The Depression Cure

Psychotic, Science 21 September 2009 | 0 Comments

To begin with, many studies of depression have shown that it is most often caused by an important and complex problem that can only be solved with intense thinking. The more important the problem, the more focused the person needs to be on solving it, which causes the person to minimize other distractions and become “withdrawn from life”.

Pleasure and Pain

Psychotic, Science 8 September 2009 | 0 Comments

Shouldn’t the universe have created a balance between pleasure and pain, both physically and mentally? Maybe there is a balance…

Suffering and Its Meaning

Psychotic, Religion 30 August 2009 | 1 Comment

I just finished reading the book “The Book of Calamities: Five Questions About Suffering and Its Meaning” by Peter Trachtenberg and I have come up with 3 main categories to describe suffering.

Chinese Customer Service

Humor 1 August 2009 | 1 Comment

Chinese Customer Service

Here is a copy of the transcript of my interaction with a company based in China with which I purchased a USB Flash Memory stick…it didn’t go well…the company is called Focal Price and can be found at www.focalprice.com.

“Yeah, yeah, I hear you”

Psychotic 28 July 2009 | 1 Comment

Recently I’ve noticed a similarity in the books I’ve been reading and the TV shows I’ve been watching. The similarity is that often, possibly most of the time, when something interesting happens – some twist in the plot, the reason it happened is because of a misunderstanding. Many times one character is in the midst of explaining an event when they get abruptly cut-off, disconnected or is embarrassed to share all the details. This causes the listener to jump to a conclusion that is inevitably false.