The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: cruelty

  • My Black Sheep Uncle: In Memoriam

    My Black Sheep Uncle: In Memoriam

    “You are SUCH an asshole,” I hissed.

  • Did You Really Have to Say That?

    A tale of cruel and unnecessary indifference by a religious leader.

  • Put Up or Shut Up

    “A true friend should be able to have a respectful conversation.”

  • Picking Fights

    There’s this habit that I will never understand as long as I live. Some people, it seems, take delight in getting others all worked up. I detect this mainly in the male of our species, but it’s not exclusive to them by any means. They find it funny to push other people’s buttons. They actually…

  • How to Become a Battered Woman

    My whole life I’ve looked at battered women with sadness and pity, but I have to admit that I always viewed them with a certain level of disdain. I’d never let that happen to me. Never. How do you get in that position? How do you let someone disrespect you like that, harm you like…

  • “Toughen Up”

    On the heels of my blog entry “Having Your Heart Broken by a Career Choice” I got a lot of comments from people in the Dental Lab industry, many of which were very constructive and informative and have greatly influenced my concept of what I need to do as I move forward. But just as…

  • Wounding your Children with Words

    Let me get this out of the way right up front: Yes, I’m one of those obnoxious people who have no children of my own and yet still form opinions on how to parent. I cannot imagine what it must feel like, the sheer exhaustion, the raw nerves, the utter frustration that children can foster…

  • When Practical Jokes Go Too Far

    Every once in a while it’s fun to play a practical joke, or even to be on the receiving end of one. It can mean that you’re well liked. But practical jokes make me nervous because it is so easy to cross the line into cruelty or danger. This is why I have never liked…

  • Learning your Lessons

    Every one of us has certain lessons to learn throughout his or her life. Some lessons we are doomed to repeat over and over again. Other lessons impact us on such fundamental levels that it only takes one time to get the message. It doesn’t always feel very good when we get schooled, but like…

  • My Crunchy Granola Epiphany

    Last night at about 4 a.m., alone at work and struggling to stay awake, I had an epiphany, and now I’m looking at the world in an entirely different way. Before I present you with my concept, let me say that I’m quite sure this theory didn’t originate with me. There are plenty of crunchy…