The polls are closed, and here are the final results (pending what the Weblog folks are calling certification….not sure what they still have to do): Looks like Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit will walk away with the prize in Las Vegas, but I was very happy just to be included with Read more…
Today’s news from the Trojan football website gives me a great opportunity to combine two topics I really love–football and psychology. In a video posted on the site, USC football players are hypnotized by stage hypnotist Ricky Kalmon. With Kalmon’s suggestions, the players forget their names, introduce themselves as celebrities Read more…
A comment by one of my students in response to a previous post sent me back to the literature to look at work by James Pennebaker of the University of Texas, Austin. Pennebaker has written extensively on the health benefits of expressive writing. He generously provides pdf files of most Read more…
The Cal Poly Public Affairs office very kindly issued a press release about my finalist status in the 2007 Weblog Awards. Thanks, Jo Ann!
We’re having a huge amount of fun chez Freberg with the 2007 Weblog Awards so far. Our motto, borrowed from the fair city of Chicago, is “vote early and often!” What’s really fun is that I’m hearing from a bunch of people I don’t get to talk to frequently, and Read more…