Don’t Forget About Sunk Costs
2014-25-2014 – Okay. It was a bad year. Lost job. Illness and death in the family. Last kid is off to college and we’re alone. Friend dies. New job is […]
Tag Archives: psychology
Do Clothes Make the Man?
2014-12-18 – I read an account recently about a nudist colony. Do they call them colonies? Seems awfully colonial to me. I wish I could give you a link. It […]
There IS an Obvious Solution
2014-11-20 – Saw a headline the other day: “No Obvious Solution to the Mid East Crisis.” I didn’t click on it. I’ve seen these stories before and they are depressing. […]
Near Snow Experience
2014-11-16 – You call this snow? Nat did. Kit and I visited Nat yesterday in Beloit, WI, where he goes to school. He was complaining about the unseasonable cold and […]
You Gotta Be You!
2014-11-1 – The mantra these days is “I gotta be me!” It’s everywhere: in politics and self-help. Don’t tread on me! Stand your ground! Well you be you, you selfish […]
Listen, O Israel!
2014-11-02 – Good Morning Daylight Wasting Time! Isn’t that what you should call it? It’s the alternative to Daylight Savings Time. We are now plunging into the darkness of winter. […]
I’m Being Followed Around by a Eureka Hand-Held Vacuum
2014-10-23 – I am being followed around by a Eureka hand-held vacuum cleaner. And it sucks! It’s not the actual vacuum cleaner. It’s an ad for the vacuum cleaner that […]
Happy Diogenes Day Eve!
2014-09-30 – Tomorrow, October 1, is Diogenes Day, the annual day devoted to the truth. In the spirit of the truth, I give you the final verse of Robert Burns […]
You Only Have Yourself to Blame
2014-09-25 – Happy New Year to my Jewish friends! L’shana Tova! To a good year! Judaism celebrates two developmental tasks in the life of a person. The first is becoming […]
Being In the Moment
2014-09-23 – We’re told to be in the moment. It’s very Zen. We’re told that we miss out on life if we either get lost thinking about the future or […]
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