Tag: language
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I Am Dejected That Deject Is A Word.
I was doing another word puzzle and I was fighting with all my might not to write J in between the DE and the ECT. F was out, T was obviously impossible, but it could not be J. Deject is not a word, it is another example of thinking something is a word because another…
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Still Puzzled. Disclaimer
Disclaimer: The opinions of the author of this post in no way reflect the opinions of the writer of this post. Or in words that may be understood by people who actually expect stuff to make sense, I know I’m wrong, I accept I am wrong, I just want to write about how grumpy I…
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It’s A Puzzle
I will never understand people. Okay so I have in my hermit state developed an interest in puzzles. It is not an obsession, it kind of can’t be because I can’t stay interested for too long before the frustration builds and the reasons are becoming clear. Puzzles were created by people for people. Giant flaw,…
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OMG, GTH With Your PDA.
I was in the shower this morning thinking. Now this is unusual, thinking anywhere, even the shower. It was probably because I didn’t have my usual audience. My regulars: Orion was mad because I took him out of the shower before I turned on the water. I’m not mean I had to let the hot…
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Dark Thoughts – Truth and Communication
Few people will speak the truth because no one can hear the truth. Words are filtered through our own prejudices, education and an emotional veil that shimmers and shifts with every fleeting mood. Correction becomes condemnation so honeyed praise is heaped on, sweetness to help the medicine go down. But the honeyed words are too…
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The cognitive dissonance of “person-first” references to #autistic people
I have just read this & realised there is no better way of expressing this important message.