Last week Pete Wilson posted on “Impression Management” what he calls “the process through which people try to control the impressions other people form of them. It’s a conscious or unconscious (but usually conscious) attempt to influence the perceptions of other people through controlling information in social interaction.” I am pretty skilled in this. Not […]
Have you ever noticed that you don’t appreciate something that works flawlessly? But once it is broken and pieced back together you can see with a whole new respect? We take perfection for granted. Because we have nothing, really, to compare it to. So it works, no big deal? Isn’t that what it is supposed […]
You have got to love this Wikipedia defition of a “guilty pleasure”: A guilty pleasure is something one considers pleasurable despite feeling guilt for enjoying it. Often, the “guilt” involved is simply fear of others discovering one’s lowbrow or otherwise embarrassing tastes, rather than actual moral guilt. Fashion, music, and food (especially unhealthier foods high […]
