Category Archives: thoughts

Rape

Posted on 8 February, 2016 by roughseasinthemed

Because it’s a woman’s fault. A third of Britons believe a woman who acts flirtatiously is partially or completely to blame for being raped, according to a new study. If the woman was drunk, 4pc said she was totally responsible … Continue reading →

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On being called a liar

Posted on 27 April, 2015 by roughseasinthemed

What annoys me … … is being called a liar. Three examples. Number One We’d just moved into our new house in the UK. By new, I mean the next one, it was actually 1930s. The next day, seriously, the … Continue reading →

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Views from a hospital bed

Posted on 20 May, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

Spending weeks in hospital waiting for an op gives plenty of time for useless musing. So in no particular order … Staff Consultants are the same the world over. No more to be said there. Similarly porters and cleaners. Pretty … Continue reading →

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Lies, damned lies, and ‘The Bible’

Posted on 5 April, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

Sadly I have wasted far too much time reading some religious blogs of late. Given that I am not religious, I have no exposure to crusading missionaries and religious zealots in my day-to-day life. And while I am not easily … Continue reading →

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The theory of relativity

Posted on 12 March, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

Or rather, relative wealth and relative luck. Although perhaps space and time have something to do with it. Example 1 Writing about books over on roughseas, I mentioned Helen Fielding. She wrote Bridget Jones’ Diary. She also went to my … Continue reading →

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Real men eat quiche ?

Posted on 18 February, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

There is something intrinsically annoying about people’s assumptions about why people choose a vegetarian diet. Back in the UK, whenever Partner said he was vegetarian, the guaranteed question was, ‘Is that because your wife is?’ as though he didn’t have … Continue reading →

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Hey! I can do that!

Posted on 17 February, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

Writing, writing, writing I’m sure there is a song out there, that goes ‘riding, riding, riding’ but could I find it? However to move away from the previous posts about language, I thought I would write about, um, writing. Over … Continue reading →

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I finally found a decent Freshly Pressed post!

Posted on 16 February, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

And as it follows the same theme as the last couple of posts on here: Bitch-slapped and harlot and Free speech I recommend a read. (Link at the bottom) The words feminist and vegetarian aren’t mentioned, but it is about … Continue reading →

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The right to free speech or the right to freely offend and insult?

Posted on 15 February, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

While I am busy bemoaning the use of sexist language that derides women, (see previous post) the rest of the world is busy working itself into a frenzy following Penguin Books India’s decision to recall Wendy Doniger’s book ‘The Hindus: … Continue reading →

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An exchange

Posted on 11 February, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

So, run away all those of you who think feminism is silly, don’t like PC language and think there is no problem out there anyway. That will be most/all of you. Here we have the usual story of me pointing … Continue reading →

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A scary tale – keep your distance

Posted on 5 February, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

I read a disturbing blog yesterday. In fact I probably spent most of the morning reading it, and the nearly 300 comments on the first post. Ironically, I found it through a vegan blog, which I had found from another … Continue reading →

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Middle aged men

Posted on 4 January, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

Don’t you just love them? One of the good things about getting to middle age, ie anything over 40 as far as I am concerned, is that one no longer expects to have total idiots hitting on you. That’s not … Continue reading →

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Relatively fine

Posted on 9 December, 2013 by roughseasinthemed

Browsing around WordPress, as you do, when you want to find a distraction from things that really need doing, I came upon a gem. It’s not that easy to find, but they have some commenting guidelines. Mmmm, just what Cloudy … Continue reading →

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Apple or PC/Windows? The endless debate

Posted on 26 November, 2013 by roughseasinthemed

I see WordPress has managed to introduce an inconvenient new feature in my absence. I can just imagine the conversation at WP HQ. ‘Hey have you noticed that cranky roughseas isn’t around at the moment?’ ‘Yeah, life’s a bit quiet … Continue reading →

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How not to give away that you are cheating

Posted on 12 August, 2013 by roughseasinthemed

Top Tip Number One. In fact the only tip. Do not leave her card in your shorts pocket if your partner does the laundry. Given that most women do the washing, this is not a clever idea. Some women are … Continue reading →

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On getting married – the big day?

Posted on 2 June, 2013 by roughseasinthemed

Does a severe economic recession inspire people to save money or to recklessly spend it, to have a good time in spite of the financial problems? The average cost of a UK wedding is around £22,000. Over at The Cotton … Continue reading →

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On blogging …

Posted on 10 May, 2013 by roughseasinthemed

Damn! Never leave things too late. I wrote a really intelligent response to a post on one of the WordPress blogs, which was incredibly complimentary, saying how I thought their ability to choose the most boring blogs possible to highlight, … Continue reading →

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Ghastly words

Posted on 25 April, 2013 by roughseasinthemed

To avoid. The English language is abundantly blessed with words, often many meaning the same but each one with a slightly different nuance. Do you get the idea? or Do you understand my drift? Both broadly mean the same, but … Continue reading →

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Sink or swim

Posted on 28 March, 2013 by roughseasinthemed

My mother never learned to swim. When she visited us in Spain, we took her for a walk around the beach, she was in her late 70s, a leisurely walk of around an hour, but she was quite capable of … Continue reading →

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From death to trivia

Posted on 19 March, 2013 by roughseasinthemed

Originally posted on Work of the Negative: A Marxist-Humanist blog:
From the new March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: Editorial State of the U.S. wars The opening of Barack Obama’s second term made it clear that, despite all talk…

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