Today I laughed inside my head while my face expressed sympathy and the words coming out expressed concern. Nothing serious happened to this person. What I felt was Schadenfreude. ( “ohhh, realyyyyy?”) Schadenfreude is a German word for pleasure derived from another person’s misfortune.… Read More
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Who you are as a person should always transcend what you look like
I am staring into the mirror taking inventory of all that is right, all that can be changed and all I must accept. Sometimes when life does not go my way, I look outside of myself. I know that many of us do this without… Read More
With Synesthesia, Sometimes the World Tastes a Lot Like Purple…
Zernone is a delicious-sounding name. It tastes like the color orange, but not as good as the color blue. The letter N is an orange letter and the letter E is a blue letter. However, the name Zernone has both some blue and orange with… Read More
I Never Learned to Blow a Bubble and Other Things I Never Learned to Do
This summer I plan on going hiking, camping and exploring. Although I am well-traveled I have never driven a car. This year I will finally get my license. I never saw a reason to have a license in the past since owning a car in… Read More
Rain is Important and Buddha was a Man
In one day someone stole a large amount of money from my savings account, I spilled juice on my work keyboard and was swamped with 3 jobs that take days to complete. Of course I was angry that I was having a horrible day, but… Read More