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Gender: It’s All Cats and Dogs

Something I can’t stand are the ridiculous and often offensive stereotypes about gender that society finds the need to nail into our unsuspecting minds from birth and are only to be thrown off by those smart enough to think outside the narrow social square … well, if it is narrow it is really a rectangle. …

September 15, 2010 – 5:56 pm | By H.G. Rodgers | Posted in Babble, Emotions, Insights, Metaphysical Speculations, Ponderings, Society | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Fish and and and and and Chips: A Conversation About Grammer

For a generation that communicates daily through writing we seem to have a dangerously relaxed view on basic grammar; so much so that I am actually afraid for the breakdown of the English language. The biggest problem: people don’t even realise they’ve done anything wrong. It’s only when someone else goes to read your writing …

August 23, 2010 – 5:35 pm | By H.G. Rodgers | Posted in Facts, Insights, Ponderings, Society | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (7)

(My First) How-To: Make Portal Mirrors from the Game “Portal”

I recently completed what was possibly my first piece of commission artwork outside of birthday presents (which I obviously wouldn’t get paid for). The task was to transform two long oval mirrors into portals that resembled those from the video game so aptly named … Portal. Regrettably I didn’t take a before photo of the …

August 18, 2010 – 1:31 am | By H.G. Rodgers | Posted in Art, How-To, Me | Tagged , , , | Comments (7)

Dating and Accessorising: There is a Line…

There is game that, it seems, we are all fated to play: dating. Of course, it goes by many names — some of which depend entirely on how someone plays the game — but all of which amount to the equivalent anthropological meaning of seeking a mate and society with other humans. Courting, escorting, one-night-stands, …

May 1, 2010 – 4:22 pm | By H.G. Rodgers | Posted in Babble, Insights, Metaphysical Speculations, Ponderings, Society | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)