Big Five Personalities

Personality is such a big part of our lives that it’s probably not that unusual that the psychological community redefines it every couple of years. Although sometimes the “new” personality definitions (complete with tests, quizzes, and classes ready...

A reason to study languages

One of the great joys of the modern world is the ease with which we can explore other cultures.  It’s not unusual to spend the morning reading Rumi or Neruda, the afternoon enjoying Miyazaki or Morel. Or whatever this isBut this practice has also...

Can’t wait for the future

One of these days I’m going to break down and buy a smart phone.  It’s not that I don’t want one, every time I’m out with friends and one of them pulls up Where’s Your Bus or Open Table or- deus avertat- Angry Birds I look longingly at those smooth rectangles of...

How can we trust what we see?

The human brain is a strange organ. Simultaneously the seat of all those intangible things that make us human as well as a very physical organ, mankind has been hard at working trying to decode it since we first learned of its importance. But the more that we research...

Why don’t we celebrate Mardi Gras?

Okay, so I didn’t do anything Tuesday night for Mardi Gras and didn’t mind at all, at least not until I saw all of the pictures of carnival on MSNBC’s photo website. Check out the slide show by clicking the image or here. Seriously, these parties are...

And even more Seattle street art!

Here’s the last batch of images I have from an outing a couple of weeks ago, some of which are more in the line of “Street Art” than graffiti.  It’s a palindrome person! I think this might be a band sticker, but the unicorns impressed me...