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 […]
Often when you are sad the best medicine, antidote, is a sad song or a sad movie. You get caught up in that emotion and your heart swells and you wallow. You sit and wallow in someone else’s expressed misery. It works for a bit. A few years […]
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” ― Napoléon Bonaparte I have got a secret. Well, no. Let me rephrase. I know a secret. I have information that a certain other wishes that I did not have. I not only know a secret, I also […]
Stream of Consciousness Monday: Wondering about Pairs I barely play poker. I play it at casinos on the slot machines where I wage five cents at a time. One thing I knew was that pairs were a good thing. And two pairs were even better. I do not […]
The musical score of my life between New York and San Francisco My six year old son has no idea what is a cassette tape. He has no idea what a mix tape is. He looks at a CD and he thinks it is an XBox game. The […]
I’m a Sci-fi girl: How did that happen? When I was recruited to go to boarding school, I was told I was super smart and just amazing. I suppose I was. Perhaps for my context. Once at boarding school, I realized there were a lot of smart people […]
John Waters from wacky to mainstream could be my biographer I grew up in the South Bronx where I witnessed death, mayhem and despair. I also saw young kids take paths that led them out of such a situation. When I first left my neighborhood to go to […]
I woke up wondering what ever happened to Concrete Blonde There was a time, not so long ago but long enough, that one could buy 12 CD (compact discs) for a penny or so. Or you could get 12 CDs for the price of one. Do any […]
Quentin Tarantino: Bring in the Pooper Scooper When Pulp Fiction first hit the movie theaters many years ago, everyone in my generation was enthralled. Every sentence we spoke had a Pulp Fiction quote in it. For instance, “Any time of the day is a good time for pie“ […]
The super power of understanding that context is everything I do not fear truth. I welcome it. But I wish all of my facts to be in their proper context. Gordon B. Hinckley Context is everything. And I do not say that just because I am a […]
