September 26, 1958; a day that will live in infamy. This future goofball was born! 50 years, huh! How did that happen? Well, I suppose that since I’m here, I might as well celebrate. I know that we use years as milestones because they’re easy to count. Still, I always thought it would be much [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Lobotomies: The cutting edge of madness
At the end of this month, the Douglas Institute will be hosting its third annual Mini-Psych School. I won’t be giving a presentation this year but I have the honour of hosting. The previous years focussed on providing an overview of mental illnesses. As a change of pace this time, we decided to explore some [...]
Transferable skills
Here is something I published last week on the idea of skills being part of us regardless of the situation we find ourselves in. Personality is extremely stable. (This does not mean we can never change. It’s just that changes are difficult. This fact is not as discouraging as you might think. People can still [...]
