Recent content by Simonmagus

It's a hard one and I've been there myself. Some thoughts: 1) Explain it to your boyfriend. If he can't deal with it then he's not right for you anyway. My wife know very well by now that I need my "quiet time" and doesn't resent it at all. 2) Long walks or bike rides. Cycling is good because...

Yes, I didn't know that but I'm not surprised to hear it, that's just thie kind of thing that /b/ would do. I guess there always will be 14 year old boys doing stupid things, always have been. If they weren't doing "raids" online they would be pursuing wholesome outdoor pursuits like, um...

Ok, here's my first newbie thread. Has anybody read "You are not a gadget" by Jaron Lanier? If so, what do you think? He suggests that Web 2.0 interfaces such as FBook, Myspace, and forums such as this, are structured a way that diminishes our humanity. He suggests that the web: -- Reduces...

People have said lots of things here which are very familar to me. I hate meetings generally, especially when I'm not chairing them. If I'm chairing it's ok because I can tell peope to shaddup, and they listen. If I'm not chairing I find it very difficult to make myself heard, because (as...

Hello wee I used to be very emotional and overwhelmed by sadness, worry and so on, and I used to think that I was "too sensitive" as you describe. I don't know if I (or we) do feel things more intensely than others (how can we ever know that?) -- but it does feel that way sometimes. I still...