Month: September 2019

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

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 … Continue reading From the coconut files: How coconuts trees came to Florida

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.

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, … Continue reading Job/employment scams are rampant