I had an interesting conversation with Clementine yesterday, between buckets of beer at German Park. I’d been encouraging her to go over and play with the nieces of a friend, who were about her age, and sitting at the base of a tree, building a lunch room for some tiny rubber hamster type things that […]
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Hereditary shyness
Posted in Mark's Life, OCD, Uncategorized Also tagged anxiety, Clementine, Dan Richardson, Daniel Nettle, David Sloan Wilson, Ellen Siegelman, evolution, Evolution for Everyone, evolutionary tactics, fear of people, German Park, Grazyna Kochanska, insecurity, introverts, Jerome Kagan, Jonathan Cheek, just do it, look before you leap, natural selection, parenting advice, psychology, pumpkinseed sunfish, rovers, shy, shyness, sitters, social anxiety, social anxiety disorder 19 Comments
Happy Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving morning I’m tempted to get political and say that I’m thankful above all else for things like the fact that a majority of Americans still think of Sarah Palin as being unfit to serve as President, and that former U.S. House majority leader Tom DeLay was found guilty yesterday of money laundering. But, […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Other Also tagged Addams Family, AT&T, Charles Maynard, crooked politicians, Cross Street Station, Dan Richardson, holiday, human sacrifice, Infantazine, kids setting fire to stuff, Linette, Matt Krizowsky, money laundering, OCD, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thanksgiving, things I'm thankful for, Tom DeLay, Ward Tomich, Yeti Load 16 Comments