The death instinct: Some thoughts on suicide, violence and God – Medium

Is there something within us that drives us toward death? This theory was proposed by Sabina Spielman and made popular by Sigmund Freud. It's often interchangeably called the death drive or death instinct and it works in direct opposition to the life instinct or that which drives us to want to live.... Read this story …

From the coconut files: How coconuts trees came to Florida

Following up on my previous post, "Do coconuts grow in Florida?," I found this rather fabulous article about coconuts and how they were able to develop a home in South Florida (and other places, including Hawaii) despite not being indiginous... and omg how I love anything and everything that's coconutty!! The article is far from …

Reblog: A negative becomes a positive? Mental health and the emergency room

Improving emergency services for mental health patients is a must. There are so many horror stories of mental health patients being treated despicably when seeking emergency care. I have more than one of those stories myself, sad to say.

Just another job scam?: IAPWE (International Association of Professional Writers & Editors)

And yet here we have more job scams....

Do coconuts grow in Florida?

Do coconuts grow in Florida? I had this question myself when I moved to Central Florida several years ago as I'm just nuts about coconuts. I looked around and saw plenty of palm trees but none seemed to be coconut palm trees.   The answer: Coconut palms generally do not grow in North and Central Florida, nor …

Sunday, sunday: Radical courage…

Sunday non-religious inspiration and encouragement.

Reblog: Pastors and Suicide: How Do We Keep this From Happening Again?

Reblog: Pastors and Suicide: How Do We Keep this From Happening Again?

Memo at Midnight: Failure and making stupid-azz decisions

A pointless message about failure, making mistakes and life's regrets.

Accents of autumn on Pinterest

Feast your eyes on these beautiful accents of autumn - fall scenes.

Job/employment scams are rampant

I've written about job scams and phishing schemes before but thought it needed revisiting... I have a day job, but I'm always on the lookout for bigger and better things. I've continued to be amazed and appalled at the number of job scams I see on what you would think are legitimate sites: LinkedIn, Indeed, CareerBuilder, …