I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
The pull of interacting with the masses: data is like a gummy worm As a Ph.D psychologist embedded within a community-based I address on a weekly basis the question of where do I publish my latest research results? I purposely avoided academia because I dislike the Ivory Tower […]
Metal mediating our interaction with the environment and world We are still deep in summertime mode. However, autumn is fast-approaching as the days go bu faster and faster each day. Here are some photo shots that remind me of a perpetual autumn season. Metal jutting out […]
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, […]
Today we were asked to think about what would happen if we woke up and it was ten days later. I can tell you I would be mighty bummed out to have missed my son’s formative years and have missed seeing New Orleans become the grand city it […]
My Superpower: Do I Have a Fever? I am quite proud of my sound judgment. I tend to make fair wise judgment calls. Do I make mistakes? Of course, I do and have. I seek second opinions on my much more advanced statistical analyses, when I can. […]
The texture of my sick days Curled up in a shriveled pile Blankets to my body so riveted My body fought off an invader of bile My head hung low and unspirited Awakening rejuvenated, not so much nonetheless a lingering glossy shine […]
Odious: sometimes it is the perfect word A few years back I found myself in a weird professional pickle. I was protested for advocating for equal resources. I did not understand why there was such much anger and venom thrown at me. I truly had not said anything […]
The ruse of niceness in the workplace I will warn you right here. This ain’t no happy go lucky narrative. It’s a bit downtrodden. You have been warned. Carry on. As I grew in the ranks at work, I took my lumps on the chin and I fought […]
18 days and then it is the perfect number The number 18 has a certain amount of significance in American culture. We turn 18. We become adults. We go to college and get credit cards in our names. We can go into the military and we can […]
The edge of the photograph frame: Pondering Away at Flinders Station On a bright, mildly brisk Saturday afternoon in Melbourne I found myself at the corner intersection of Flinders Street and Swanson Street. I snapped photograph upon photograph of Flinders Street mega train station. I had never considered […]
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