Tuesday, July 8, 2003BEING YOUR AGEHande was a smart, young, Turkish woman I hired fresh out of grad school. She was ambitious, wanted to be a filmmaker, and get her green card. If she came to work for me I offered to help her reach those goals. She was very organized and as I found out, a bit authoritarian. Her dad was an officer in... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 6:48 PM Comments (0) (link) GRANDMA AND THE "N" WORDGrandma used to mutter about "niggers" under her breath, usually when she was doing dishes. She was getting pretty old by then but otherwise was still mentally and physically sound. It would make me feel uncomfortable, but I never called her on it because it seemed out of character. I loved her and... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 1:19 PM Comments (1) (link) Monday, July 7, 2003CHARDONNAY FOR ONLY $4.99 A BOTTLESounds like a better deal than opinions to me. In fact this is an incredible deal. I am no wine officionado but I can't eat dinner without a glass of wine to wash it all down. My buddy Ritchie has a long-time customer, THE WINE AND CHEESE CASK a few blocks from Harvard Square, Cambridge MA (So you... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:55 PM Comments (0) (link) HIERARCHYA division of angels. That was the #1 definition in Webster's. Whose your #1 lover? Or child, if you're the parents of more than one. Ranking each other is what we humans do. It's part of our evolutionary make-up. Unless the system for ranking is explicit, like here on the BN, it is easy to delude... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 3:54 AM Comments (0) (link) Sunday, July 6, 2003DECEPTIONThe most successful among us are the most accomplished deceivers. The dictionary says deception may or may not imply blameworthiness as it may be used as merely a tactical resource (i.e.magicians are the masters of deception). CHRIS2303, arguably the most successful blogger on BN, knows this.... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 11:06 AM Comments (0) (link) |
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