Anysia’s blog

Is there an Al-Anon for atheists?

2008-03-01T20:42:22Z

I recently joined several online Al-Anon groups because I feel that I need to move past the fact that my father is an alcoholic. I am finding it difficult to adopt the program because of its emphasis on God. Other Al-Anon members think it is reass...

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The Anaesthetist's Hymn

2008-02-11T19:02:49Z

I don't spend much time on YouTube, but occasionally people send me stuff. The other day one of my project partners brought up this video from a British medical school review show (if you're unfamiliar with these types of shows they are usually in...

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This is not going well ...

2007-11-06T00:14:45Z

I'm behind (still) and I'm running out of plot since all I had was an idea for a short story. And I got another assignment today which means I have about 15 000 words of researched non-fiction to do this month between all of my assignments. I'm a...

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The NaNo Motivation Comment Thread

2007-11-04T18:04:57Z

Well, since the NaNo site isn't providing any motivation this year (or much of anything else at the moment), I thought maybe we could have our own little motivation page in our NaNo group. I don't know about anyone else, but seeing someone's word ...

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Motivating tracking graphics for Nanoers

2007-11-03T01:16:24Z

In between procrastinating (read: doing school work ... er, and checking forums) I noticed that the NoWrists Nano Counter is now up and running properly so I thought I'd let you all know (the graphs are great motivators). My favourite is the spee...

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It's a little disconcerting ...

2007-11-02T00:07:19Z

... to find out that what you thought was your personality--what you thought was a choice--is actually the result of biology or environment and it's not free will after all. I read an article in NewScientist about face blindness (or prosopagnosia...

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I am not prepared for this!

2007-10-31T05:57:59Z

Another year, another Nano. Once again this year I find myself with enough plot/characterization for a short story. A really, really short story. And for the second year running I find myself in the middle of a college term with assignments alread...

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