life

Mulberries are out from gizzard 594 days old

My mulberry tree is no more. It was so small that last autumn my father mowed the lawn and didn't see it. How sad is that. I still would like that global ...

Orthography from gizzard 594 days old

"Orthography is the science of the dunce" - when I was growing up in France that was one of these sayings. I was very good at orthography (and grammar ...

Being random from gizzard 594 days old

Remember Big Brother, any series? Participants compete as to who is the most "genuine". "Genuine" seems to mean to react and speak without thinking first ...

Global warming please come back from gizzard 887 days old

Where is global warming? Is it gone or what? Ok today is a bit better, but still only high 10s and it's June. May was just horrible and COLD. That's ...

Intelligence again from gizzard 887 days old

I am coming to the conclusion that intelligence is mostly irrelevant in life. Or maybe intelligence on its own. Even if you do something pretty clever, ...

Various rants from gizzard 887 days old

Today is rant day, I've got a few to share: - Microwave ovens - why ON THIS EARTH do they have to beep every nn seconds after having finished heating ...

Follow-up on intelligence question from gizzard 889 days old

[ ... ] my life and make things happen. And I want to do that, move on from being pretty much a pure fatalist. But I haven't found the will yet. It's ...

Giving it a try from gizzard 890 days old

[ ... ] real life this definition doesn't seem to hold. I don't know. Contrary to what I had always assumed intelligence and success (professional, ...