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Robin Williams

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. This last month has been about the worst month I’ve had in years. This last week has been one of the worst weeks I’ve had in months. Today was one of the worst days I’ve had in weeks. And then, tonight, I watched Robin William’s cable special and laughed until I […]

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On being a sensualist

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The world that lieth in wickedness, the sensualist, has no taste nor relish for that bread which cometh down from God out of heaven, and nourisheth the soul up unto eternal life. Thomas Lechtworth, They that wait upon the Lord Roget’s Thesaurus defines a sensualist as a person devoted to pleasure and […]

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Shallows

In the shallows, in soft, soft sand, you can stand very still and the little fishies will nibble at your toes. In the shallows, in soft, soft sand, you can look down through clear, clear water and be master of all you see. In the shallows, in soft, soft sand, you can laugh at tiny […]

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The world’s smallest postings

Steve Himmer (or should that be Opt Himmer? 5 Himmer?) subtly started something yesterday* that was intriguing to say the least: Is brevity really the soul of wit? Or, more precisely, am I capable of saying anything without rattling and rambling for 1000 words at a time? Included with this paragraph is a link to a new […]

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The value of anger

To get my degree in psychology, I had to establish a specific hypothesis and then design and conduct experiments to either prove or disprove it. I based my hypothesis on the work conducted by Dr. Martin Seligman on Learned Helplessness. Dr. Seligman’s theory is that an organism (dogs, rats, college sophomores, or other), when exposed to […]