One of the odd things about losing weight, especially if it happens in a short enough period of time, is that you definitely notice that people treat you differently. I don’t think it’s my imagination, but the lighter me gets more doors opened. Cars are more likely to wait for Read more…
My readers know me to be more of a college football and track & field fan than anything else, but I do enjoy basketball, too. This year, my old college friend and stellar attorney, Bruce Lorman, invited me to join his NCAA bracket contest. It sounded like a lot of Read more…
Whether teaching or writing about psychology, I find that I do my best work after brainstorming sessions with faculty and students. My public relations daughter Karen may refer to these as ‘focus groups’ and my husband may call them “ideation sessions,” but whatever the name, the feedback and discussions are Read more…
We used to buy our children Peeps at Easter, although I never could quite figure out why. Karen had an unopened box for quite a number of years before we finally convinced her to toss it. I’m not sure if anyone actually eats these, but some creative science types have Read more…
In my spare (ha ha) time, I really need to sit down and compile a list of videos for classroom use, especially in biological psychology. So many new ones are popping up each day. I think the days of publishers providing a DVD of video clips along with textbooks are soon Read more…