So my brother DM'd me: "Judge is pressing." I agreed. And so we have to factor that into Greatest Home Run Hitter Ever. Yes? Mr. October was/is Reggie Jackson. So where does that factor into the GOAT (greatest of all time) of home run hitters? Jackson only hit .300 once in his career. However he … Continue reading Pressure and Personality
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Greatest Home Run Hitter Ever
is a great debate. It's between four New York Yankees: Babe Ruth in 1927: 60 Home runs; 164 Runs batted in; .356 Batting average; 158 runs scored. Mickey Mantle in 1956: 52 Home runs: 132 runs batted in; .352 Batting average; 132 Runs scored. Roger Maris in 1961: 61 Home runs; 142 Runs batted in; … Continue reading Greatest Home Run Hitter Ever
The River Why Revisited
The River Why (1983) is a novel by David James Duncan (1952) that I've reread now because the movie version (2010) casts Amber Heard in the female role. The movie is very good, the novel stellar. The novel is now historical fiction. It accurately and brilliantly depicts what it was like to be a certain type … Continue reading The River Why Revisited
Crazy Love: Depp and Heard
Recently I was asked to recommend five books on any subject of my choosing. I chose Personality. The list was for a new website, Shepherd.com, that aims to rival Goodreads for book lovers. Two books not on the list are Interpersonal Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders and Crazy Love: Dealing With your Partner's Problem Personality. … Continue reading Crazy Love: Depp and Heard
Magpie Convention
It's spring, March 27th, 2022. I'm on my daily walk down Park Centre Drive and see my favorite birds behaving strangely. Though not really. They do this from time-to-time - congregate. Sometimes in a tree, other times in a field. Even on a road. This behavior has been called "Magpie funerals". I wonder why … Continue reading Magpie Convention
Border Wars
A border war is what is happening now between Ukraine and Russia. A war about boundaries. However that's not all. It's also a cultural war. And a war of personalities - like a marriage/divorce. In other words - this is complicated. Ant War. Why? is what I saw some fifty years ago (1979) on my … Continue reading Border Wars
A Bridge Too Far
A bridge too far is a movie, based on a book, based on a true, failed military operation during World War Two. We (the world) might be in a similar situation today. Regarding the war in Ukraine. However, I have a possible solution. The Day Of The Bridge is November Seventeenth. This comes from the … Continue reading A Bridge Too Far
My Favorite Movies: Sixty-six years of theater going
began in 1956, Burtonwood, England, on an US Air Force Base. The movie theater was right across a large grass field from our quarters. I was six and a show cost a quarter (.25). Mostly, my older brother and I would watch movies starring Elvis Presley. He was my first hero. So with this list, … Continue reading My Favorite Movies: Sixty-six years of theater going
The Call Of The Wild
is my calling. As well as a classic novel by Jack London. It was first published in 1903, and became the most read book of its time. The book made London rich and famous. I first read it in 1972, living in a cabin on the Poudre River. However, I likely read "To Build A … Continue reading The Call Of The Wild
Resistance to Truth
is almost always because of threat. Real or imagined to one's well-being. Naturally. Well-being being with regard to ones's health. Meaning ones's state of: 1) physical; 2) mental; 3) psychological; 4) emotional; 5) social; 6) economic. Anyone or all. Unfortunately the truth varies. There is short-term truth and long-term truth. In the short-term truth often … Continue reading Resistance to Truth