Do not judge. Assess. — Naide P. Obiang Last weekend, I attended the marriage ceremony of a current NFL player. And let me say, it was as cool and as beautiful as you would suspect. However, because I didn’t know him (nor his amazing wife) personally—I was the official ‘plus one’—I was in full social psychologist…
Nice guys finish last. – Leo Durocher In a post from nearly two years ago (what?! I’ve been writing posts that long?—or rather: what?! you’ve been reading my posts that long?), I discussed the Dark Triad, the three personality traits associated with antisocial behavior; that is, narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. To briefly recap: narcissism is…
There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus. — Bob Phillips With Christmas just tomorrow, I decided to give you, dear reader, a present. That is, today’s bit of psychophilosophy comes to you in the form of a holiday poem. Enjoy!…
If you believe everything you read, better not read. — Japanese Proverb Spring, how glorious thou art. Birds all a flutter. Trees of blooming pink. Warmth and breeze and gaiety and love. But behind every flitting bird is an animal ready to poop on your car. And all those blossoming trees? Just little white flowers…