Visiting with friends over the Christmas holidays an engaged woman stroked her beau’s beard and asked “Where does the hair end and the beard begin?” All it takes for me is a good title. I wrote it down. The following flash story has nothing to do with that holiday visit except the question. Turns out that bias can be …
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GUEST POST from Don – Alexithymia
ALEXITHYMIA A recent study suggests that one possible cause of autism is a cold or flu during pregnancy. Possible, I suppose. However autismspeaks.org says, “Research tells us that autism tends to run in families, and a meta-analysis of 7 twin studies claim that 60 to 90% of the risk for autism comes from your genome.” Therefore, I wouldn’t …
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GUEST POST from Don: Why Sarcasm Does Not Translate
WHY SARCASM DOES NOT TRANSLATE I could enjoy writing with sarcasm but a significant number of readers would not understand. The same thing would happen for you. Understanding written sarcasm requires a higher-than-average level of intelligence along with some familiarity. Over the years, being in the service industry, I met thousands who did not have the intelligence to …
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