This anecdote appears in Walter’s book The Psychiatrist, a collection of capsule biographies of great figures in neuroscience. Why does Walter put anecdotes about himself in a book ostensibly about other people? Because he’s a narcissist, and therefore literally incapable[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another sample from the book, presenting another psychiatric treatment you haven’t heard of. The term for what happens when you yell NOT THE CLOWN SUIT! is abreaction.
Why should cats be the only ones we berate this way? The title of this post, incidentally, is yet another funny thing Ignatz said and I stole from him.
It’s a bit of a long story but now I’ve got two. They flap around in the bathroom all day and spend all night perched next to each other under a pillowcase.
The sparrow’s been having a lot of fluttering practice around my apartment recently, mostly in the bathroom. He’s not fully competent yet and bonks into things and falls, so God’s attention must really be on us a lot.
Click to buy my illustrated version of the book of Jonah! I’m super proud of it.
