The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: parasite

  • Amazing South Korean Shows

    Amazing South Korean Shows

    I’m excited about television again.

  • Vanquishing the Little Dragon from Medina

    I’m about to describe the entire disease cycle. Brace yourself.

  • How Can This Be Happening?

    America is failing its women and girls.

  • Alien Hand Syndrome

    I caught the tail end of an NPR story during my commute. It was about Alien Hand Syndrome, and it sent me scampering off to Google, because stuff like that fascinates me. Imagine having a body part with a mind of its own. (Okay guys, get your mind out of the gutter.) First of all,…

  • Sneaky Memes

    /meem/ n. [coined by analogy with `gene’, by Richard Dawkins] An idea considered as a replicator, esp. with the connotation that memes parasitize people into propagating them much as viruses do. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meme I’d never even heard the term meme until I got a Facebook account, but they certainly are like parasites. More and more I’ve…