It’s that time of year again – the time to think about (or ignore) New Year’s Resolutions. I’m not a huge fan of them, but that may be in...

Note: this post has a few minor spoilers about the Barbie movie. I finally watched the Barbie movie a couple of weeks ago, and maybe it...

One of my favorite podcasts recently mentioned a topic that seems quite appropriate for the holiday season: the social facilitation of...

I don’t know about you, but I like cookies pretty much any time of the year. They’re good for every occasion, and with so many varieties,...

Note: this has spoilers about an episode of the show House. It sometimes takes me a while to catch up on shows, and a recent example is...

In just a few days, most of us in the U.S. will be celebrating Thanksgiving, a holiday that’s kind of about gratitude but is a lot about...

I won’t claim to know a lot about economics, but I do know a fair amount about eating behavior, which is why I was fascinated by a recent...

I’ve been thinking a lot about ways of finding comfort lately, for a very sad reason. As you may have heard, on the evening of Wednesday,...

One of my favorite comic strips is Zits, and like some others, it’s moved into Halloween mode. In one of last week’s comics, Jeremy (a...

I don’t know about you, but when I hear the word “rest”, I think of getting enough sleep, taking a nap, or maybe relaxing. So, I was...