For an atheist, Stefan has an an increasing tendency to take Christianity utterly seriously. Ignore the clickbait title - the caller is a woman with a heartrending tale of growing up with a mother who, while not Marion Zimmer Bradley levels of malevolent evil, is far closer to that than being a human being. Sometimes the most respect we can pay our parents is to treat them as adults, and enforce consequences for their actions - especially those that continue into your own adulthood.…
I've read the Didact for quite some time, but a few things have definitely gelled in his writing style of late. First, an extended look at the classic observation that most psychologists get into the profession because they desperately need the kind of help it supposedly delivers [https://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2019/02/dont-date-psychologist.html]... > The irony of a grown woman in the midst of a full-blown hysterical meltdown, calling a relatively calm and unemotional man "immature", will e…
I've got a couple obligations I'm taking on for a community project. As a result, my regular blogging may take a hit. I'll still put stuff up here and there, but in the event output drops off, just giving you guys a heads up that all is well.…
I figure Bohemian Rhapsody is getting best film, though Black Panther would be my second guess due to "oscars so white" concerns being so obvious in having both it and "Black KKKlansman" being nominated. Why BR? Gay issues, aids, persecution of immigrants. Boomer music. Live Aid. The last lets the older Oscar crowd feel self-congratulatory.…
It's that time of week again.…