Slightly Off KIlter

Normal is overrated

  • Friendships

    [ This question is courtesy of Out There! Collaborations (December 2000) by way of diarist.net/spark/ ] What kind of people do you surround yourself with as your friends? Do you find yourself more comfortable with people your own age, or does that matter? Do you like to surround yourself with lots of people, or do… Continue reading

  • Internet Friends, Internet Self

    On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Dog — from a cartoon by Peter Steiner, published in The New Yorker, July 5, 1993. Who are you? Are you always the “same” person? When you’re alone? When you’re with friends (old or new)? When you’re with your parents? Your spouse, children, co-workers, the checker at the… Continue reading

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  • Three Shopping Days till…

    [Today's meme questions courtesy of Sunday Brunch] It's Almost Christmas Is your Christmas shopping complete? If no, how much is left to do? If someone not on your Christmas shopping list buys you a present, do you feel like you have to buy one for them? What is your favorite Christmas special or holiday movie?… Continue reading

  • Why I Write

    I’ve always liked to write; when I was much younger, I wrote a lot of poems and short stories. For several years in Junior High and High School I did a periodic “newspaper” for my family. I don’t recall keeping any sort of diary or journal during elementary school or High School. I did keep… Continue reading

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  • Why I Write

    I've always liked to write; when I was much younger, I wrote a lot of poems and short stories. For several years in Junior High and High School I did a periodic "newspaper" for my family. I don't recall keeping any sort of diary or journal during elementary school or High School. I did keep… Continue reading

  • Treasures II

    My second week of Treasures — positive things that strike my fancy, things that make me feel happy or thankful or interested — things that are worth remembering, even in just a few words. Please feel free to start your own lists of Treasures, on your own weblog or here in the comments. Continue reading

  • Verse Meter Analyzer

    In The Eyre Affair (a Thursday Next novel), author Jasper Fforde describes Thursday's introduction to the Verse Meter Analyzer: Continue reading

  • Worse is worse (after all)

    I read Richard Gabriel’s The Rise of “Worse is Better” several years ago on the recommendation of my then-manager. He recommended a number of interesting essays, many of which I have collected and saved. I don’t keep a pointer to “Worse is Better”. I didn’t like the essay when I read it; from the title… Continue reading

  • Choosing a Job; Choosing a Company

    I had a few second thoughts about writing this entry. What if a potential future employer should read it and base a decision about me on what I say here? Then I thought, so what? If they do, and they don’t like what I have to say, that’s their problem, not mine. Better to find… Continue reading

  • Accomplishments, Past, Present & Future

    [This question comes courtesy of "Past, Present, Future", a blog meme on the web at greyduck.net. Sadly, I only recently discovered PPF; it's already in its 42nd week and the founder plans to stop after one year. Sigh; well, that's what archives are for.] I posted this question to my new Yahoo group, InsPURRation. PAST:… Continue reading