You know what I hate about motivational advice? Well, my brain, to be specif. It’s a tragedy, really – how my brain will take some good, clear, totally applicable advice and be mind-masturbated into total numbness by it (just ‘cause it’s a “cliché) instead of letting the message sink in, resonate, and do its magic on me. To be fair, not all motivational advice is effective – or at the.. Read More
Are you a birdbrain? Yes, but only if you speak a language.
“We should turn it into KFC,” my dad said, gazing disdainfully at the family lovebird. To be fair, he was joking (I think) and said love bird is a rage infused mentally ill pet my sister purchased for my mother several Christmases ago. I think she did it with the same good faith a trailer park chick does when she starts dating an abusive alcoholic who’s good in bed (“I.. Read More
Do we get body language from Bonobos?
When we were kids, my sister and I had our own language. In retrospect, the sounds we made were probably a combo of us trying to mimic our Hawaiian uncle’s pigeon English and watching too many Native American late 80’s flicks. But we tried our hardest to get creative, issuing everything from commands to calming signals. It wasn’t till later that I’d learn lots of kids were doing that and.. Read More