… Nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff… Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can’t-control-yourself love it. Hank, when people call people nerds, mostly what they’re saying is ‘you like stuff.’ Which is just not a good insult at all. Like, ‘you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human [...]
What follows below is my advisor’s take on our meeting with (the one, the only) Paul Ekman in San Francisco; he wrote it up for our departmental newsletter, and I thought I would share it with you all, seeing as how I’ve yet to recap on my “trip of the year” as I’m calling it. [...]
Have you heard about TED? If not, meet TED – it’s this pretty awesome group that present cool stuff to the masses. In their own words, as found on TED’s website, “TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, [...]
My sister, her husband, and their three kids are down visiting from Canada for a couple of weeks- we’ve had a really great time so far, even though there’s a cold going around (which I refuse to contract until after I get back from San Francisco- refuse, I say) and Jen, Chris, Aunt Julie and [...]
The following review is a reflection for my human sexuality class based on a memoir about a woman’s recovery from a rape incident. As some would say, “Reader’s discretion is advised.” When a friend of mine suggested I read “Lucky,” by Alice Sebold, I considered it a unique opportunity to embrace the challenge of understanding [...]
I’m sprinting through the semester and leading an increasingly busy life, so it cannot be a surprise that the majority of my counseling-related blog posts revolve around class assignments; bearing that in mind, today is no exception. For my substance abuse counseling class we were asked to read a book on alcohol or substance abuse [...]
The assignment was given in my substance abuse class to attend five twelve-step meetings and write a reflection based on my experiences. I went to three Narcotics Anonymous meetings and two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and I was thankful to be exposed to a variety of meeting topics. A couple had guest speakers, a few others [...]
