Category Archives: Cognition

Forced Refresh

Posted on September 20, 2025 by sputterpub

The PC got a little ill this week.It suddenly desisted to connectto Internet. The problem seemed unique;I tried all resolutions you’d expect.Apparently I need a new technique.But daily posts I’d rather not neglect,so I am limping, wireless and slow,and (big … Continue reading →

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The AQ Test

Posted on September 8, 2025 by sputterpub

It’s just an online test, but it was sentto me by one who knows a thing or twoof neuroscience. Clearly it’s not meantto data-mine or sell a point of view.Results are in, and now it’s evidentthat how I self-describe’s precisely … Continue reading →

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Just Dishonesty

Posted on August 18, 2025 by sputterpub

Among the several reasons not to lie(avoiding chaos, extra work, and stress),my adult child states he’ll always tryto tell the truth, and circumvent the messthat comes along wherever he’d applydishonesty. And then he said there’s lessof clarity when memory is … Continue reading →

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Transit Dreams

Posted on July 23, 2025 by sputterpub

The first dream had my brothers sitting near.We’re in an airport, and my phone is dead.My iPad too – initially my fearwas how to get a boarding pass. Time spedand chaos mounted while I dashing pledfor aid from staff in … Continue reading →

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Nobody’s Favorite

Posted on July 13, 2025 by sputterpub

I must have been preferred when I was born:desired by my parents, and the first.But Mom was scared and hasty; she was torn between the love and errands. I was nursedby a professional, to scheduled sleep,and bottle-fed, with days and … Continue reading →

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Mirror Image

Posted on June 29, 2025 by sputterpub

I’m guessing that she never really meantthose careless words. Some hours afterward,I thought it would be foolish to resentcomparison insulting and absurd.The other’s not alike – if there’s a bentfor acting like my mother, what I heardis incorrect. The case … Continue reading →

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Super Power

Posted on June 28, 2025 by sputterpub

I daily play at solitaire and win,although sometimes it takes me several tries,wherein I vary how I flip a card,so there’s occasion when I re-begin,or skip an easy move. It’s a surpriseto triumph when the dealt array is hard. Go … Continue reading →

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The Hour-A-Day Campaign

Posted on June 25, 2025 by sputterpub

I’ve modified behavior once or twice,and learned some lessons doing so, for sure.When I eliminate a type of viceI have to do refusing daily. Curethat’s positive, adopting something nice,requires that I start it small, endure,and then let doing it supply … Continue reading →

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Chew Chew

Posted on May 25, 2025 by sputterpub

A train of thought has left the roundhouse now –the pistons slowly push connecting rodsas someone reading journals ponders howmalfeasance rose so steadily, and nods,connecting episodes. Did school allow,by triggering contempt? What are the odds?The train accelerates with fuel to … Continue reading →

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Defiance

Posted on May 22, 2025 by sputterpub

Rereading what I wrote when he was bornand till he left our home, I see how sweethe was before preschool. They set to warnus then of angry fits, when he’d defeattheir socializing systems with his scorn,rejecting time-outs like an obsoleteresponse. … Continue reading →

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