http://badhamster.today.com Or maybe just a good hamster on a bad day... Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:47:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since I work in a library, I happen upon a lot of interesting reads. The latest one is "Games People Play: the Psychology of Human Relationships" by Eric Berne. The copy I read is the 40th anniversary edition of the book, which examines interpersonal interactions from sort-of a game analysis ... http://badhamster.today.com/2009/04/05/games-people-play-otherwise-known-as-transactional-analysis/ #1 Christmas is coming. Yes, yes, lovely lovely. And on the whole I do like Christmas. But wow, what a  waste of everybody's money and stress hormones.  The way we're all stuck buying unwanted stuff for one another is really frustrating. Look how capitalism sticks it to us. "If you ... http://badhamster.today.com/2008/11/14/todays-top-10-peeves/ I watched a DVD last night, "The strength to resist; media's impact on women and girls" from Cambridge Documentary Films. These are the same people who made the "Killing us softly" movies about the images of women in advertising. Sometimes we hear viewpoints such as these, here and there, calling us out of the culture of ... http://badhamster.today.com/2008/02/10/my-manifesto-i-will-not-eat-your-shame/ Many people have heard me mention a comment my mother made that I believe I internalized WAY too much: "You are lovely, dear... but in small doses." In other words, I am likable but only for limited periods of time and then people need a break from me as I ... http://badhamster.today.com/2008/01/31/dont-listen-to-your-mother/