In the over-consuming western world that we live in, the number one source of buyer’s remorse is, by way of example, those people that buy the most desired object and then get bored with it.

Nowhere to go from there…

Oddly, the word fiance is gender non specific.

Thoughtlessness and thoughtfulness are related. But they ain’t the same.

I only lie when some part of my brain forecasts consequences that I wouldn’t like from the alternative, aka truth speaking.

Over time, I’ve got more thoughtful and less thoughtless as to how I do this.

So much so, now all I speak is the truth, or some version of it.

It is commonly believed that many people live their lives in great fear of death. This subconscious fear drives all sorts of silly behaviours, it is said.

I’m not so sure. Looking around, I see people that are scared of being alive. They’ll do anything to get into a sort of limbo, waiting for death to relieve them from the ordeal.

Racist, sexist, etc. They’re all looking down on the other race or sex or whatever.

Nationalist, well that’s supporting your own.

Different ist, subtly.

Bogan (noun) defies the laws of physics by expanding under pressure

And to think, I started my career as a polymer chemist, when such as a thing was still vaguely sexy…