seanessay.com Hello, it’s posting day, and I’ve got nothing… Except here’s a quote that speaks to me: “Consider what so many younger employees do for relaxation: climb rocks, raft rivers, bike mountains, surf waves, trek in distant locales. … So many come from sheltered backgrounds that the prospect of excitement entices them more than the […]
A Bad, Bad Day, With Comments
seanessay.com I’m having a bad, bad day It’s about time That I get my way From the Despicable Me soundtrack Partly I feel bad today because my body is sick, too sick to attend a nice party tonight. The only productive thing I did today was make some comments on other blogs. My own blog […]
Death at the Formal Dinner
essaysbysean.com Jung and Sue (Prologue omitted) Private Jung thought, “stupid sergeants” and then muttered, “Stupid Officers.” His stoic partner in misery, Private Mulvaney, grunted in sympathy, “Aye.” “Well, the king pays us by the day; night soon.” Mulvaney nodded. “But—blast it—I was supposed to start my leave today!” The two were standing at the wall […]
Social Media Frustrates me Again
seanessay.com Note: my sister lives in cattle country too, but in another time zone, “in the caribou,” in British Columbia. I could be hopping mad right now. Or I could let out all my air, sinking into depression, disgust and saying, “What’s the use?” I’d rather be mad. I was driving home a half hour […]
Struggling In College Again
seanessay.com There were 182 helpful blog comments after a smart, well-liked college kid, whose blog I follow, reported failing university, big time, repeatedly. None of the comments advised on emotional or mental health, no, not after the first comment was from the girl’s father to discouraged such advice, saying she was getting adequate counselling already. […]
Running With Robots and Volunteers
seanessay.com That British guy who wrote about some tragic young clones (Now a movie with Kiera Knightly and Carey Mulligan, called Never Let Me Go) has a new book out, worth the hardcover price, called Klara and the Sun. Klara is an Artificial Friend. It was not his book that inspired my old Free Fall […]