22,338 posts tagged psychology

The US military has announced that it has dropped charges against[ one of] the so-called “20th hijacker,” Mohammad al-Qahtani. Back in 2006, Bill Dedman of MSNBC asked Can ‘20th hijacker’ ever stand trial? Evidently the answer is “no.” The reason is partially that al-Qahtani was tortured, as bioethicist Steven Miles describes.

I Told You So. Published by Jenny Dreadful May 13th, 2008 in the environment, other blogs, psychology and interesting stuff. 0 Comments 1fab If you look at people as self-rationalizing beings and not rational beings, then it explains a lot.

If I had my time again I'd have been a neurologist. Pen and ink on Moleskine, with digital colour. 12cm x 9cm.

Profiteers of Housing Crisis: Opportunistic Homedebtors and CEOs Chuck Ponzi May 13th, 2008 This is a travesty. No mortgage bailout! None at all! Not to striving homeowners, not to the insanely-paid CEOs. Risk has penalties too.

If you got an idee-fixe-du-jour, all you need to do is to hint your friend to come back to you and attach some official task to it for you. Preferrably with the supposed deadline, and make it all very seriozz. The idea du jour will lose a lot of its sparkling - so you'll get your best to get rid of it as soon as you can.

You do NOT want to click this link. Really, you don’t want to click it.

tags: foot binding, China, social behavior, fashion psychology, streaming video A friend sent these images depicting foot-binding in China. To say the least, I knew this practice was painful and caused permanent malformations, but seeing the damage makes my own feet scream in agony.

A recent coaching session touched upon the growing trend that some marketers have adopted to squeeze out sales from exiting traffic. In other words, you visit a website and read the salesletter. You decide it’s not for you, so you leave.

As a proponent of changing individual lifestyles to reduce environmental waste, I encourage sustainable living to more than just my close circle of friends and family. Lately, almost every social gathering I go to, be it a night in Hollywood or a family get together, my involvement in sustainability comes to be a topic of discussion.

“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” ~Hubert H. Humphrey At present the universe has blown me to Britain, ostensibly to write my first book manuscript, but in actuality it is for so much more. Some of my strongest past life occurrences happened here and I have memories here from this life as well.