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tracy-ewens's picture
Jun.06.2012
I was never good at science.  I prefer things with a...multitude of answers.  I specialize in the gray area, so I never paid attention in Biology. Now that I'm an adult, I wonder about certain things and often turn to the Internet. I know there are lots of useless and naughty things on...
tracy-ewens's picture
May.31.2012
The towel bar in my bathroom is broken. Well, it's not really broken, but the round part slips off the wall bracket and then the bar falls out and onto the floor. I'm pretty sure all I need to do is tighten the little screw at the bottom of the round part so it stays on the bracket, but I'd...
katherine-gregor's picture
May.31.2012
When you're struggling with a situation, do your friends tell you to "stick it out"?    Stick it out.  You'll be glad you did.   How do they know that? Do they have 20/20 vision into the future?    Stick it out.  Friends tell you that when you hate your home,...
tracy-ewens's picture
May.26.2012
  Is it possible to be the CEO of Paypal and that's just not enough? You'd still need to pad and pump yourself up bigger than you already are? I guess so. The CEO of Yahoo was recently fired for stating he had an accounting degree and a computer science degree when, in fact, he only had an...
georgy-hadwen's picture
May.02.2012
A new intruder on the site, I find it hard to know what to comment on and how. I am a secret writer with a solitary heart which finds warmth in sharing but not self promotion.  I just commented on a the pulitzer prize and lo the comment vanished alongside my momentum...odd
katherine-gregor's picture
Apr.22.2012
I love the rain.  We had a few thunderstorms, last week.  One afternoon, just as I lighting sparked into my room and I heard the thunder drumroll, I grabbed my mac, and rushed out into the street, towards the Thames.  The drops were getting fatter and heavier, and I turned up my...
katherine-gregor's picture
Feb.19.2012
  There are favours for which you are sincerely grateful.  Favours which come as rain upon the desert, or a hot salt bath when all your muscles are aching.  Then there are favours which are a pain in the far South of your backbone.   You’re no IT expert and, after struggling...
tracy-ewens's picture
Jan.22.2012
Space.  I really like and often need my space. It's not that I get claustrophobic, it's more a matter of needing to be alone. I've always liked time alone.  Being an only child and living within a family of five, I crave it. We went to Paris after Christmas this year, all five of us....
rebbecca-hill's picture
Jan.17.2012
Introvert.1. To turn or direct inward.2. Psychology To concentrate (one’s interests) upon oneself. Intro- + Latin vertere, to turn; From the Free Dictionary and American Heritage Dictionary. ** Labels are tricky and for the most part I try to be careful with them. When the labels are applied very...
rebbecca-hill's picture
Jan.16.2012
The shower used to be the place where I was calm, where ideas would come to me; running from the shower I would dry off enough and grab for the pen and paper. Now showers are sometimes rushed, still enjoyed, some thoughts, but not the same as before. Just this morning, while I decided to do those...