respect

What should we say instead?

March 6, 2010




Language is a powerful thing. I sometimes object to other people’s choice of words. They sometimes object to mine. We let words impact us and give them power they may or may not have earned. There are words that cut like a knife and words so powerful and so objectionable that they really shouldn’t be [...]

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Sex and Sleep

June 26, 2009




Photo credit: “At the end of a very long day” by KitLKat on flickr There was some banter the other day on twitter comparing sleep with sex. I’m not sure if it originated with or ended with Ann Douglas, but the conversation at some point came around to the intro to her book  Sleep Solutions [...]

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Teaching Tolerance

March 21, 2009




I was reading Dale McGowan’s wonderful blog The Meming of Life last night and got caught up in his post on Glass Houses. In his post he talks about the importance of teaching his children that ideas need to earn respect, but people are inherently deserving of respect. I agree that this is an important [...]

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Abrupt

December 27, 2008




How would you feel if: You lose your job over something you didn’t know you were doing wrong and aren’t given an opportunity to change your ways? Your spouse left you suddenly? Your best friend backs out of your weekly lunches with no warning because she’s sick of hearing you whining? Your boss tells you [...]

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