My girl and I are downright silly on Valentine’s Day… We make fun of all cheesy things, send each other corny memes, and basically do everything we can to besmirch fake “holidays” that force people to express love… I submit … Continued
IF YOU LOVE ME, nourish my power. Teach me to make a boundary between you and me. Teach me to make an ego, and I will teach you how to erase one, to make a love. As a woman, I … Continued
Do you ever wonder why people made up religion in the first place? What was that divine inspiration they felt rooted in? What needs and longings led them to come up with entire systems to provide for those emotional needs? … Continued
Imagine this: You wake up one morning to find all your pets in the bed with you. You think, ‘Huh, that’s odd… that one’s usually on the couch, that one always sleeps on the floor…’ Then, you notice the smell … Continued
Critical thinking is in danger. It is a faculty greatly diminished in our society, as we nurse a hangover from the “happy consciousness era” during which people believed us to be the strongest nation on earth, untouchable, immune from the … Continued
Smart and stupid. They’re opposites, right? Actually, they might be more connected than we may think. Sometimes, what we consider stupid may be more unfamiliar-therefore-seemingly-undesirable than lacking intelligence. Sometimes, what starts out as stupid can be re-framed as smart and … Continued
There is a concept in decision-making called satisficing which describes the process of searching through available options until you arrive at one that meets “threshold acceptability,” that is, it is satisfactory and suitable and has enough of the characteristics you’re … Continued