Why you should carry cash
If our dopamine is supposed to help us make good decisions, why do we continue to make bad decisions, like getting into debt, thinking irrationally, and pursuing the short term benefit, rather than seeing the long-term outcome? Because dopamine isn’t the only...Dope is my co-pilot
Dopamine. Turns out that little awesome molecule is an awesome indicator predictor of events and helps us make decisions (Lehrer 34-35). When our nuclear accumbens (NAcc) is stimulated (that’s a part of our brain that generates pleasurable feelings) it triggers...Navigating the rocky shoals of tween-hood and teen-hood
Ever notice how some friends you have for life, while others you have just for a period of your life? I’ve often wondered why. Also, why is that boys and girls go from playing with each other and hardly noticing their gender differences, to being repelled by one...The Education of John Pistole
The TSA announced they are reversing their earlier policy that would have allowed small pocket knives, hockey sticks and a few other items back in the cabin of the aircraft. Regardless of the right or wrong’ness of this step, it seems Pistole is learning that...Bullies, Hazing and Cliques
I remember Columbine High School. I was on site the following day. At the time, I was the public information officer for Jefferson County Airport, which sits at the northern end of the county. Columbine sits at the southern end. The next day, all county PIO’s...When do I need to start worrying about my kids friends?
When I was around 12-years-old my best friend at the time, and I, got into a fist fight while on a joint family vacation to Lake Powell. Jeff (same name and coincidentally same birthdate and same middle name as mine) and I met through our mom’s who worked...Besties?
The one thing that I’ve learned in the short span of time that I’ve been a parent is that being a parent means feeling helpless a lot of the time – in fact, these are the exact words used by Michael Thompson, Catherine O’Neill Grace and...Snake Oil or Elixir of Life?
I know that I’m working from Jillian Michaels’ book, Slim for Life, this week, but I need to mention one of the newest diet books that just hit the streets, and why you should focus more on lifestyle changes, rather than quick fixes and yo-yo dieting. The...The Washington Generals Always Lose
The airport industry is finding out what it’s like to be the Washington Generals, the perennial opponent of the Harlem Globetrotters, forever destined to play their hearts out but ultimately lose. In the latest round, the Globetrotters (TSA), and the airport...
