The greatest deception humans suffer is from their own opinions. — Leonardo da Vinci Today’s post complements research I recently discussed on the podcast, Water Cooler Talk Podcast, where I applied psychological research to why people continue to resist wearing masks, why people avoid facts that could be helpful, and other (fascinating!) topics. Here’s a…
A product can be quickly outdated, but a successful brand is timeless. — Stephen King Although you may not have realized it, my last post came while I was traveling in Iceland. Alongside my dad and brother, we saw frozen waterfalls, ate the freshest of fish, and took a wrong turn into a snowy abyss we…
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Eyes Flies: A dark story about a narrator who wakes up to an ever-increasing number of flies in his apartment. The Back of Stars: A tale which considers the theory of infinite universes and what it would mean to fall in love with someone who doesn’t live within your own. Welcoming Death: If you died, would…
The best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing. — Tom Fishburne In grocery stores, you often have to swipe a “club card” to get discounts on select items. And although this may seem like an incentive to keep you shopping at their store, really, they just want to know what kind of products their clientele are purchasing—sometimes for…
7/2017 – RHYME ON!: In Loudoun County’s annual poetry contest, they selected my poem, What is Poetry? for the winner of their free-verse category. 3/2017 – “Her Heart Poetry” published my piece, For Her, Always, for their annual anthology, in both their digital and hard copy prints–even nominating the piece to their “Highly Commended” category. …