The popularity of horror movies has always escaped me. For some reason, I never quite “got” the distinction between fantasy and reality, and seeing movies (usually between the fingers covering my eyes) that others find hilariously cheesy (The Beast from 20 Thousand Fathoms, The Crawling Eye, and The Day of the Read more…
Found a new psychology blog, the Happiness blog, that featured some work by Adrian White of the University of Leicester. White and his colleagues ranked nations according to happiness, which in turn appeared largely determined by the highly correlated variables of health, wealth, and educational opportunities. How did your country Read more…
For those of us who would prefer that our children not experiment with drugs, drink themselves into oblivion every weekend, and engage in casual sex, the peer group often appears to be a formidable adversary. After all, if you let most American villages raise your child, you typically end up Read more…
Wouldn’t it be nice if someone’s nose grew when they lied to you? Long ago, we told one of our daughters — while she was very young — that her nose would turn ‘purple’ if she wasn’t telling us the complete truth. One day, we asked a simple exploratory question and Read more…
I always wanted to be one of those people who lost weight when stressed. Unfortunately, I could pretty much track my stress levels as a function of how my weight fluctuates: more stress = more me. Like many Americans, Roger and I found that we had added more than a Read more…