after thoughts

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adjunct

  • Another song…

    There’s certain songs that resonate with people, I think.  Even if music is a foreign to the person… there’s always something.  Some tune, some lyric, that resounds in the mind during times of trouble or distress. Maybe it’s like the way a cat purrs when it’s injured.  The purring helps comfort the cat.  Maybe the songs help comfort us. What type Read more

  • Selfish Conversations…?

    Phone conversations are not my favorite.  Texting, writing, e-mails – sure.  I can write thoughts and feelings down, edit for clarity, and feel completely embarrassed that there are words I still cannot spell – but Spell Check can. Speaking is an uncouth cousin by comparison.  Once a word is said, it’s cannot be undone.  It Read more

  • Stability vs. Sanity

    Some fruit of my not-so-polite college inquiries has yielded fruit. I will be an online .. still adunct of course… of a Comp II course. Positives: –  Money –  Something to do –  Keeps the resume free of half a year work absences – I don’t have to drive in the snow, since it’s an online Read more

  • Oops! Let me Band-Aid that

    If you’re around me long enough, you’ll figure out that I pin a lot of stuff on culture – particularly how men and women are treated, raised, and referred to.  I know society isn’t to blame for all of our ills, it is a significant contributing factor that’s slow to change. Let’s start with some Read more

  • Doctors up today: Shrink (again.  Went yesterday – he’s on vacation next week, so going back today) Dietitian – I need to write the food journal thingy before I forget. Returning to work – adjuncting (is that a verb?) has been on my mind a lot for the past couple of days. I’ve started exchanging emails Read more