I was at war with that piece of myself and I ended up in a few situations that I could have avoided by being less agreeable, say being in a car with someone who smokes or going to the beach. COVID and age changed things
I’m afraid this applies to you, in spades. Lawyers have cultivated ways of being imperially alonetogether. Mention ‘sovereignty’ in England and most lawyers tend to think in unison of, and with, Albert Venn Dicey. In US law schools, every ‘theory of free speech’ struggles in the sha...
We did part of this route several years ago before it was the A44 motorway but I was delighted to see the sign by the roadside as we cross through the pass over which the Christians finally banished the Moors I’m sure it used to say Ultimo Suspiro – the last sigh. Crossing it bri...
“‘Nay, fair sir, a tramp, a man of devious ways and strange lodgements and multifarious–‘ “‘Quit it!’ he shouted. ‘What do you want?’ “‘I want money.’ “He started and half reached for an open drawer where must have reposed a revolver, then bethought himself and growle...
there was a strong correlation between how people themselves behaved and how they perceived their dogs. Agreeable dogs were more likely to have agreeable owners, neurotic owners more likely to have neurotic dogs, etc. … Hard to say what’s going on here: could be that we owners project our...
Also to Beth: I agree completely that stereotypes can go both ways (positive and negative, true and not true). That’s why I wrote: “Are any breed stereotypes valid? Both positive and negative? What are the comfort levels in the field about discussing them? This discussion deserves...
What winding and devious ways the bees had through their palace! What great masses and blocks of snow-white comb there were! Where it was sealed up, presenting that slightly dented, uneven surface, it looked like some precious ore. When we carried a large pail full of it out of the ...
A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium ...
To express open disapproval would have been held to be priggish; and though undoubtedly the tone of certain houses and certain groups was far from good, there yet ran through the place a mature sense of a boy’s right to be independent, and undesirable ways of life were more a matter ...
In these days of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are all keenly aware of the ways disease can easily spread. It travels through the air, mostly. It’s in our breath if we are a carrier. It may be on our hands, our clothing, so we are reticent to hug or shake hands or even give a...