QMusings

I’ve read John Gray’s “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus” which describes the differences in communication between men and women.
I’ve also read Deborah Tannen’s “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation” which discusses the same issue.
I would say I have a bit of knowledge about how to speak with men and [...]

I think of marketing as the art of Creating Desire.
How much of what we see marketed to us is what we really need?
OK. So we need soap. And perhaps cat food.
But we don’t really need a particular soap or a specific cat food.
Marketing creates desire. It casts a glamour.
glamour: 1: a magic spell 2: an [...]

A short while ago I wondered if living life by the fortunes found in fortune cookies would be a Good Life. I wrote that every so often I would write about a fortune and discuss it. dietrologia commented that the fortune he received that day was:
“We can learn from everyone, especially from our enemies.”
dietrologia’s fortune [...]