The ragged remnants of the Opposite Party in Zorollia hijacked a Zortixian Spaceline flight from Zortixia City to the Zortixian city of Kloip. The Opposite Party hijackers landed the plane in the Zorollian province of Idididi ruled by the treacherous Kampoola who had distinguished himself through idiotic and cannibalistic acts. At one time he hadContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 35 “Zorollia Sparks its Demise””
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Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”
“’Quite!’ said Longarine. “I’m sure that what you say is true. The fact is that every man who’s ever wanted to be my devoted servant has always started by declaring that my life, my welfare and my honour were all he truly desired. But in the end it’s only their own interests that count, onlyContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron””
Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Stimulation
“Once you understand introversion and extroversion as preferences for certain levels of stimulation, you can begin consciously trying to situate yourself in environments favourable to your personality-neither overstimulating nor understimulating, neither boring or anxiety-making. You can organize your life in terms of what personality psychologists call “optimal levels of arousal” and what I call “sweetContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Stimulation”
“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 34 “Zorollia Raises its Ugly Head”
Montenez heard the news of the slug people revolt and the role of Jiber Jr. in that fiasco while he was on his voyage back to Earth. Earth was having enough problems without a power obsessed spaceman running amok. Whatever Jiber Jr. had in mind for Earth would certainly lead to no good. It struckContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 34 “Zorollia Raises its Ugly Head””
Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) “The Heptameron”
“What I mean Hircan is this. If love is based on a woman’s, charm and favours, and if our aim is merely pleasure, ambition or profit, then such a love can never last. For if the whole foundation on which our love is based should collapse then love will fly from us and there willContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) “The Heptameron””
“Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 33 “Does Frizzy the Smicket Boy Prevail? “
Frizzy the Smicket Boy head of the Zortixian Defence Academy was like a hound on the scent of an escaped convict as he intensified the search for Jiber Jr. mastermind of the doomed slug people uprising and possibly even the leader of the Triple Complex Towers attack. Frizzy assembled a crack team of detectives inContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 33 “Does Frizzy the Smicket Boy Prevail? “”
“Mutantism on The March”: Chapter 32 “Jiber Jr. Proves Troublesome”
The Jiber when he had been in power in Zortixia had been friendly with the slug people hoping one day to use them as a conquering army but the slug people were of simple minds and never understood military politics. Well they may have been slow but their memory of the savagery shown them byContinue reading ““Mutantism on The March”: Chapter 32 “Jiber Jr. Proves Troublesome””
Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: mindfulness is more than meditation
“I used to think that meditation practice was so powerful in itself and so healing that as long as you devoted yourself to it on a regular basis, you would eventually see growth and change. But time has taught me some kind of personal vision is also necessary. Perhaps it could be a vision ofContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: mindfulness is more than meditation”
“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 31 “Revolt of the Slug People”
Montenez read Mudrage’s editorial and this caused some introspection on his part concerning “clean consciousness”. Perhaps he was not seasoned enough with conflict to understand what the cures for violence might be. He was somewhat confused and wondered if he was spouting gibberish. Perhaps it was time to step down from the clouds and experienceContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 31 “Revolt of the Slug People””
Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: The creative advantage of introverts
“But there’s a less obvious yet surprisingly powerful explanation for introverts’ creative advantage-an explanation that everyone can learn from: introverts prefer to work independently and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation. As the influential psychologist Hans Eysenck once observed, introversion “concentrates the mind on tasks at hand, and prevents the dissipation of energy onContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: The creative advantage of introverts”
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