Introspection
Category archives for Introspection
Being Mean to Girls
Posted by Martin R on March 25, 2009 I suddenly remember a few times when I was mean to girls when I was fourteen. I feel really bad thinking about it now. Being mean and bullying was particularly ugly for one such as myself who had just barely reached the end of his years as an object of bullying. But I see a…
Unaccustomed to Free Time
Posted by Martin R on January 25, 2009 Being a married man and a father of small children, I am very rarely alone in the workday evenings or weekends. Indeed, in the past five or or six years, my capacity for sustained self-entertainment (yeah, yeah, OK; “nudge, nudge”) has atrophied to the point where I no longer know what to do when faced…
Our Strange Entrances
Posted by Martin R on January 2, 2009 The houses in our new neighbourhood are clones of one basic design: an L-shaped single-story structure with a fenced yard inside the angle of the L. The main entrance (1) is on one of the L’s outer long walls. The grubby-boots entrance (2) is on the gable adjoining the wall with entrance 1. Finally, there’s…
Holy Crap, Was That The Noughties!?
Posted by Martin R on December 31, 2008 I have made peace with the passing of the 70s. I no longer feel that the 80s is the default present decade during which everything still happens. But let me tell you, Dear Reader, in my mind the 90s still lie mostly in the future. Windows 98 is a very new operating system. Nobody born…
Sunday Confession of a Lapsed Priest
Posted by Martin R on November 30, 2008 Dear Reader Michael Merren of the Religion, Philosophy and Other Oddities blog is a married man and a father of three. He also used to be a Catholic priest. Learning this, I asked Michael to write a guest entry on his personal history. And now I know whom to turn to with any theological question…
Adjustable Wrench Dilemma
Posted by Martin R on October 2, 2008 On my way to work in the mornings, I pass the hibernation grounds of the Saltsjöbaden Boat Club. Boat owners are currently busy getting their craft out of the water and onto scaffolding on dry land, as the Baltic winter ice is not friendly to boats. The other day I found an adjustable spanner on…
Favourite Things
Posted by Martin R on August 21, 2008 My current ten favourite things: Books Boardgames Podcasts Tea Sunshine Archaeology Sleep Nookie Music E-mail And yours, Dear Reader?
Slave to Love
Posted by Martin R on July 19, 2008 A much-publicised trial in Falun, Sweden is giving me a funny feeling. The man on the stand has confessed to the murder of a woman and a small girl, and is also charged with the violent rape of both and of a second woman. The case makes me feel queasy in more ways than one.…
Prized Possessions
Posted by Martin R on August 17, 2007 I got to thinking about my most-prized possessions. Which are they really? Which of my stuff would I try to rescue if the house caught fire, or if we had to flee enemy troops and bring along or hide our valuables? One way to look at it would be to simply enumerate the most expensive…
Those Haunting Memories
Posted by Martin R on July 26, 2007 A weakness of mine is that the memories of a few embarrassing events in my past sometimes come back to haunt me and make me cringe with self-loathing. Very likely, I am the only person in the world who ever thinks of (or even remembers) these events, but I just can’t help feeling bad about…
