One of the problems with peeing in the pool (not that you would do it, of course) is that the pee goes everywhere. Humans, and perhaps other animals as well, tend to be short-sighted and do things for their own convenience. For however long humans have been on planet Earth, we have been metaphorically peeing in the pool and then moving to the other end. Whether we have finally discovered that there is no “other end” remains to be seen. The principal impetus for this blog entry is not some new information about the way humans have been damaging the . . . → Read More: Ecosystems: The “No Peeing” End of the Pool
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 Comments are closed  Blog  African-Americans, Age of Aquarius, Alfred, architect, army, Blacks, California, Charleston, Cherokee, China, Civil Rights, clinical social work, college, Commissioned Officers, Computer Information Systems, construction, Department Chair, dissertation, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, English Department, environment, evening news, Executive Order, faculty, Filipino, Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, George Santayana, graduate school, historic Black church, Illinois, India, integration, JFK, John F. Kennedy, justice, karate, Lord Tennyson, Los Altos, Los Angeles, Mexican, Mexican War of Independence, Mexico, military, Nature red in tooth and claw, NCOs, Noncommissioned Officers, Okinawan Karate Academy, Oklahoma, Pakistan, peace, pee, peeing, politicians, pool, post-racial, President Truman, race, reconciliation, reparations, revolution, SC, short-sighted, Sixth Extinction, South Carolina, Spanish Conquistadors, swimming pool, Texas, Trail of Tears, University of Florida, University of Illinois, Urbana, Vietnam, war on Christians, Watts, Western Michigan University, Whites, WMU We’ve known for a long time that the proof of the pudding is in the eating, but we tend to forget the wide variety of ways the saying applies. When we recognize that everything is “information,” we can begin to notice what is “high-quality” information and what information is of lower quality. The higher the quality, the greater the likelihood that the information will prove true over time. A pudding that looks really good, for example, may not taste as good as it looks. The food you see advertised on TV, is typically not edible. It’s made to look good . . . → Read More: Actions Speak Louder than Words Comments are closed Blog actions, automobiles, behavior, camera, computers, cynicism, Einstein, election, election cycle, feedback, high quality, House, information, insanity, issues, negative advertising, opposition advertising, political, politicians, politics, promises, proof, pudding, results, Senate, silly season, special interests, time, TV advertising, vested interest, voter, voters, voting, words This entry is a collection of things that have been on my mind over the past few weeks, including some additional commentary on my quest for hearing improvement. Before Before I provide an update on my hearing, I need to correct something I said previously about the Crystal Consciousness intervention I received from Jane Frey and Pam James during the Wellness for All conference in Chicago. I didn’t realize at the time that Jane is the developer of that technique. She describes it this way: Crystal Consciousness Connection is an energetic process which allows us to connect deeply . . . → Read More: Before, During, and After Comments are closed Blog after, audiogram, Before, Chicago, country roads, crystal consciousness connection, crystalline consciousness, Durham, during, Energy Medicine, Energy Medicine Partnerships, Eustachian tubes, headlines, hearing, Jane Frey, John Denver, John Trowbridge, Lakeshore Acupuncture, Leah Ke, LLC, Mary Jo Bulbrook, North Carolina, Pam James, politicians, SCS Matters, subjunctive mood, Touch for Health, Wellness for All, West Virginia, writing, writing skills One of the things I’ve been paying increasing attention to (perhaps because of the ongoing political debate in the U.S.) is fear marketing. I find it amazing at how pervasive “fear appeals” are and the various ways they are used to sell “stuff,” including politicians and political “talking points.” The basic concept is that we really need to be afraid of X, and, if we want to be safe, we need to stock up on (or vote for) the anti-X. The world has a lot of risky stuff in it, of course, and we are undoubtedly safer when we . . . → Read More: Selling Fear in the New Year Comments are closed Blog 2012, advertising, airport, Alabama, ancestors, B.F. Skinner, ballot, big government, bogeyman, corporate profits, deficit, Democrats, elections, emotion, evidence, evil, FDR, fear, fear marketing, goblins, goons, Hell, illegal immigrants, jungle, Korzybski, long-term, metamodel, persuasion, persuasive appeals, political advertising, politicians, reality, reality-based, Republicans, risk, risk aversion, safe and secure, Satan, security, security theater, serious injury, smoke detectors, snakes, socialism, statistical, talking points, Tea Party, tobacco, trickle down, TV, voter fraud, warning, X-ray You may be wondering what stubble’s got to do with it…. I had been wondering why so many men in current advertising, including the man deemed the “Sexiest Man Alive” by a popular magazine, are often photographed and filmed with three to five days of stubble. My curiosity got the better of me when I read an interview with a female actor who had just completed a movie about a same-sex relationship. When asked what she liked best about kissing another woman, she replied, “No stubble.” It turns out that stubble is women’s Number-One complaint about kissing men. It . . . → Read More: Stubble, Etc. Comments are closed Blog aphrodisiac, arras, bad boys, bare, Beowulf, bodkin, Calvin and Hobbs, change, Chaucer, clean-cut, collision, communication, delete, distort, English, fertility, generalize, Gloria Estefan, Hamlet, Henry Kissinger, hypnotherapist, impact, invitation, invite, language, Latin, lectern, mental image, Miami Sound Machine, Milton Erickson, nonverbal, nouning verbs, Old Greek, outlaw mystic, ovulation, partners, podium, politicians, power, reproduction, sex, sexual attraction, sexuality, Shakespeare, stubble, text, texting, transfer of meaning, TV, verbal, verbing nouns, Wild West About a month ago, I blogged about metaphors we die by (and for). That blog entry barely scratched the surface of the subject (metaphorically speaking). One of the subjects that has been in the news a lot lately is the growing problem of obesity. Have you ever thought about the way language contributes to the size of that problem? The most obvious example is, perhaps, the now-defunct option at McDonalds, which invited customers to say, “Supersize me.” That is just one example. For one reason or another, one of the meanings of the word “healthy” is “big” or “generous.” . . . → Read More: Metaphorically Speaking Comments are closed Blog awareness, beneath the surface, blogger, cheese, clean your plate, conscious, cuts, dead metaphors, dirty rat, feeding frenzy, feeling your oats, flintlock, food, full of beans, gut, half-cocked, healthy, healthy food, high on the hog, kick start, language, learning, let the food go to waist, let the food go to waste, make a pig of yourself, McDonalds, meaning, metaphor, metaphors, negative commands, no matter how you slice it, oats, perfect storm, pig, pizza, politicians, politics, sewer, sewer rat, sharks, spoon fed, stuck in the throat, stuck in your throat, supersize, unconscious, Weiner With apologies to the Beatles and “A Day in the Life”: One of my daily habits is reading through the major online news sources to get a sense of what is happening here in the U.S. and in the world. I often find it fascinating to see what subjects are drawing the most media attention—and the kind of attention they are attracting. Here’s a brief round-up of recent “stuff”: Placebos are in the news (again): One of the things I find most interesting about placebos is that articles about them written by medical doctors studiously avoid the word . . . → Read More: I Read the News Today (Oh, Boy) Comments are closed Blog A Day in the Life, advertising, Beatles, belief, Chicago, corrupts, debt, deficit, Detroit, economy, evidence, experience, fiscal, history, hotel maid, hypnosis, IMF, Internet, John Edwards, Korzybski, lamestream, leaders, Lord Acton, map, media, men, metamodel, news, NLP, placebos, platitudes, political, politicians, politics, power, primaries, pundits, question, reality, Republican, Sarah Palin, scandal, Schwartzeneger, talking points, tax rates, taxation, taxes, territory, TV, Twitter, U.S., unemployment, Weiner The Christian Bible says that Satan is the “Father of Lies.” The actual Father of Lies, however, is fear. Regardless of whether you believe that Satan is a metaphor for fear, you undoubtedly know that people lie when they are afraid. Everyone, George Washington included, has lied and will probably lie again. Lying is a normal part of human existence because humans experience fear. Think about the last time you told a lie, especially a significant one, and note that you felt fearful before uttering your lie. You can use knowing that fear is the “father” of lies to increase . . . → Read More: The Father of Lies Comments are closed Blog anger, aware, conscious, Father of Lies, framing, geophysical, George Washington, global warming, green cheese, gridlock, Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift, lie, lies, lying, manipulation, moon, motivation, pie, politicians, politics, reframing, Satan, self-understanding, Sir Walter Scott, truth, understanding, well-being, Yahoo |
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