I don’t necessarily agree with Hannah Gadsby on everything- probably not on much -but I appreciate her putting her experience with autism out there. I have much to learn about the condition. mrossol The Gardian, 3/19/2022, by Hannah Gadsby You don’t have to be an expert to know that people with autism don’t get to speak about their own experiences. Until... Read more
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‘I’ve always been plagued by a sense that I was a little out of whack’
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | Health, Interesting, Personal DevelopmentHow to Find and Keep Friends: A Guide for Middle Age
January 31 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, Lockdowns, Personal DevelopmentHmm. There is an opportunity here. mrossol WSJ 1/29/2022, by Julie Jargon
Loneliness is a reality for many of us, now more than ever. After last week’s column on the loneliness felt by moms in middle age, my inbox began overflowing with emails from readers, many of whom asked for solutions.
While there’s no magic wand to fix loneliness, there...
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Moms in Middle Age: Rarely Alone, Often Online and Increasingly Lonely
January 22 | Posted by mrossol | Lockdowns, Personal DevelopmentWSJ – 1/22/22 by Julie Jargon Middle age is a crowded time. It’s also a lonely one. Work and family demands leave little time for nurturing friendships, particularly for women. Pre-pandemic, conversations about loneliness often centered on men, with talk of a “loneliness epidemic.” But during lockdown, Generation X women, who range in age from 41 to 57 years old, reported the... Read more
The Baloney Detection Kit
August 13 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, Interesting, Personal Development, ScienceBrain Pickings, originally published January 5, 2014. Carl Sagan (November 9, 1934–December 20, 1996) was many things — a cosmic sage, voracious reader, hopeless romantic, and brilliant philosopher. But above all, he endures as our era’s greatest patron saint of reason and critical thinking, a master of the vital balance between skepticism and openness. In The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a... Read more
No Excuse
October 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Personal DevelopmentI get Jared’s wire. Some who might read this will know the punch-line. I agree 100% with Jared on this one. mrossol 10/14/2020. Jared Dillian, in The Daily Dirtnap [TDD]
Just a quick story from the old Academy days. As a fourth class cadet (freshman), you only had three possible responses to a question.
1. “Yes, sir”
2. “No,...
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