oops

In the previous post, I mean to link to this.  It’s an outstanding column about what Jesee Jackson meant in the early days of his career.

old blog classics: mail delivery response

For 4 years, I had a blog over at blogger.  I like blogger, but decided on a change for a few reasons (you can read the original post on this site for more info).  I haven’t decided what to do with my old blog entries.  Currently, they are still on blogger, but unpublished.  It would [...]

blog evolution

In developmental psychology, most models take you through various “life stages” in which, depending on the theory, different things happen.  For Freud, it was a matter of what or who you were attracted to sexually.  In Piaget’s model, our brains process information in different ways.  For Erikson, we faced various crisises during different stages of [...]

parenting (and pet owning) tip

From the “instructions” from one of those toilet cleaning disks:
Safe for use around pets and children, though it is not recommened that either be permitted to drink from the toilet.
I want to read the case that led to that disclaimer.

gilligan’s deadly sins, part 2

So, it turns out that I was wrong in my analysis of how the Gilligan’s Island characters represent the new deadly sins.  It turns out that Ginger should NOT represent drug abuse.  Andy sent me a link, and it looks like Mary Ann should be the one who represents drug abuse. 

my dating pool

Since I spend most of my time with college students, I don’t meet a lot of people my age.  I’m actually okay with that, except that it extremely limits my prospects for dating.  And that raises the question, what is the acceptable range for me to be dating.
 I didn’t realize until today that there is [...]