"Why am I here? is the question I've been asking myself lately. I can barely read this page and what I'm writing. And so I posed the question to my neighbor and my best friend. [different people] Because, maybe they might know. My neighbor, here at the South Lincoln Resort, answered: "I don't know. But … Continue reading Why Am I Here
Category: Psychology
The Encyclopedic Bookshelf: History as Functional Furniture
I unboxed all the books I've been hauling around from home-to-home for the last twenty-four years. Therefore, I needed a bookshelf. The Encyclopedic Bookshelf is what happened. What? It's a long story. Maybe a book? However, briefly, here's the story. Ever since I closed my 'great idea' - to save the world - of building … Continue reading The Encyclopedic Bookshelf: History as Functional Furniture
Lost On Planet Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7S3bxfaAR8 We (humans) are now Lost on planet earth. That, readers, is my summation of where we find ourselves today regarding whether or not we will survive. Furthermore, unlike myself in the video - we don't have a compass. Oh sure, we have our phones, equipped with a GPS app that can tell us where … Continue reading Lost On Planet Earth
The Lindsay Clancy Case: Thoughts
The Lindsay Clancy case wasn't on my radar, much less my mind - until - my first-read WordPress blogger friend posted about it. And then ... I just had to check it out because it seemed to fall right in my wheelhouse. In fact, mental health is my passion, and has been since My Fall. … Continue reading The Lindsay Clancy Case: Thoughts
Consciousness As Side Effect
Consciousness as side effect is an idea that's been bouncing around my brain for quite a spell. Specifically, since 1970 and an Anthropology course I took, "Beginnings of Mankind". I recall having wrote in my notebook: "Mankind is a self-conscious animal, therefore - kind of like a kind man." Something like that. Can we talk … Continue reading Consciousness As Side Effect
SIDE EFFECTS: Mental health care breaks bad
Side Effects (2013) is a film, a psychological thriller [my favorite genre] written by Scott Z. Burns and directed by Steven Soderbergh. It stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, and Catherine Zeta-Jones; with a heavy dose of cultural and social commentary. Wherein mental health care breaks bad. Let's talk about it. The Plot and Theme. The Plot … Continue reading SIDE EFFECTS: Mental health care breaks bad
COVID-19 UPDATE
With the Anthony Fauci hearing before congress, wherein he pleaded the 5th 111 times - I thought I'd go on the record with this COVID-19 update. Which requires a look back to when it first landed. Then, I wasn't nearly so angry as I am now. Fauci should be in prison. What a sick, miserable little man … Continue reading COVID-19 UPDATE
Have We Made this Mess? The Vortex
Here I am again, now, looking back. This book, The Vortex, * was published in 2009; and I was really struck by it. So much so that I made this video. Subsequently, I've written two books that use its premise as foundational. However, I forgot. Because I'm old? Or just don't want to believe that it … Continue reading Have We Made this Mess? The Vortex
Summer Nights
It's officially summer, as of last Sunday, so I thought this short video apropos. Have summer nights changed? All things considered. I made it back in the summer of 2009. Which, I can make the case for as the best of my life. (That might be worthy of blog--tier ranking summers.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2LZtXZNDGw Then and Now … Continue reading Summer Nights
The Truth About Lying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hg8LMMkEY0 In this video (2008) I read from Attachment: A Novel of War and Peace, which I published in 2006. I preface the reading with a review from a reader. The reading is from "Trust", the second chapter. It is, I think, the truth about lying. The protagonist, Joe Burns, is in his first session … Continue reading The Truth About Lying