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Just as I thought. Several states (including my own--CA) have passed a law disallowing the use of handheld mobile phones, but allowing hands-free use of a mobile phone while driving a vehicle. Recent study finds it is the distraction of the conversation, not the holding of the phone which creates a safety issue. That is what I always believed...it is what is going on in the brain that is the important fact. I guess there is just another worthless law on the books.
How absolutely "psychotic" is it that a guy, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and his sex scandal, who basically had it all politically, financially, socially goes out (or should I say sneaks in) and hangs out with the destruction of his career. Was the governor really mentally ill or was he believing himself to be above the law or was he just plain stupid? (Never mind. Do not answer the last one.)
The real question here is: How easy is it for any of us to get stupid, egotistical, and off our ever lovin' gourd? Been there, done that myself! [Uhhh...been stupid, no sex scandal for me!] Look around your life. Are you "Pulling a Spitzer" in your life?
This wine maker insured his nose for $8 million. What is your nose worth?
You should, you know...if only for a grrrrrrreat (as Tony the Tiger would say) laugh. What are the Darwin Awards you ask? By their own admission, the Darwin Awards are "A Chronicle of Enterprising Demises Honoring Those Who Improve The Species...by accidentally removing themselves from it!" You know: Pool Service...gene pool cleaning service, that is. Take a look...you will see some real psychotic ways to off one's self.
It is time for you to meet the person who writes this blog. The picture is nice, but it makes me look better than I really am. When my kids were young, they called me a "nut case"....even sometimes I became a whole "nut squad" (would that be multiple personality disorder?). Having been through two marriages, now refusing to attend any of the local 'meat markets' (READ: singles groups--although I have recently considered joining SugarDaddie.com), having a highly effective strategy in the stock market ("Buy High, Sell Low") which makes for a famished portfolio, and being on a first name basis with the IRS (they prefer to be called the US Treasury--sounds more gentle they hope), I admit the kids were and are correct. I still act like a nut case...But then, what can you expect. I am a forensic psychologist. I shrink the heads of people in trouble with the law. I meet regularly with the "pillars of society" (READ: criminal element of the great State of California). I will write about what I have learned from and about the underbelly of human existence. I am a member of the American Psychological Association...or maybe I forgot to pay my dues this year. I tend to wait to pay my bills until I get the notice threatening shut off service. To me, life is a tumultuous adventure. If your life is smooth and/or boring, you are not doing things correctly. My favorite color is blue, or maybe red, or maybe black or maybe whatever color money is these days. So now you know a little more about me. I will write more about each of these issues (and others) later. SMILE!
It Is What You Do and Who Knows What You Do!
I am a forensic psychologist. Some time ago I work a few months in prison which received new commitments from the courts. My job was to assist the psychological processing of new inmates regarding any mental health needs they may have. One day a colleague came back to the office with this story to tell:
She said she interviewed a man who had had beaten another man who had attempted to rape the seventeen year old daughter of the inmate. After beating the would-be rapist senseless, the inmate took out his pistol and shot off the would-be rapist's parts....YES....those parts, ALL OF THEM!!! A lawyer friend of mine said the offense committed by the inmate was a "life without possibility of parole" offense. If that is not enough of a story, this is the crowning piece. The judge, who must have had a seventeen year old daughter of his own, gave the inmate two years with half time! Right or wrong: Vigilante Justice Lives!!!
IT AIN'T WHAT YOU KNOW OR WHO YOU KNOW! IT IS WHO KNOWS WHAT YOU DO...AND HAS POWER TO DEAL WITH WHAT YOU DO!
I think business people should take note of this story.
You got kids? Excuse me: Children? (My dad, rest his soul, said "kids" are baby goats and children should not referred to as baby goats!) I have six kids (four boys, two girls) and ten grandchildren! Your kids ever try your soul? Do not lie...yes, they have. And those of you who are yet to have kids, get ready!
My children were/are actually all great people, must have taken after their mother. But they had their moments. One of them could sell ice cubes to Eskimos! Another would have been in Debtor's Prison had there been such a place. Debt to siblings his whole childhood career. Another was a Tech-Weenie before there were such people officially. He put the high school computers on the map. Another was a world class Hacker, but thankfully he never attempted FBI files or other such private stuff. The girls were each more emotional effort to raise than all four boys put together. One of them could not boil water without burning it. The first grilled cheese sandwich she made for me when she was in college looked like road kill. The other girl, the clan caboose, is probably the most mentally stable one of the bunch.
The Tech-Weenie now write computer programs. The Debtor now has more money than CalTrans (California Dept of Transportation--more money than most banks.) The salesman is now a lawyer. The water burner is now a gourmet cook. The Hacker is teaching old people how to figure out their PC. And the Caboose, though the youngest, has the uncanny knack of holding her siblings together. Funny how kids become the adults they once were as children.
So, tell us about your kids....errr....children.
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