Why do we care if someone, namely a woman, ugly cries?
Life, commentary, gender
How to have the perfect, psychologically fit staycation
I do not do staycations, really. I like to go on foreign vacations or cross-country roadtrips. Occasionally, around the Christmas holiday I do a small staycation right before I go on holiday vacation. I don’t want to pay the increased costs associated with going on vacation during […]
Time to bring out the bugle: Where did the summer go?
When I was a kid, I actually was not a big fan of summertime. I was a nerd. I liked going to school and thus missed the classroom. There was no local swimming pool to cool down in my area of the South Bronx. We had our […]
The psychology of a narrow win: Is it good enough?
With the national elections being featured day in and day out on our news outlets, one can not help but think about winning. What does it take to win? What does it mean to give it your all? What does it mean to pick a winner? Now, with […]
We’ve become the Gilmore Girls as a society: Good or bad?
Let me just state from the outset I love the television show The Gilmore Girls. I am ecstatic that we get four more episodes come this fall and that we finally get to find out what were the intended final four words. If you understood that sentence […]
Nothing more insufferable than taking a tour bus with colleagues
I am the type of person who hates group activities. Do you know that silly job interview question “do you prefer group or individual assignments?” (Or some variation thereof). I hardly ever believe interviewees when they answer that they prefer group assignments. And when I do believe the […]
Sitting on the stoops of the world: Its not just a NYC thing
There was a television show many years back called “227”. The comedy show was about a woman living on a Washington DC apartment complex who often sat on the stoops of the building where she engaged in gossip. I don’t remember much else about the show other […]
Elegant monster: Her pity for those listless souls would be her salvation
She had to chuckle. Rather she had to roar with with laughter. But she would keep it in. Couldn’t let herself be out of character. But it was funny. Funny that so many pitied her. They wanted to pity her. It was a normal, human instinct. She […]
Travel tidbit: Don’t open the door to strangers unless it’s for chocolate
My son is a rather seasoned traveler for a seven year old. He has been round the world from Japan to Australia to Italy to Curacao. He has gone cross country through Canada as well as through 20 states in the United States.He understands how flights and […]
I see you
I see you despite the clouds I see you despite the distance Up above I am never far from you I see past your doubts I understand your passive resistance I see your heart growing like bamboo I can catch you in the crowd I can feel your […]
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