I've discovered that several companies sell high-level accounts on MMOs like World of WarCraft for players who don't want to start at the beginning of the game and work their…

I work in sentences. I earn a living by speaking and writing. Whether speaking to thousands of people in a theater, a dozen in a workshop, or 25 children in…

 “Nothing New” was written by Robert Frost in 1918 and was published for the first time in The New Yorker's Anniversary Issue. More than 62 years after Frost died. It's not my…

PsyBlog posted a roundup of research related to conformity. It's a topic that means a lot to me. Conformity has never really been my thing. In fact, it could be…

In an interview, I heard actor and director Jesse Eisenberg say: "I don't understand why anyone with so much money doesn't want to spend their life helping others." I love…

A new survey found that 20 percent of American adults were responsible for 75 percent of the books read in 2024. These are our greatest American heroes. As an author,…

"Abide the change of time, Quake in the present winter's state and wish That warmer days would come." — William Shakespeare from "Cymbeline" As much as I love Shakespeare —…

A recent YouGov survey found that 42 percent of adults are currently unpartnered. No romantic entanglements of any kind. That seems like a large number. Almost half of adult Americans…

"Make not impossible that which but seems unlike." Shakespeare — "Measure for Measure" I agree with Shakespeare. Wholeheartedly. The chasm between "unlikely" and "impossible" is immense, though too many people…

Haptic nostalgia: A form of sensory memory specific to touch stimuli that no longer exist in your life or on the planet. A new term for me. So... What’s your…