Tag: childhood
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You’re Invited to the Ball This Pride Month… No RSVP Required
by Cauf Skiviers, Cultural Inappropriation, ©2024 (Jun. 2, 2024) — “A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that’s just how the world will come to an end: to…
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A Babe in Toyland
by Sarah Earlene Shere, ©2024 (May 4, 2024) — Grumio, with tears in his eyes, hovered over the work table of the late Master Toymaker. He stared down at the well-worn, yellowed pages of the ancient book lying open there. A shiver slowly rose up his spine till it shook his shoulders. With a swift,…
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Dear America: Who’s Driving the Bus?
“CHAOS IS THE ANTITHESIS OF CIVILIZATION” by Linda Goudsmit, ©2018, blogging at Pundicity (Jul. 8, 2018) — Dear America: Who’s Driving the Bus? is a philosophy book that offers a universal paradigm for understanding the often confounding and contradictory ways in which people behave. America is currently embroiled in a second civil war that it is unaware…
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Happy Birthday America! A July 4th Celebration of Unity and Separation
“INDEPENDENCE IS A CHOICE” by Linda Goudsmit, ©2018, blogging at Pundicity (Jul. 3, 2018) — The birth of a nation like the birth of a child celebrates unity and separation simultaneously. The child is born and exists outside the mother’s body as a separate entity and at the same time becomes a part of an expanded…
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The Who and the What of Behavior: The Reality Revolution – Part 2
“PERPETUAL CHILDREN” by Linda Goudsmit, ©2017, blogging at Pundicity (Nov. 1, 2017) — The ability to distinguish between fact (objective reality) and fiction (subjective reality) is an essential survival skill. Children are easily controlled because they live in the world of feelings and subjective reality. They have not been taught the critical thinking skills required…