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Puff the Magic Dragon
Created: Dec 10, 2018
On Friday night I saw my significant other, Peter Yarrow, who performed a set at Emanu-El. Oh, Peter Yarrow, my first love. The first record I ever owned was Peter, Read more -
Incontinent nostalgia
Created: Dec 04, 2018
The other day I asked a girlfriend about her Thanksgiving weekend, where her daughter drove from Florida to New Orleans to pick up her own daughter, then drove the both
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The shame of our century
Created: Nov 27, 2018
I have a chalazion on my left lower eyelid. The word comes from the Yiddish, chazarei, for stupidity. No, actually, it comes from the Greek word for "hailstone." It is Read more -
The terrible twos
Created: Nov 25, 2018
I attended my parent's friend's 90th birthday party last night. My parents and they were neighbors in their first apartment on Cortelyou Road. Both women were pregnant with their first
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Sylvia the Senile Superheroine
Created: Nov 18, 2018
My mother, the superheroine. Bet you never thought I'd write that. But her power is not a blessing, but a curse. She just says no. No to everything. Saying no Read more -
Development over my Lifespan
Created: Nov 16, 2018
I worry that in my old age I will become one of those NY women who eschew the subway. These women always give some elaborate rationalization as to why they
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Mt. Doom
Created: Nov 13, 2018
My mother is an invalid. What a word. In.....valid. Not cogent. Not having a sound basis. Not my mother. She is an anxious head in a body that is dysfunctioning.
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Loss, unambiguous
Created: Nov 11, 2018
My mother and father married and moved into a one-bedroom in Flatbush. Eight years, two children, and a job in NJ later, they moved into a four-bedroom quarter acre split
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Psychology and the Blog
Created: Nov 07, 2018
The Forensic Psychology conference I attended yesterday certainly made an impression on me. In instructing psychologists how to go about setting up a consulting practice, the issue of social media Read more -
Not thinking about the children in Pediatric Oncology. Still
Created: Nov 04, 2018
I was at a forensic conference today and one of the presentations dealt with risk management. The psychologist urged us to pay attention to patient dissatisfaction and complaints, as it
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$7k or strike!
Created: Oct 26, 2018
Last week the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), the union which represents CUNY staff, both full-time and part-time, held a meeting to discuss how to increase adjunct pay from the current Read more -
Lehman Hall burns: 40th anniversary.
Created: Oct 16, 2018
It must be the 40th anniversary of the Lehman Hall Fire. I don't remember the exact date, only that it was the Friday before midterms, Fall Semester, 1978. I
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Follow the fellow who follows the dream
Created: Oct 16, 2018
The title of this post probably accurately diagnosis my problem: I'm alone in this world. I have never married. Never successfully maintained a relationship with a romantic partner. I meet Read more -
How to kill a child psych program in ten easy steps.
Created: Oct 14, 2018
1. Starve the beast financially. Place them in an abandoned, windowless factory building hiding a notorious Mafia body dumping ground. Don't bother to keep the building clean or decorate it Read more -
Simchat Torah for Who? And I mean that for both the English and Hebrew meaning of the word
Created: Oct 05, 2018
Well, I was invited to several Simchat Torah celebrations last night. I work on Monday nights to after 10PM. Add travel time and I won't be anywhere until 10:30 or
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Doubt
Created: Sep 28, 2018
At the end of the movie, "DOUBT", Meryl Streep wails, "I have doubt." It is an anguished cry of the Mother Superior who has protected an abusive priest, sure that
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