The Psychology of Security
“Security is both a feeling and a reality. And they’re not the same.” “The reality of security is mathematical, based on the probability of different risks and the effectiveness of different countermeasures. We can calculate how secure your home is from burglary, based on such factors as the crime rate in the neighborhood you live [...]
PDF Your Middle Class Existence Has Now Come To An End. Hopefully You Enjoyed It While It Lasted.
Our popular conception of history is often at odds with the reality of history. For example, we often think that history is comprised of periods of peace punctuated by war. That is why we are often “surprised” when war breaks out in some part of the world. The reality, though, is that history is war [...]
News From The Not Too Distant Future
Mega Merger! Google & Verizon Become Googizon Being hailed as the most significant corporate merger of the century, Google, Inc. and Verizon, Inc. have merged and will now be called Googizon. According to Googizon spokesperson Ishiro Honda, Googizon will be able to provide all of the top web and technology offerings for a fixed monthly [...]
There Is No Time
Arianna Huffington. The progressive movement needs you badly. They need you now. Your website gets an enormous amount of traffic. Please dedicate your entire website to your new book Third World America.1 Please get other progressive voices on the website. We need Ed Schultz. We need Tom Hartmann. And if we have to beat him [...]
Newsletter Archive – August 19, 2010
LATEST NEWS Have you seen the redesign of the blog? No? Then go check it out. While the basic functionality remains, it has a more urban/edgy look and feel. If you are still fighting your ADHD like it’s a foreign invader, you’ll want to read my post “Owning the ‘Curse’ of Adult ADHD” http://bit.ly/dj3lIE Carpe [...]
God Bless The Republicans!
Whatever your thoughts may be concerning the ground zero “mosque,” what should be of greater concern is that the Republicans have, once again, found an issue that foments this new family value of “being angry at each other.”
Chicken Francese
When I took over cooking duties in my home this was one of the first recipes I tried. It is simple and the results are fantastic. INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 4 eggs, beaten 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves 1/2 cup white wine 2 cups chicken broth (Two small cans (14.5 oz) of [...]
Advice for Living a Healthy Lifestyle
It’s easy to stay healthy. Just follow these simple rules. A suggested diet plan appears after this list of rules. Drink eight glasses of water a day. Drink three cups of green tea per day. Drink acai berry juice and pomegranate juice. Have a daily helping of tomatoes, kale, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, flax seed, almonds, [...]
Yiddish: Still Alive and Well
“Interface between Yiddish and English was my second line of argument. The influx of Yiddish into London and New York at the end of the nineteenth and start of the twentieth centuries, initially so alarming to protectionists like Henry James and Henry Adams, was soon welcomed by stylists like H.L. Mencken. How much poorer English [...]
Our Economic Crisis
A brilliant analysis of our current economic crisis. The information below is so good that I had to add it after this post went live. • 61 percent of Americans “always or usually” live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007. • 66 percent of the [...]
Newsletter Archive – July 25, 2010
LATEST NEWS I’ve completed a redesign of the blog. While the basic functionality remains, it has a more urban/edgy look and feel. The design really pushes the limits considering the blog is still, at bottom, focused on ADHD. Gina Pera, author of “Is It You, Me or Adult ADD?” dedicated an entire post to the [...]
Newsletter Archive – June 29, 2010
This newsletter contains some extraordinarily exciting news. I am co-authoring with Zoë Kessler – a Canadian author, blogger and comedienne – a new blog series called “He Said/She Said: Examining the ADHD Life.” How is this working out? The response, even at this early stage, has been phenomenal. The series is being highlighted on the [...]
Newsletter Archive – June 1, 2010
I’ve been quite busy working on the blog, so much so that this newsletter now requires a table of of contents. I hope you like all the new material that has been added to the blog. As always, your thoughts, comments and contributions (as guest blogger) are welcome. – Jeff ************************************************************* TABLE OF CONTENTS => [...]
Making Pizza…The Video
Never Give Up, Never Surrender – Commander Peter Quincy Taggart Some anecdotal data suggests that ADHDers may exhibit a pig-headed determination to never give up until they feel they have mastered a particular skill. Whether that is an ADHD trait or not, nonetheless, after a few months of pizza making and a minimum five pound [...]
