Watching people play games on their phones Listening to people talk about coffee as if it were somehow an interesting or entertaining subject Color coding simply for the sake of…

Your plan fails. It's disappointing and maybe even a little surprising. When asked about why you failed and what you were thinking, you say, "I meant well. I had the…

In a strange confluence of events, Party City, Joann's Fabrics (recently rebranded Joann), and Hooters are all going out of business. Quite a collection of iconic brands. Joann's Fabrics and…

On Friday night, while I was trying to get a table at a local restaurant, Charlie watched a child — maybe three or four years old — screaming in the…

Every month, I record my progress on my yearly goals to hold myself accountable and occasionally seek help and advice from readers willing to offer insight, ideas, and solutions. Here…

When it comes to the transgender community: If you want to discuss transgender participation in sports, I'm willing to listen to all sides with an open mind. It's a complex…

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…