A yawn is a silent scream for coffee. — T-shirt, Amazon.com This may have been one of the more difficult posts for me to write, both because of the sparse and sometimes conflicting research, as well the fact that every time I typed “yawn,” I’d start yawning myself. See, I just did it right there! But…
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. — E.B. White Last week, we described the introduction of recreationally using marijuana in the United States, through the surge in Mexican immigration in 1910. Already, these immigrants were an outside group (an “outgroup”) to the U.S., and so…
Only that traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better. – Henry David Thoreau There really is nothing like returning to your childhood home. Or in my case, returning to the place I lived last year as a semi-grown adult. And after spending the last…
Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man. — Zhuangzi Today I’m going to talk about two of my favorite things: psychology and butterflies. Now, this first part may be a little boring, but it’s…
On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. — Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club One morning I woke up, tired of being a coward. I was tired of being afraid. Tired of being intimidated. I realized that for 22 years I had confused “being nice” with “fear of confrontation.” So…