2010 Articles

I work with an amazing fellow who earns his money as a groundskeeper – yet comes from a-700-year-old English family, and, is very “in touch” with what is happening with the planet – our dear, Earth Mother. During our usual 2012 discussions — Mr. W informed me of Haliburton’s new method of natural gas extraction […]

I recently attended an educational conference in Pasadena – populated by superintendents, principals and teachers making their living in the public schools of Los Angeles and greater Los Angeles.  A dynamic I noticed very quickly was: I was one-of-the-oldest attendees. When an attractive, young teacher of 5 years experience asked me how long I had

Brother Paul had a bee-up-his-bonnet (ass) the other day (not for the first time), and, complained that Obama was socializing the U.S.  He also suggested that Obama would go down in history as a more ineffectual president than Jimmy Carter (my detractors would point out that I suggested that Obama would never have made it

Or…On the Outside Looking In Was it just 2-years-ago that I departed Pacific Lodge after a 9-and-a-half-month stint to return to Camp Gonzalez – because I can’t tolerate settings where the inmates are running the asylum – particularly on the tax payers’ dime?  Yes.  It must have been 2 years, because one-of-my former students –

On the excruciatingly long flight home from Dubai to Los Angeles (I flew Emirates to-and-from the World Cup because they seemed to be the only airlines not attempting to gouge people) I had the chance to watch a movie about S. Africa starring John Malkovich: called “Disgrace.”  This movie again reminded me of Malkovich’s range,

When I searched for my website for some of my South African friends during this World Cup, I noticed that some of the lines from certain articles are posted right there on the internet – which has me fervently hoping that nothing bawdy or apolitical is taken out of context, and, posted out there for

I used to be able to stay up all night attempting to talk women into having sex with me: sometimes it worked; and, sometimes it didn’t.  Invariably I fell asleep before anything happened – because I’m a true psychotherapist – and, a good psychotherapist should never become enamored with the sound of his/her voice. Elsewhere

Tyler graduated from high school this Thursday past – and I’m kinda glad for him (and for me –as I no longer have to pay child support for the lad) – but as we all know – an American H.S. diploma doesn’t say much about anything, and, Tyler’s high school career was a bit checkered

Well, I’m still reading Ray Manzerak’s Light My Fire – and, I’m once again captivated by the figure of Jim Morrison (like I was after reading Danny Sugerman’s: No One Here Gets Out Alive).  I have to believe that most male adolescents must identify with the Wild Child: the water sprite or imp — who

…It’s Who you know – as made everso evident by Pierce CC’s rejection of me as a full-time Counseling Professor.  I don’t think the bloody bastards even looked at my application, or, my letters of reference (which came from a few heavyweight academics who have known me for a few years).  I’m thinking that Pierce