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Category: psychology

  • The Will of Willow

    There are people who say that creativity is an exclusively human trait. These people are wrong. Take my dog, Willow. In the morning, when she sees that I’m starting to wake up, she wants me to get out of bed as quickly as possible so she can go for her morning walk and pee. She…

  • The Advantages of Goldfish Memory

    I don’t have a very good memory. I rarely remember what I had for breakfast, and if you ask me about yesterday’s activities, wheewy, forget about it. I’m still angry with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD sets, because they left out the “previously on Buffy” segment at the beginning of each episode. How am…

  • The Effort To Keep Things Out of My Mouth, and Also Jessica Alba

    You know what’s the worst? Time-exclusive food availability. For example, I got this candy cane hot chocolate from Second Cup last Christmas. It is absolutely delicious, either on its own, or in coffee, or in homemade Oreos, and it’s only available around Christmas time. I’ve been rationing it carefully, hoping it could last until next…