“You know that you’re over the hill, when your mind makes a promise that your body can’t fill.” – Old Folks Boogie, Little Feat Delusion is a double-edged sword. The same mechanism that causes us to ignore cold hard reality staring us right in the face is also responsible for[…] Read On
I have a headache. No, I’m not avoiding sex. Don’t be ridiculous. Let’s try this a different way. You know how your computer sometimes gets into a processing loop, overheats and hangs up? My head sometimes does that. Actually it does that a lot. Instead of actually dealing with an[…] Read On
Bring your “whole self” to work. That phrase is all the rage in workplace culture. Companies big and small are using it in job specs and ads. But what does that even mean? It means a lot of new-age idiots are getting suckered into another dumb workplace fad like emotional[…] Read On
I’m a constant source of embarrassment. I am aware that John Malkovich recently said that – about himself, not me. I don’t care; I said it first. I did. Really. Being a constant source of embarrassment is not nearly as much fun as it sounds. I mean, it is at[…] Read On
We like to see ourselves as arbiters of absolute truth or at least infallible points of view. In reality we’re shockingly biased toward our existing beliefs. In case you’re wondering that’s called confirmation bias. All things considered it’s sort of surprising we ever get anything right. Think that’s not true?[…] Read On
In these enlightened times (note the italics) it’s remarkably strange how superstitious we are. I’m no history prof but I’m pretty sure we’d give medieval times a run for their money. How are bloodletting leaches any crazier than colon cleanses? I mean, have you heard what people shove up their[…] Read On
The media and everyone else who acted out on a 16-year-old kid from Kentucky have a blanket excuse for their own ludicrous behavior. They were triggered. The word “snowflake” used to refer to thin-skinned millennials. Now the term applies to anyone who is offended by innocuous things – you know,[…] Read On