The spotlight effect . . .

"Even in waking life, many of us operate as if Simon Cowell is doing a play-by-play of our work, wardrobe, and snack choices . . . in the beam of imaginary spotlights, many of us suffer untold shame and create weaker, less zestful lives than we deserve." - Martha Beck

The breaking point of the mind...

Have you ever worked on a project and worked on a project and worked on a project until your mind feels that it has turned into mush?

Why is it that our brains can only do so much thinking and working until they become exhausted.

Brains aren't muscles. They just sit in our heads, so why do they tire out? They should be able to keep going and going . . . like the Energizer bunny. It would make meeting deadlines easier.

Hurricanes

Do you ever wonder why hurricanes get people names, like Katrina and Dean? It's humanizes a force that causes mass destruction.

Can you imagine sharing your name with a hurricane? Should you be flattered to be associated with so much power? Or upset to be associated with the destruction?

Maybe they should name hurricanes after military figures that nobody likes, such as Hitler and Napoleon. Or maybe Bible names of murders and evildoers, like Cain and Lucifer. Or villains in comic books, like Lex Luther . . .

Dreaming: The Great Equalizer

"Anyone can escape into sleep. We are all geniuses when we dream. The butcher's the poet's equal there." - E.M. Cioran, The Temptation to Exist.

Same Old

If you've been to one tourist town you've been to them all. Skagway, Dawson City, Jasper, Banff, Canmore and Old Sacramento, they all look the same to me. Even the tourist merchandise is the same.