Recent content by Nibbler

This is all hypothetical... (authorities! watching this forum!) ;) If someone killed the love of my life AND I decided to retaliate, I would do it in such a way that the guilty party will know it's me, AND it will be final, AND it will be away from any witnesses to pick up the cycle. ... AND...

(+) I have ideas galore. (-) On the flip side, I don't act on them. (-) Sometimes I found out someone had the idea much later, but they ARE acting on it. (-) Sometimes they botch the idea. It's a net loss. But! I really like that I'm full of ideas that I can prove are good ideas by seeing...

Yes, when I was younger, there was a very difficult realization that my social skills were lacking. Not only that, I didn't know how to relate to people in complex ways that made them feel good about our interaction. I was stilted, stammering and unsure of myself. But there were no blogs then...

I guess I maybe contradicted myself when I said I wasn't going to "dumb down my vocabulary" and then later I said I do adapt. I don't see it as dumbing something down when I adjust for audience. But if it came across like I was calling people dumb as I haughtily alluded to a refusal to adapt...

I think I naturally do that. But as said above [I can't find the quote], if one word fills in so many blanks and saves a lot of time, I'm naturally going to use it with innocent intent. Thanks for the feedback. It was really helpful! :)

OK, yes. I HAVE done that. I think (as honestly as possible) that it is innocent in intent when I do it. Yes, yes, yes! I have done that, too. And I've learned to adapt, as well. That's for me to accept as a learning experience. I'd like to add that when I'm being blunt, I *think* I have gauged...

You said a lot of smart things. But for this in particular, yes, I agree. I guess it burns a little when I encounter wholesale accusations about vocabulary, and the accusations come off as shaming and with "mind reading". As I've gotten older, I've learned to adjust not only my word choice, but...

I used to be a technical writer, so I know about audience. And for those points, I agree. It's like when I make an argument in an internet discussion, you'll NEVER read me say "Do your own research!" when I make a claim and someone asks for evidence. That's MY burden to communicate effectively...

Yes, exactly. I see it as passive-aggressive shaming trying to bring themselves up needlessly when I (personally) was not trying to take them down. In fact, I give people credit that they are smart enough. Haaaaa! ;)

Years ago, I used to call my voicemail to keep a record of my ideas. Now I have like 10 notepad docs--all called Unnamed(1...) or Ideas(1...)--scattered on my desktop. Recently I began using both Trello (free online tool) and also QuickFox, a Firefox addon that you can create tabs of ideas (or...

It's that feeling like: "What was I talking about? I was going to say something, but I took a tangent... What was I going to say, what was I going to say... WELL! I don't remember.. Wait! I remember! I got off track with that non sequitur about the XYZ... WAIT! I lost it again!" :confused:

I'm so disorganized that my schedule just migrates from one end of the day to the next, depending on when I fall asleep.

... do you do a quick evaluation of your communication style? Sometimes I self-consciously wonder "Have I ever been accused of it in someone's mind?" And then I become a little indignant that I don't use "$10 words". I just use words. And I'm left wondering in these passive-aggressive...

OOOOh, yes! I would daydream at the drop of a hat. It became practically Pavlovian in school. Once the bell rang and the door shut, BAM! I was out like a light. My pencils and erasers sometimes had adventures (with my hands below the desk). Once I found a piece of simple metal segment that...

Please excuse my simplistic answer (for this admittedly months old question): Meditation should be every day and on schedule. Someone above made the observation that her best days were college when she was merely getting into the mix and being with the right people. Reading the OP I get the...