Au revoir

Yes, time for me to row row row a boat.
Right out of here, I’m afraid.
What I’m trying to say Erimentha, God bless her, is retiring.
Those of you who know me will soon know where I’ll be writing after this. Those of you who don’t, just email me at blog.erimentha at gmail dot com, and I’ll [...]

Current MIAP (Most Irksome Aspect of the Patriarchy): that it is beyond the bounds of our collective imagination that a woman and a man who calls, or has at any time called, her ‘ma’am’, may be romantically involved.

I don’t know why

this kind of thing continues to shock me.
I mean, we women have been responsible for how men behave for ever and ever and ever. Every right we have has been and continues to be restricted on the grounds of how our exercise of it is likely to affect men.
So why does it continue to shock [...]

For my tax students

This.
the committee feels that taxing employers based on the type and number of manpower they use has a good rationale and should be considered seriously for implementation
Critique (teehee!). The report is here. You might want to note the date.

Hair

It can make or break a day, sometimes. And I’m living in a city that makes my hair curl (literally!) Can you blame me for not liking the place?

Back to square one?

Have you ever had a moment of absolute certainty slowly taken apart till you’re no longer even certain you’re you?
A proposal you’ve made in complete confidence been accepted, and then you aren’t so confident any more?
I seem to be at sea, but it might not be a bad place for someone who wants to make [...]

And

I have a new name for this blog, signifying the growing-up I’ve been doing since I started it (yes, indeed), as indicated by the increased frivolity(!!) of the subjectmatter hereof and my heightened awareness of my self(-ves?).
I almost lost the pseudonym, too.