I've decided to try something new this year: National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. It happens in November every year. To be designated a winner you need to write 50,000 words between November 1st and November 30th. I'll be aiming for 2,000 words per day, leaving room for the possibility of a few days off … Continue reading Trying NaNoWriMo This Year
Author: erikamaren
Pet Peeve: “An Historic”
I know this seems an awfully petty thing to write about right now, but it’s really an example of something much more important, which is a lack of the use of critical thinking skills. Besides, it drives me absolutely insane and I have to vent somewhere. I can’t stand it when people use the phrase … Continue reading Pet Peeve: “An Historic”
Photos of Beautiful Places
I've been lucky enough to travel to some fascinating and beautiful places, and today I just thought I would share some photos I've taken of a few of them. If you ever have a chance to go to any of these places, do it. Actually being there is far better than any photo.
On Groups, Individuals, Brains, and Politics
One of the many things I have been puzzling over lately is the psychological phenomenon in which people have trouble remembering that groups are made up of individuals. Examples include stories such as this one, about a town where people are shocked to discover that their vote to summarily expel all undocumented immigrants means a great … Continue reading On Groups, Individuals, Brains, and Politics
A Few Things I Recommend Reading
I find it difficult to write blogposts these days, mainly because every time I form a coherent thought I want to express, something else crazy happens and makes whatever I was about to say seem suddenly irrelevant. I frequently find the current state of my country and the world infuriating and/or terrifying, although I am … Continue reading A Few Things I Recommend Reading
Just for Today: Puppies
I've been pretty good about keeping up with developments in the news, and I will get back to thinking about all the terrible and ridiculous things that are happening, but just for today, I need a break. So, because puppies are the best thing in the world, here's a puppy video compilation, and because I … Continue reading Just for Today: Puppies
An Exercise in Civic Responsibility
I recently served on a jury. It was my second time doing so. I served on a criminal case once many years ago. This one was a civil case. I have never been one to try to avoid jury service. I have always believed in the importance of civic duty, that our rights come with … Continue reading An Exercise in Civic Responsibility
Realities
I just returned from an incredible vacation, one I'd planned for over a year. It was a cruise from Los Angeles to Tahiti, via Hawaii and numerous islands of French Polynesia. If you ever have a chance to do something like that, take it. I can't come up with superlatives strong enough to describe it. … Continue reading Realities
2016: Disaster and Hope
Last year at this time I was in Thailand. I celebrated the New Year with people I had met there when we were all teenagers, exchange students from many different countries who spent a year immersed in a culture that, for most of us, was radically different from our own. We orchestrated a reunion for … Continue reading 2016: Disaster and Hope
There Is No Justification for Having Voted for Donald Trump
Hate me if you want. Troll me if you must. History has its eyes on you (thank you, Lin-Manuel Miranda), and future generations will not accept your feeble excuses. I would like to tell you some reasons why. You claim you are not misogynist*, racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, or xenophobic, and you don’t approve of lots … Continue reading There Is No Justification for Having Voted for Donald Trump
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