Autumn is almost here: The air may be turning crisp but my heart is warmed over In the wildly disturbingly awesome movie classic Apocalypse Now, there is the oft-repeated quote of “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” It is a quote that shows how the […]
Your celebrity-like employees: Gauging happiness and anger before they quit As a manager you have to be attuned to the emotional ups and downs of staff. At least the good managers are. Recently, I noted to another manager colleague that I believed certain people were unhappy and […]
Nine movies and many television shows in a fog of medication and a 20 hour flight For a film minor in college, aficionado and intended graduate school enrollee, I have had an odd relationship with films lately. I just don’t go to the movies much anymore. Even at […]
The Fray: Female Images Featured in Street Art It’s often said that women’s nerves are frayed. They fret and run to and from in a hurried frenzy bubble of worry. At times, it seems that women are thought of as in the following photograph (a photo of […]
Thelma and Louise in the Workplace: The Psychology of a Different Type of Female Friendship The workplace and in day-to-day life there are many labeled types of “unconventional” yet conventional relationships. We have the Will and Grace relationship-types that exist in day-to-day life and in the work […]
Oh captain, my captain: walking out of the room feeling good but the trip is done We lost a grand comedic force due to grand depression. Simple statement yet a complicated life and situation. Robin Williams was known across the generations whether it was Mork and Mindy, […]
It’s 2:14 am and I’m searching for a Secret: Perhaps I watch too much TV 2:14 am. That was the time at which I awoke startled. Had I been dreaming or as someone really calling out my name? My heartbeat was rapid and I was disoriented. I looked […]
Proudly I’m a Jill of all trades: Don’t ask me about crocs, dark matter or dog grooming I take great pride in being a jill of all trades. As a social psychologist, who is embedded within a community based organization, I have to develop knowledge across a wide […]
The pentagon has a zombie survival guide and there’s cocaine in the toilet: This week’s wacky news Happy spring. We are knee deep into the allergy season and a majority of us are sneezing up a storm. It may be that all that sneezing, coughing and sniffling […]
April: I hardly knew ya but you left ghosts and dead characters in your wake The flowers are sort of blooming. The tree pollen count is starting to skyrocket. The eyes are watery and the memory a little groggy. The trains are filled with sneezes, sniffles and sighs. […]
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