Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
A plague on both your houses
25 Mar 2020So now we are visited by the plague, it seems. Plague is an archetype that goes back deep into our…
Computer says procrastinate
07 Feb 2020COMPUTER SAYS PROCRASTINATE I went into my study this morning, bouncing, full of ideas for a new short story and…
Today’s posting is gluten-free
18 Dec 2019Just the other day a truck drove past me advertising potato crisps – gluten-free. Very commendable. There was only one…
How to deal with a verbal attacker – Verbal Aikido
20 Nov 2019DEALING WITH A VERBAL ATTACKER Do you ever find yourself lost for words? Or outmanoeuvred by a verbal attacker? Perhaps…
Impress your friends – Your biggest eReader problem solved at last
02 Oct 2019Your biggest e-reader problem solved The Harris Institute for Social and Self-Improvement For Individuals and Teams (HISSIFIT) has been working…
How truth-telling in Chicago led to a unique new law
17 Apr 2019Truth-telling in Chicago On February 9th 1982, a man grabbed a Chicago policeman’s gun in the street and shot him…
What can we learn from the murder capital of Europe?
02 Feb 2019What can we learn from the murder capital of Europe? Just this week I heard from my neighbourhood network about…
