our friends are getting married next week, and so I went out to the shops in search of a dress to wear. My criteria were simple, or so I thought. 1. Fits well 2. Classic style (ie: I’ll wear it again sometime) 3. Not White 4. Not Black 5. Comfortable and summery I went out [...]
Dream Research “Solms argues that dreams are a key to bringing psychoanalysis, effectively the study of the subjective experience of the brain, closer to neuroscience, the objective and more scientific counterpart.” The interesting thing here is how they relate the current work back to Freud’s original idea of dreams as wish fulfillment. I remember taking [...]
I am walking into a cathedral. The thick, heavy stone walls are cool and dark and there are pillars here and there in the great hall to hold up all the weight. The ceiling seems low, and the space is dark. I am here as a tourist, but as I walk into this room I [...]
