I wish I was better at updating. I so enjoy writing but I can’t be arsed to get over here and do it. Two dogs, two teenagers, a full time job that feels like two, a full time relationship, family…those are all my excuses, but none of them valid enough to excuse my lack of participation.
I was going through my drafts this morning. Some of them are epic posts that should be in book, not blog format. Some of them are just titles! What was that all about? I open WordPress, plug in a title and that’s as far as I can get? WordPress has a built in draft save feature which saves your post after a minute or two and then every couple minutes after that. It’s a nifty little feature because if your computer crashes you haven’t lost everything. But what that means is, I opened those posts, plugged the title in and then sat there for two or three minutes and typed….nothing. Just an empty box. Then I closed WordPress and went on my way.
That’s depressing. I should be better. I wish I was more like Anji. She keeps up her site and the comments and does a fine job of it too. I should learn from example!
I won’t say I’ll get better or even that I’ll try. Sure as I do I’ll only stay away even longer. Instead, I’ll just let it be okay that I’m rarely here and maybe, by my twisted logic, that will make me post more. Who knows? It could work.
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A Woman's Manifesto
Because a woman’s work is never done.
and is underpaid, or unpaid, or boring, or repetitious,
and we’re the first to get fired,
and what we look like is more important than what we do.
And if we get raped its our fault
and if we get beaten we must have provoked it
and if we raise our voices we’re nagging bitches
and if we enjoy sex we’re nymphos
and if we don’t we’re frigid
and if we love women it’s because we can’t get a real man
and if we ask our doctor too many questions we’re neurotic or pushy
and if we expect childcare we’re selfish
and if we stand up for our rights we’re aggressive and un-feminine
and if we don’t we’re typical weak females
and if we want to get married we’re out to trap a man
and if we don’t we’re unnatural
and because we still can’t get an adequate, safe contraceptive, but men can walk on the moon
and if we can’t cope or don’t want a pregnancy we’re made to feel guilty about abortion
and for lots and lots of other reasons
we are part of the women’s liberation movement.- Joyce Stevens, International Woman’s Day, 1975.

Man Vs. Heart Attack
I am somewhat worried about the dude on Man v Food. He isn’t looking so good these days and putting that food away like that can’t be good for him.
One should always be drunk. That's all that matters; that's our one imperative need. So as not to feel Time's horrible burden; one which breaks your shoulders and bows you down, you must get drunk without cease.
But with what? With wine, poetry, or virtue as you choose. But get drunk.
And if, at some time, on steps of a palace, in the green grass of a ditch, in the bleak solitude of your room, you are waking and the drunkenness has already abated, ask the wind, the wave, the stars, the clock, all that which flees, all that which groans, all that which rolls, all that which sings, all that which speaks, ask them, what time it is; and the wind, the wave, the stars, the birds, and the clock, they will all reply:
"It is time to get drunk!
So that you may not be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk, get drunk, and never pause for rest! With wine, poetry, or virtue, as you choose!"
Charles Baudelaire













Thanks for the mention. As you can see I’ve fallen behind with everything recently. I vote for an extra couple of hours in the day. Late afternoon would be the best place to slot them in.