The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: questions

  • How Easily We’re Taken In

    How Easily We’re Taken In

    Anyone can have a website. What is harder to acquire is critical thinking.

  • On Being Off Grid

    My laptop has been circling the drain for many months now. It was booting up at a snail’s pace, and then freezing up every minute or two, regardless of what software I happened to be using at the time. It was beyond frustrating. You’d think, living in the techno-savvy Seattle area, I’d have tons of…

  • Try Listening

    I know a guy who talks so much that people actually scatter when they see him coming. He’s a nice guy. He means well. But he can suck, literally, hours out of your life as he holds forth on whatever he has chosen to blather on about on that particular day. And you’re expected to…

  • Yes, There ARE Stupid Questions

    I have a friend who likes to say, “There’s no such thing as a stupid question.” That always makes me cringe. I know what she’s trying to say. Don’t afraid to ask questions. It’s important to communicate. And I agree with that, wholeheartedly. What I take issue with are those people who ask questions without…

  • You Learn Something New Every Day

    Uh oh. Now I’ve done it. I’ve stumbled across a website that is sure to suck up huge chunks of my time. Because it’s fascinating. Zidbits.com is what I found when I Googled “I want to learn something new.” The fact is, I always want to learn something new. And this site promises that you’ll…

  • Silly Thoughts

    Quite often I have too much time on my hands and my mind wanders. I never quite know where it will go. You might say I suffer from a preponderance of ponderings. After a while I’ll wind up with so many unanswered questions rattling around in my brain that they cause me to lose sleep.…

  • Academia

    Recently I had the pleasure of walking through the gorgeous campus of the University of Washington here in Seattle. (Go Huskies!) It gave me butterflies. Not only did the stately brick buildings make me feel like I’d stepped into Hogwarts, but also I got that old familiar feeling. Call it academic fever if you like.…

  • Go Ahead. Ask.

    I’ve moved to Seattle, the most liberal city in the entire United States, and yet I’m finding that from a social standpoint, folks around here are pretty conservative. That makes it hard to make friends. And for the first time in my life I feel kind of pushy. Little ol’ me. Here’s a prime example…

  • Those Alluring Amish

    What is it about the Amish that fascinates us so? Their lifestyle supports a massive tourist industry. They’ve inspired movies, have experienced public tragedies and scandals, and have spawned a crop of reality shows which should all have been entitled “Amish Gone Wild.” And we can’t seem to get enough. I can only speak for…

  • The Ultimate Interview

    I will never know what my mother’s favorite color was. I’ll never know where she was when Kennedy was assassinated, or during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I’ll never know if she ever considered being a model. She certainly had the looks for it. Did she know anyone affected by the 1944 big top fire that…