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Gondor liberated
posted: Nov. 07, 2020.
We are all Gondorians and Denethor has immolated himself. We are liberated and happiness and peace pierces the smoke of Orkish destruction. Gandalf has entered the city to make plans Read more -
Zoom hell
posted: Oct. 06, 2020.
There is a special room in Hell just for Zoom. Zoom is the new attempt to do remote education. And while it is remote, it does not offer an education.
Classrooms
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Skinnerian steps to better modulation and civil behaviors
posted: Oct. 01, 2020.
A version of this will be published soon in the NATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST> There appear to be few behavioral specialists involved in public-health contact tracing and other methods to control the pandemic Read more -
What do you call a person who graduates last in class of medical school?
posted: Sep. 19, 2020.
Last night I went on the final phase of leaving the novice stage as a kayaker and went into the intermediate stage. I went on the Golden Hour Tour, where Read more -
Who are the matriarchs?
posted: Sep. 13, 2020.
Eve was the first woman,but not a matriarch. We know more about her life than any other woman up to Rebecca. Eve had something. She wanted--and that was a crime. Read more -
We need Fred Rogers
posted: Sep. 07, 2020.
I watched the Rogers documentary the other night on PBS. The first thing that got my attention--Rogers wanted a show where someone could help children modulate the emotions. It was Read more -
Sylvia is demented
posted: Sep. 04, 2020.
Lockdown has totally destroyed Sylvia. Lockdown destroys relatively healthy men, it brings them to the brink of delusions. Many start to hallucinate. It has destroyed her mind, and her mind Read more -
Wet Exit
posted: Aug. 22, 2020.
Don't think, dear unknown reader, that just because I read more, I laze more. Even in Unfunky, part of the day was spent in physical activity--then it was tennis. Problem--tennis Read more -
I'm still reading
posted: Aug. 10, 2020.
I'm still reading I'm still reading the Bible: Now I've read up until Abraham's search for Isaac's wife. We learned that Sarah really is a sort of sister with Abraham--his half-sister. Read more -
What I'm reading now
posted: Jul. 27, 2020.
Believe it or not:: The Old Testament. I started to read it for the poetry of Genesis. My earliest recall of how I loved words and sounds comes in Third Read more -
Sam Kahn's second act
posted: Jul. 27, 2020.
My father, Samuel Kahn, died on January 6, 2013. Two years later, while clearing out my parent's apartment in Crystal City, my brother gave me his Sony Vaio PC. An Read more -
How to build a relationship wall
posted: Jun. 05, 2020.
Brick by brick you build a wall. Or, as they sing in BARNUM: One brick at a time. And you are only walling in yourself. Incarcerated for eternity with Read more -
Navigating Manhattan
posted: May 25, 2020.
As my readers know, I have been trying to explore Manhattan by bike while trying not to get involved in a game of Grand Theft Auto. Today, I finally made
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Depression arrives
posted: May 16, 2020.
This is it. I can't be brave or witty or ironic. I am too depressed. My business has dived off the cliffs: In the past month, my billings only come
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Blood
posted: May 14, 2020.
If you can do nothing else--donate blood. And I can do nothing else. All my jobs are lost. In two weeks, I will have no health insurance. I will have Read more -
NYCPsych is the opposite of theory
posted: Apr. 13, 2020.
I know that eventually there will be a call for blogs that use psych theory to understand what has been happening to us. This will not be one of them. My Read more
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