tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post1414273664371190385..comments2023-03-23T10:17:50.232-04:00Comments on Mony wylsum way: Alcohol: shame and usefulness.Hannah Kilpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-40455990626660167722009-10-23T16:30:41.624-04:002009-10-23T16:30:41.624-04:00Alcohol is useful. From personal experience, getti...Alcohol is useful. From personal experience, getting a shot of whisky at about eleven pm is a great way to get the fingers ready to type a few more words and open up the noodle to new ideas.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07104141977955128451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-66658839198986193912009-10-23T08:32:28.377-04:002009-10-23T08:32:28.377-04:00I have no intention of dodging! I don't think ...I have no intention of dodging! I don't think it's possible to intend to dodge anything while under the <i>secret arcane baby mind powers</i> spell. I am a minion!Hannah Kilpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-22136803654280360512009-10-23T08:24:02.949-04:002009-10-23T08:24:02.949-04:00By the time they're heading for a year old, th...By the time they're heading for a year old, that'll be a source of more than a half-hour's worth of exercise too, unless you manage to dodge all baby-minding duties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-56993022720436908752009-10-22T22:22:10.369-04:002009-10-22T22:22:10.369-04:00Less stress than enthusiasm, usually. :) However, ...Less stress than enthusiasm, usually. :) However, I now have a much more effective brain-stopper in the house: a newborn baby. Did you know the clock hands just zoom around when you're staring at a baby? They have special arcane mind control powers.Hannah Kilpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-88949518251646997962009-10-19T16:14:36.417-04:002009-10-19T16:14:36.417-04:00I hope you don't mind me commenting. I think &...I hope you don't mind me commenting. I think 'shame' with regard to alcohol is part of the renaissance / puritan tradition (Erasmus?). Medieval people probably regarded being drunk simply as a very forgivable deviation from Church teaching. I find taking ideas out for a walk a help: combining physical excercise with sorting thoughts into an order that I can recall later on, pehaps Cailliomachashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537386285993218088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-82285859592360114062009-10-19T11:18:23.162-04:002009-10-19T11:18:23.162-04:00Vellum: this is very true! Gaining perspective in...Vellum: this is very true! Gaining perspective into mediaeval mindsets? Research!<br /><br />tenthmedieval: The trouble with physical exercise is that it's so <i>boring</i>. Because I can't do anything productive during it. Or nothing my brain will acknowledge as productive. It's actually harder now I'm in Canada because I lack my dogs, so walking feels extra pointless Hannah Kilpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-30904551496154858712009-10-19T06:13:09.558-04:002009-10-19T06:13:09.558-04:00I recognise this dilemma quite loudly. I have had ...I recognise this dilemma quite loudly. I have had real trouble with the brain that won't switch off at times, it's one of the ways my brain responds to bad times, but on the other hand there is alcoholism in my bloodline and so I worry. At the moment, I reckon it as I would psych drugs; it's probably not good for me, it would be nice to manage without and ultimately that's the aimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-76814836997007259872009-10-18T16:00:23.324-04:002009-10-18T16:00:23.324-04:00Self-medicating with alcohol is a proud English tr...Self-medicating with alcohol is a proud English tradition. :) Consider yourself one step closer to medievalism.Vellumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141550387013181309noreply@blogger.com