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BOOK REVIEW: Rule Number Two

December 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

As may be noticed by reading my posts, I’m both a psychology nerd and a M*A*S*H fan. So when I saw Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital I new exactly what the title was referring to. The title is a quote from the M*A*S*H episode “Sometimes You Hear the Bullet”. A […]

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Tags: Book Review · Psychology

You are an eagle…

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

First, credit where credit is due. I found this flash game in the Something Awful thread about addictive flash based games.
If I can roughly translate the German title of this game, it’s called “The Institute: Psychiatry for mishandled stuffed animals” and that’s exactly what the game is about. You have a cast of five stuffed […]

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Tags: Psychology · Computing

Review: Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (AKA) Alan Alda Rocks

November 14th, 2005 · No Comments

There aren’t many celebrities that I can say have made much of an impact on my life. One actor that has is Alan Alda. From his portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H to dedication to education through Scientific American Frontiers, Alda exemplifies the power an actor can have to influence viewers.
In his new autobiography, Never […]

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Tags: Book Review · Psychology

How Homo Became Sapiens

July 4th, 2005 · No Comments

About a month ago, the University of Alaska Fairbanks hosted the Evolution 2005 conference. With several hundred speakers over the course of four days, it proved to be the largest conference ever held at the University. As a member of the IT group tasked with making sure the equipment worked correctly, I was a bit […]

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Tags: Book Review · Psychology · Science