Beyond Beyond the Fringe category archive
Phoning It In 0
All you folks who just had babies, remember, in just 13 years, you will have a teenager.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
You can’t make this stuff up.
“Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” 0
But neighbors don’t necessarily make good fences.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Lay off those double vodka-and-tonics.
Words fail me.
Selfie-Awareness 0
Michael Wiegold tries to figure out why persons are fascinated by selfies, both their own and those of others. A nugget:
The theory’s originator, Leon Festinger, proposed that people have an innate drive to evaluate themselves in comparison with others. This is done to improve how we feel about ourselves (self-enhancement), evaluate ourselves (self-evaluation), prove we really are the way we think we are (self-verification) and become better than we are (self-improvement).
It’s a list that suggests a range of motives that appear quite positive. But reality, unfortunately, is not so upbeat. Those most likely to post selfies appear to have lower self-esteem than those who don’t.
In sum, selfies draw attention, which seems like a good thing. But so do car accidents.
Follow the link for the complete article.
Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ 0
Quite the carnival on Carnival . . . .
Others, however, said a single family of about two dozen people seemed intent on provoking conflicts – spitting in the pool, screaming in the smoking area and fighting with passengers and staff over any provocation.
“They were looking for trouble from the minute they got on the ship,” Kellie Peterson told 3AW. “Anyone and everything. They even picked on a 16-year-old boy because they thought he looked at them.”
“Just Because He Could” 0
Much ink and many electrons have been consumed in wondering about the motive for the Las Vegas shootings. As I write this, no possible motive–at least not one that would make sense to most of us–has been proposed.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Joe Navorro suggests that such a motive may not be the issue.
Truth Is No Defense 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., notes the death of facts. A snippet:
All Coked Up 0
More stuff you can’t make up.
A gunman “dressed as a Coca-Cola bottle” yesterday robbed a Kentucky restaurant, police report.
Understanding the Trumpler 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Joe Navarro, without naming names, offers a guide.
