I'm sure this happens to everyone. You go through phases where you use a particular word or figure of speech as if there's no tomorrow. Eventually, they may seem like they're threatening to take over your speech and will never be excised. Years later, you run into or hear from someone that you haven't for … Continue reading Lingua Franca

Finally, a good on-line test that I'm curious to see how other people make out on. Here are my answers. I'm close to the top of my class, it seems. Disorder Rating Paranoid: High Schizoid: Moderate Schizotypal: Very High Antisocial: High Borderline: Very High Histrionic: Very High Narcissistic: Very High Avoidant: High Dependent: Very High … Continue reading http://www.4degreez.com/misc/personality_disorder_test.mv

So, it seems by most accounts that it is Diwali tomorrow... or already in Malaysia, Singapore... and most of the Hindu world. Of course, I have a lot of issues with Hinduism but it's a good holiday and, more important as a social phenomenon than a religious observance, many would say. And as far as … Continue reading Deepavali by any other name