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What the Mirror Doesn’t Tell Me (December Synchroblog)
The ladies room at work is evil. Truly. (So evil, I call it “The Ego Deflator”.) You see, no matter how cute I am feeling, one look in the ladies room mirror will strip me of any such delusions. Every line, every shadow, every broken ca...
Ways to Waste Time (Part 1)
A couple of months ago, I was walking past a parking lot when I saw a not-unfamiliar interaction: A car pulled out in front of another car which had been making its way out of the lot. The total delay for the second car? Probably about three seconds....
Is it a Crime to Be Poor?
I read a disturbing story today about a Midlothian (Chicago suburb) man who has been accused of locking his two very young children in a cage, in the back of his truck, while he worked collecting scrap metal. The truck was also supposedly outfitted w...
Thoughts on Self-Deception #3: What do We REALLY Need?
Insight #3 “Self-development programs often concentrate on helping people to distinguish between their “needs” and “wants”. Wants are minimized as something that we have control over and that can be changed via discipl...
No Pain, No Gain?
When I was a teenager, ads for anti-acne and “skin cleaning” products insisted that we could tell that the product was working because it made our skin “tingle” (i.e. burn). This clever marketing led my generation to erroneous...
