About admin

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far admin has created 431 blog entries.

Turns

2020-01-16T04:22:32+00:00September 22nd, 2019|

When I got to grad school in 2001, I started downloading music from Napster.  My friends at the campus radio station got me interested in obscure 70s rock and in 3 years of downloading, I drove

Wandering Eyes

2020-01-16T04:20:01+00:00September 8th, 2019|

Do you freak out if your significant other glances at another person? Do you get upset? What if it’s more than a glance; what if it’s a lingering stare? Or what if they “accidentally” bump into

Top of the Heap

2020-01-16T04:16:39+00:00August 25th, 2019|

How do high IQ people cope with normal people?  I’ve become considerably curious about this, because I’ve dealt with the adversities of having high intelligence

Nurturing Doesn’t Mean Motherhood

2020-01-16T04:13:22+00:00August 11th, 2019|

Sometimes it pays to forego having children and to be a doting aunt instead.  I actually gain more from taking care of my niece and nephew than I would from having

After The Storm?

2020-01-16T04:10:11+00:00July 28th, 2019|

Some cataclysms disrupt society for only a generation or two, while others are so destructive that recovery can take centuries. When it occurs again, the human race will have to pick itself up

If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?

2020-01-16T03:58:05+00:00July 14th, 2019|

When I’ve disclosed my credentials and IQ, a tired old question has been asked by companion-haters:  “if you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich enough to not be a companion?”  I usually shrug...

Stilettos, Survival and Self-Assuredness

2020-01-16T03:52:10+00:00June 30th, 2019|

Like many women, I’ve often longed for the power to control the male gaze…for the proverbial cloak of invisibility when I want it, allowing me to avoid unsolicited comments

The End of Storytelling

2019-06-25T03:13:55+00:00June 16th, 2019|

Let me tell you a story.  Actually, let me spare you the story, especially when it comes to marketing.  Don’t you feel better?  I certainly would.  Just the anticipation of having to sit through

Life At the Shore

2019-06-25T03:11:07+00:00June 2nd, 2019|

When I tell friends I’m going to see my therapist, they know it means I’m going to the beach.  It’s there that I’ve come to the conclusion:  if humans didn’t have sandy beaches

Synthetic is Natural

2019-06-25T03:09:03+00:00May 19th, 2019|

Homo sapiens is the master exploiter, defined by our irrepressible drive to remake our world, to push past things as they are and explore their hidden possibilities.  Our manipulation of life’s systems is at the heart of cooking

Go to Top