http://www.thisexaminedlife.com Examining my life, for what it's worth Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:49:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I finally made up my mind, and also abandoned this blog for a while. It came down to thinking about spending four days driving... and how was that going to feel.  Nope. Couldn't do it. I took the kids to Chincoteague, Virginia, instead and we had a ball.  It's a little summer ... http://www.thisexaminedlife.com/florida-no-chincoteague-yes/ I keep going BACK and FORTH with this Florida trip decision. What it comes down to is ... about 4 days of driving for about 4 days of being there.  Unless I either leave a day or two earlier, or come back a day or two later.  I have my ... http://www.thisexaminedlife.com/oh-crap-indecisiveness-sucks/ To drive, or not to drive... to Florida again. By myself this time.  I'm trying to decide on this, and it's not easy. Pros and Cons time: Pros - sense of adventure, listening to lots of books on CD in the car is fun, good to see my dad because who knows ... http://www.thisexaminedlife.com/plantings-and-planning/ Today's inspiration is Hamlet. What my reader might envy about my life is the time that I have to do things at home. Like most humans, I squander my resources. I am sorry to say, that here I am at home, while the kids are at school and sometimes I really ... http://www.thisexaminedlife.com/what-a-piece-of-work-is-man/ You might notice that it has no P in it. I am writing on a derelict com'uter that has a broken letter p.  I can ty'e a p when I try really hard, and 'ress down on it intentionally. But most of the time, I will be too lazy to accom'lish ... http://www.thisexaminedlife.com/this-ost-is-like-your-ideal-ool/ It's not like we didn't KNOW this day was coming. There is red everywhere you look, and hearts, and candy, and the media likes a good sales holiday as much as the stores all do.  You know that it is St. Valentine's Day, because it's when you're supposed to really ... http://www.thisexaminedlife.com/happy-valentines-day/ I dream a lot.  In my family, it's become something of a hum-drum conversation. I wake up, and I want to share my dreams with everyone, and I'm still a little surprised or offended that people aren't fully fascinated with the goings-on of my brain overnight. When I was first taking ... http://www.thisexaminedlife.com/the-meaning-of-your-dreams/ Last week sometime, as I was driving home with my girls one evening, chatting amiably with them, we arrived home and I went ballistic in a sudden and furious spate of rage.  I stopped my cordial talking mid-sentence. I was really, really, pissed off all of a sudden.  Why, you ... http://www.thisexaminedlife.com/expressing-your-rage/ Complaining is a form of critical discourse with one's world.  I think you knew that already. You can look around at the goings-on and let out a complaint.  Here are some fabulous examples of complaints, taken from real life: "Ugh, my jeans are too tight." "I don't have any clean underwear." "This dinner tastes ... http://www.thisexaminedlife.com/on-complaining/ Trying to blog more lately, which might be a fool's errand if nobody is reading my writing anyway. So it's for myself. Hey, look, a blog! written by me! how lame. Punctuation, spelling, feh! who needs it?! I am  just watching my sanity go away a little at a time. I don't mind ... http://www.thisexaminedlife.com/friday-5-minutes-before-work/