by Megan Durham | Oct 27, 2011
I’m going to begin the process of merging my Widdershins and my Comfy Fuzzy Ninjas blogs together. What does that mean? It means that updates that usually only show up on my Widdershins blog (Monday weirdness postings, essentially) will also show up...
by Megan Durham | Oct 25, 2011
One day, far in the future, I will buy a house. I will buy said house not because of the financial benefit, or because I want to stop paying rent, but because once I physically own a property I can remodel it. I can build things. Some of it’s my...
by Megan Durham | Oct 25, 2011
We have been conditioned to believe that medical problems have causes. If a limb hurts it must be injured. If your stomach aches you’re probably sick. But what happens when you have symptoms that can’t be explained? Take the pregnant teenager...
by Megan Durham | Oct 19, 2011
One of the Anne books famously said that “a house is not a real home until it had been consecrated by a birth, a wedding and a death.” This last week has me wondering if there is a similar ritual necessary for a bike. Perhaps a bike isn’t...
by Megan Durham | Oct 17, 2011
Today, we’re going to dive into the uncanny valley. The easiest way to explain it, unfortunately, is to demonstrate it. If you dislike slightly off-putting images I suggest you avoid this post all together. For the rest of you (brave souls that you are) I...
by Megan Durham | Oct 13, 2011
Due to some monetary issues this month I found myself bike-commuting to work in earnest. I figured that I just hiked the Grand Canyon, biking shouldn’t be any problem at all. Right? Well… it’s a little different. The muscles I...