I don’t want to sleep to dream
No sleep for me I want to be awake and dream I want to be awake and live out my desires No sleep for me I want to act out my dreams Not wait till sleep Dreams need not be perfect Just realized No sleep for me No […]
Puerto Rican by Way of Superstitions and Rituals: Avoiding the “Mal de Ojo”
Yes, I am Puerto Rican by Way of Superstitions and Rituals: Avoiding the “Mal de Ojo” I am always on the lookout for an evil eye: or the “mal de ojo” There are people who are so jealous of you that their energy gets converted into some weird […]
Is it cool to have a toddler in First Class?
Is it cool to have a toddler in First Class? Immediate Answer: It is all about the parents! I was recently on a flight where several of us pondered this question. The second we all sat down, everyone looked to the side (out of the corner of their […]
Imsomnia? Don’t watch an Adam Sandler movie at night and 6 other things not to do!
Imsomnia? Don’t watch an Adam Sandler movie at night and 6 other things not to do! Ever since I moved back out to California, I have been having a hard time falling asleep. I don’t even think about falling asleep early. And it is not like I am […]
My 80s superstars no more
Years after college I would go out clubbing, often at places that played ’80s music. It was fun, silly and high-spirited namely because the songs were just for dancing (mostly badly) with no real no societal insight. Although I readily danced to it, I must admit I hated […]
A touch of teal in an auburn-filled potpourri bowl
A touch of teal in an auburn-filled potpourri bowl My doorbell rang and there was the delivery man with two boxes. How odd a sight. In New York, they just left my boxes on my doorstep. I twitched my nose wondering why the deliveryman rings the doorbell here […]
From tipping point to trigger point
Despite it’s extremely “pop” nature, I liked Malcom Gladwell’s The Tipping Point. He is a fellow social psychologist. Yah! I have seen academic psychologists sneer at his type of writing but we all know that it is just deep-seated jealousy. For my dissertation, my co-chair is a pretty […]
There was fun to be had and faked in the dark winter’s snow
In the heart of winter, there shouldn’t be lines. We should all be burrowed deep into our mind caves sipping hot cider in our dreams. The merry go rounds still keep oddly spinning. There is no rest anymore. No slumber. No hibernation. The snow is no longer light. […]
Robin, you are still alive
Robin, you are still alive I have been trying to clean up my emails for the past year. I am down to 600 or so in my personal account that are unread. I have four email accounts that I actively use to varying degrees. Every once in a […]
A past that never happened
A past that never happened In her mind things were simpler a while back. As she types out her latest missive, she knows that was never the case. We have mythologized the past into something it has never been. A time of no road rage, no lines and low […]
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