Recent content by spuzzwink

You're not the only one, my friend! Welcome to the forum.

Glad it went well Van! And if you ever have to do it again, remember it will be just that little bit easier.

Hello Nexaddo, welcome to the forum.

Beat me to it! About 75% of people say they are fearful of public speaking. This means that 3 out of 4 people in your audience are probably just as scared of what you're doing as you are, and it's remembering that point which gives me confidence. Everyone you are speaking to is just a person...

I often enter periods of intellectual reflection, allowing my intuition to guide my thoughts temporarily. It often culminates in my accepting an invitation to some absurd social gathering (like a barbeque - what's the particular appeal of cooking food outside? It seems singularly primitive, not...

Ironically the decline of mainstream religion is arguably due to one of the theist's main refutations: evolution! This is an excellent resource.

Hello Chessguy, welcome to the forum! Do you mean your negative outlook is simply a corollary of your academic work or is it influenced by it directly? i.e. is your chosen field sociology or similar and has it nurtured cynicism, or does your workload prohibit socialising to some extent...

Yay! Better late than never (one hopes)!

You're doing fine! Forum mechanics vary from site to site but here they are fairly simple: To add a new reply to a thread: click NEW REPLY at the bottom of the thread. To quote someone in a reply: click REPLY at the bottom of their post. To send a private message to someone: click on PM at the...

As a seasoned veteran of the internet, I can honestly say there are few things contained therein which can hold my attention for 2 seconds, let alone the 2 hours I just spent on there! Overwhelmingly inspirational, comical, insightful and beautiful.

Hello Tayla, welcome to the forum!

Some excellent advice in this thread! I'm in almost exactly the same situation, but feeling less desperate than I was at Christmas (probably my loneliest time of the year) as I'm trying to get in shape before properly starting to look for Mrs Spuzzwink :D. All I would like to add is try to avoid...

Hello Bree, welcome to the forum! I'm sure you'll like it here. What kind of things do you focus on in the program? I'm really interested in education and learning, but don't know much about it at that age group!

Thanks everyone! Birthdays are always a source of melancholy for me so I appreciate ALL even more than usual today.

Hello Issaccs, welcome.