Organic blueberries, just $1.99 a pint. A full flat for $16.99. For just one day. Imagine the number of people – a whole city’s worth – eating blueberries on the same day. I could walk in to just about any household, up and down the street, and there I’d find someone in the kitchen with […]
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The Blueberries Were on Sale
Posted in Cooking/Food & Wine, Influence, Psychology, Shopping on June 17, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Having my cake and eating it, too . . . For breakfast
Posted in Idiosyncracies, Parenting, Psychology on April 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Evil is easy to spot. Especially when it’s in a cereal box aimed for little kids. I believe in the evil of Apple Jacks, Cap’n Crunch and Froot Loops. If it has “Frosted” in the name, my hand backs away from it, as it would if someone offered me just a taste of crack cocaine. […]
All This Self-Control is Wearing Me Out
Posted in Emotions/Inner World, Having Fun, Personal Growth, Psychology, Valentine's Day on February 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Pop quiz: Acts of self-control reduce subsequent acts of . . . (a) impulsivity and over-indulgence (b) poor decision-making (c) saying or doing things we’ll later regret (d) sticking with a new activity that began as a New Year’s resolution (e) all of the above. Answer: Most people would choose (e) – we have been […]
"Did you feed the dog?"
Posted in Growing up, Parenting, Psychology, Relationships, Wisdom on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This, according to a 13-year-old girl giving a speech to an entire congregation, is one of the most frequent things her Mother has asked her over the years. “Did you feed the dog?” and then, not much later, the same question. The next day, “Did you feed the dog?” And on and on it went. […]