My master's research was sufficiently "hard science" to be published in the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a rare placement for a psychologist in those days. It is a far cry from the reading of 19th century poetry that I now do; I present it here as encouragement for those whose life paths meander:

Read:

"Interocular transfer of pattern discrimination without prior binocular experience"

Elevator Etiquette:

Read the list of how to behave in an elevator.

"On The Media: How I Became the World's Authority on Elevator Etiquette"

Also read: LA Times interview on Elevator Etiquette:
"No Talking"

Feeling the Joy in Gravity

Here is a memoir I wrote as I was beginning to regain brain function, beginning to have hope of returning to the world. It’s a “letter from the underground,” written when I had gotten back enough brain power to write it...

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Chairman of the Bored
The Seinfeld-Sinatra Axis

America had a chance to size itself up last week.  Seinfeld and Sinatra both went out on top, and we took the measure of our heroes.  Shrinkage....

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The Cannes Mutiny

Do you know about “incentive meetings,” or “incentive travel?”  Here’s how it works:  Large corporations operate on the belief (or the observed fact) that their employees -- especially their external representatives, such as salespeople --  cannot be sufficiently motivated intrinsically, by the satisfaction gained from meaningful work...

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Scholarly Poet of the Heart

"The older I get, the more convinced I am that we can
never know anything if we don't feel it. There's a
wonderful line from my piano teacher: 'I hear all the
right notes but I hear no music.' ...

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