I have over a hundred pair of shoes and I still don’t know where I am going. I feel a bit like I am in purgatory, but at least my shoes are wondrous and varied, while many are over a decade old. I must confess I even have […]
When you walk the streets of New York you should avoid eye contact with all people. Avoid eye contact with the crazies, the self-talkers, and even the handsome model types for those will turn on you faster than women can line up for a Prada sample sale or […]
In the news recently, there has been a heated discussion around something other than whether we should “lob” targeted strikes at Syria. Yes, there has been discussion as to whether blind (legally so) individuals in the state of Iowa should be allowed to get gun permits. On one […]
I have not been rejected much in life. Ok. So, now you hate me or are intrigued by why and where is this going. See, I am considered smart, somewhat attractive, cunning, quick-witted, and fashionable. Who else can rock a Betsey Johnson pink goth handbag? Also, I tend to […]
It’s the end, the end, the end of summer The end, the end, the end what a bummer -The Steel Monkeys Technically summer ends on September 22. However, summer is at its psychological end. August is at its end. One long weekend before we have to hit the […]
But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves and everyone wants high self-esteem, is to create this little box and then do their research inside it. –Robert Sternberg As a professional psychologist I occasionally engage in some psychologically oriented activities such […]
The experience of grasping onto a photo, holding it, and tracing its outlines with ones fingertips seems to be a foreign one to many individuals nowadays. Sadly, to a large cohort, it is an experience that is far and few between. A virtual photo can be anywhere and […]
It shouldn’t be that a child wipes away the tears off his mother’s cheek It shouldn’t be that a doggie licks away his best friend’s hands covered in fallen tears The salt of the earth to be felt in the moment Nightmares of old, disturbing the daylight hours […]
A recent study found that disruptive innovators in the business world tend to be narcissists. I think we can clearly see that with the late Steve Jobs. By all accounts, including his own, he was exceedingly narcissistic (in the laymen’s definition of said personality trait – and let’s […]
The morning sky was dark My head and hair frizzy and fuzzy filled with songs of the lark First, there was a bunny Surely, he was real Or was I just hungry Then, there was my dog Surely, he wasn’t real Seemed I needed some grog Yet my […]
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