Category Archives: Social Norms
But you have to have it! Um…no, really, no
Please be prepared, this might come off slightly in the realm of rant. Some of my friends and I, as well as several of my family members and I have been having an ongoing conversation about the acquirement of “stuff” since … Continue reading
Posted in Daring, Identity, Life, People, Social Norms, travel
Tagged consumerism, downsizing, expat lifestyle, freedom, materialism, minimalism, owning things, peer pressure, people versus stuff, plastic, pollution, shopping for groceries with a bicycle, social pressure, unwanted advertising
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The Oscars and Book Covers
At Starbuck’s this morning, the patron in front of me in line, the two baristas behind the counter, and myself were all discussing the Oscars. None of us had actually watched the awards, though most of us had checked online … Continue reading
Killing Words
The following is a short essay in the form of a story based on my travels. All the places mentioned here are place I have been. Everything, except the conversation, are taken from things that happened in life. I found … Continue reading
Posted in Daring, history, Identity, Life, People, Social Norms, travel
Tagged beijiu, China, disappeared, Elephant Cave, Guangzhou, history, Li River, lies, Lijiang, river, searching woman, truth, words can't say
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Speculative Fiction and Tradition
When I first started writing, I kept conflicts, characters and my societies very much politically correct, in as far as I understood correctness. I didn’t bash any races, I didn’t write racist characters and I didn’t mess around with life … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Identity, Relationships in Fiction, Social Norms, Speculative
Tagged social programming, speculative fiction
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Telling Tales, Knyght and Podcasting
My husband and I started a podcast a just over a week ago. Two episodes are published as of yesterday. You can find us on iTunes as 23 and 1/2 Miles or on pod bean and here at on 23andahalfmiles.wordpress.com. … Continue reading
Posted in General, People, Social Norms
Tagged 23 and 1/2 miles, Ciara Darren, Dash Zhukova, funny people, iTines, Life, podcasts, society
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Fantasy: The oldest Genre Around
I’ve been writing about fantasy a lot lately. There’s a reason. I keep running into it and I can’t get enough of it. Fantasy is for everyone. No matter where you are in your life, what you do in your … Continue reading
Frozen Beauty
It is very, very cold here today. The wind is whipping through everything and if you’re more than a few feet away from the little space heater, the cold crawling through the walls of the apartment will start to nip … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Social Norms
Tagged beauty, Book Covers, Fantasy, poster art, sexy, snow, wallpapers, wind, winter, women
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Forbidden Words, Subconscious Decisions
When I was maybe twelve, I ran across a Stephen King book. I don’t know what book it was. I think it was in my grandmother’s mobile home, when she was visiting us one summer. “Don’t read that,” she said. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Identity, People, Religion, Social Norms
Tagged Anne Rice, fanfiction, horror, LitGal, Lyn Gala, Stephen King, vampire books, vampires, zombies
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There Be A Toll Upon This Road, Robin Hood
Originally I was going to write a nice fantasy related post today, but then I checked my round of news and other boards and ran into this topic several times, Net Neutrality. I didn’t really know what it was nor … Continue reading
Posted in People, Social Norms
Tagged China, Great Firewall, intellectual freedom, Net Neutrality, reddit, telco adsl, web service providers, world wide web
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