thinking thursday.
MIND Lessons about money I wish I had learned as a child. What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Let it be known throughout the land: “Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong.” BODY You have to scroll down far enough …
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MIND The undergirding factor is power. Please read this article about prejudice and racism. “Yet, the problem is not skin color, but systems that perpetrate evil against others and then justify that evil by blaming the victims. There is nothing wrong with the color black, brown or yellow. It is …
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Every Thursday, links to things I have found around the web that have made me think. MIND I am reading more this year than ever before. Hosting two book groups is one reason for it, but the other is a renewed sense that writers must read voraciously to improve their …
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MIND Really, it’s okay to say “autistic”: “There is continued across-the-board insistence that person-first is the only respectful way to refer to people with any disability. This is simply not true, despite it continuing to pop up in the curriculum and policies of most education, government and non-profit agencies. These …
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MIND Because Tess is so enamored of tiny things, tiny things catch my eye. Because Emma is a woman and a gamer, among other things, these stories catch my eye and sadden and infuriate me. Emma has long taught me about sexism in gaming. What a pathetic example of it. …
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MIND Actress Jean Stapleton died. She was truly a ditz with depth. Read this. BODY If you love coffee, you’re gonna LOVE this. On death as transformation. “Human death is becoming more and more divorced from nature. We pump our dead with polluting chemicals like formaldehyde, put them into airtight …
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MIND How to get a job. “They (employers) just want to know one thing: Can you add value?” Sounds to me like college is becoming increasingly irrelevant unless some changes are made either to the job market or the educational system. These are extraordinary visions by a 14-year-old. Or by an …
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mind Things I am afraid to do. To do. I am a big fan of mash-ups, translations from one form to another, one time to another, one art form to another: sampling of all kinds. So I loved this look at what Van Gogh’s famous self-portrait would look like as …
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mind Why are the arts the first things schools cut when budgets get tight? They should be the last. Girls need to read books about mighty girls. AND SO DO BOYS. I am trying to imagine what Tess’ sensory overload might be like for her. The author asks what it …
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mind Thanks to Pamela for sharing this article about Understanding Asperger’s. I recognized in reading this article about adults with Asperger’s, I am mostly concerned for Tess as an adult, certainly after John and I are no longer alive to be supports for her. How can we create those …
