But I use spell-checker!
I’ve heard that often from people who believe that a spell check is enough to render their writing faultless. Firstly, the spell check only catches… Læs mere »But I use spell-checker!
books
Waving the feminist flag again
Knowing how it upsets quite a few of my male readers I just can’t help myself. It’s Ada Lovelace day today, so we’re celebrating women… Læs mere »Waving the feminist flag again
Brain waves
In the car today, my youngest son (8) demanded an explanation of the word “depression”. Not sure where he’d picked it up – maybe he… Læs mere »Brain waves
Good taste
I read about a website and a book called Stuff White People Like in the Sunday Times. It both fascinated and irritated me and I… Læs mere »Good taste
Like walking in water
is what my intellectual life has felt like lately. I’ve read a lot of very inspiring stuff but felt completely incapable of commenting on it… Læs mere »Like walking in water
I love this woman
Her name is Lenore and she’s a New Yorker. Some time ago she wrote a small article in a relatively obscure paper which inadvertently changed… Læs mere »I love this woman
Is less always more or only sometimes?
Together with a lot of other Twitterers, I’ve enjoyed this article in the New York Times. It’s written by the clearly renowned writer Pico Iyer,… Læs mere »Is less always more or only sometimes?
Religious zeal – or what's worse
Politics: An interview with Hanif Kureishi about what has happened to the world since the fatwa against Salman Rushdie‘s The Satanic Verses. It’s very interesting… Læs mere »Religious zeal – or what's worse
A Film Meme
I’ve been tagged by my friend Gabs. She’s a real film buff and we used to go to the cinema together at least once every… Læs mere »A Film Meme
Is feminism dead? Did we win?
Somehow I’m always trailing behind a bit. Yesterday was the International Women’s Day and I didn’t do a single feminist thing all day. Generally, feminism… Læs mere »Is feminism dead? Did we win?
The perfect is often the enemy of the good
The above is a quote from this long, thorough and extremely well researched article on Mother Jones about the world’s food crisis and what to… Læs mere »The perfect is often the enemy of the good
Incentives for children & something about books
This discussion is probably eternal and will never be solved. I was deadset against that kind of thing – until I got my own children…… Læs mere »Incentives for children & something about books
Procrastination
is another word I like a lot. My dear old Dad, bless him, has often said that the word procrastination defines him. I think that’s… Læs mere »Procrastination
Serendipity
I just love that word, don’t you? Always looking for a chance to use it and tonight, while the boys were watching football, it presented… Læs mere »Serendipity
I want to go to the library
but I never seem to get down there! One reason is that the nearest library is in Woking, our local town, which I’m not particularly… Læs mere »I want to go to the library
Dealing with criticism & what makes us happy
On Gretchen’s Happiness blog there’s a post about how to deal with criticism. Inspired by Gretchen’s own honesty about how not-so-good she is at dealing… Læs mere »Dealing with criticism & what makes us happy
Books
My Dad has lost a good deal of his eye-sight and can now only read books with large print (Magna Print) and only under a… Læs mere »Books
More on the downsides of multitasking
A while back I cited an article called Is Google Making Us Stupid here and also posted it on Facebook. It elicited quite a few… Læs mere »More on the downsides of multitasking
