Category Archives: life

’twas the fight before Christmas

Mince pies and boxing gloves

’tis the season for family feuding. Why is it that kith seems so much less quarrelsome than kin?
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The collectors conundrum

1970s steam train card collection

There are estimated to be 200 million stamp collectors in the world. Just why do so many of us develop passions for the pointless? Continue reading

Searching for Mr Matey

Home comforts from abroad and past pleasures in the present exert a curiously powerful hold over us. Continue reading

Dude (looks like a lady)

Justin Bieber sporting "meggings"

Masculinity should hit the right button for most women, It seems though, femininity can work too Continue reading

Genetics in the eye of the beholder

 

Just why do geeks look geeky? It may be a result of cramming an ever-growing set of experiences into a steadily shrinking pool of brain cells, but the people I’ve met throughout my life are starting to blur together.  When … Continue reading

Soul-less train

 

Can you believe in destiny, While disbelieving an interventionist God?  God, I’m afraid, is not in my heart. As much as I would love to have faith in a higher purpose, a soul beyond the life of my body, a … Continue reading

Tears of a clown

 

Comic genius is a rare gift, Why does it so often seem accompanied by depression? Regular listeners of the Sacramento based Rob, Arnie and Dawn morning radio show were left puzzled by the show’s mystery disappearance during the week of … Continue reading

You’re not leaving the table ’til you’ve finished

Are fussy people born that way, or did their parents just not teach them any different? Continue reading

Unhappy marriage? Blame your DNA

Marriage and DNA

You might be miserable, but your genes aren’t Continue reading

A healthy appetite

Overindulgence isn’t healthy. So why does it seem so admirable? Continue reading