Tag: #society

I aint ever herd of that!

Ding! The bell rings. Without any outside stimulus the dog hearing the sound begins to salivate. Pavlov, a Russian scientist, figured out in the early 1900’s the theory of classic conditioning. What is that you ask? Well, classic conditioning is a theory that you can teach a behavior/reaction to a certain stimulus with repetition of the action even if those two things aren’t related. I.E.,…

O to Star Trek

One of the scariest things these days has been to update your phone. No one is quite sure what the outcome of an update may be. On the one hand you may have your phone debugged and no longer have those minor issues to deal with. On the other hand, your phone might shut down or rearrange itself or start…

Becoming Le Rae

One of the key aspects of being a person who’s interested in anthropology is that you have to have a strong curiosity for the human species and culture. What makes people do what they do? What behaviors or emotions create norms of a society? Etc. Example: Some figured out that they could cultivate crops and plant them in order to…

Zero to Idiocracy, Real Quick!

Have you seen Idiocracy? Well if not, then you should! The first time I saw it I thought it was hilarious. Then life happened and I realized what I thought was a comedy, was actually a satire. The movie that was based on fiction is becoming closer and closer to real life. That should scare you! The premise of the…

The Hub–People Watching At Its Finest

Ever since before I can remember I was an avid traveler. It comes with the territory of being an army brat. One of my favorite past times is people watching and one of the best places to do so is the airport. Essentially the airport is a fascinating place. Just think about it for a second. Where else can you…

Faceless and Unseen

Stereo-typing and misconceptions is an everyday part of life these days. Sad but true. Though I can sit here and urge humanity to look past those preconceived notions it’s going to take a lot than just me here with this one little blog to actually affect a change. That’s the whole concept of passing it forward. If we can keep…

Rushing To The Altar…I do?

Back when I was 25 I had just gotten out of a long emotionally abusive engagement and then out of a short rebound relationship that got violent. I was on the mends as they like to say. So I was feeling down and out. My frame of mind was that I would never ever get married and just be pushed…

Check Out! Unplug!

Check-out time. You. Now. With all the social media and communications devices it’s so easy these days to get wrapped up in the buzz of constant pings, rings and notifications. Life has become a series of notifications. The world, your friends, your family and your job have all became accessible at the tips your fingertips EVERY second of EVERY day.…