Items by adamf

• Attachment, Relationships, and Buddhism

  —shenpa warrior

  A common misconception about Buddhism is that it teaches its adherents to rid themselves of all attachments—including relationships. Attachments, according to Buddhism, ultimately cause suffering. This is something that, despite my interest in Buddhism, has kept me from really appreciating it until recently. Even psychologist Jonathan Haidt made this mistake [...]
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  Posted: December 21, 2009, 1:44pm EST
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• New Moon = Transformers for Women

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 8
  Neither are critically acclaimed movies… and in neither case do the fans care. They both make tons of money. Both have transforming-ish characters. New Moon is now even in the top 3 of biggest opening weekends, right next to the Dark Knight. Really. So what is the difference between Transformers and Twilight? Here [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:32pm EST
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• Comments from my students, and what do you love/hate about college classes?

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 10
  I just got back the midterm evaluations for my class – the FIRST class I have taught all by myself. Here are a few: What did you like most about the course and/or the instructor? “Adam rocks! We have awesome discussions and learn a lot about teaching!” “I like how we don’t have [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:22pm EST
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• Native American Mascots & Team Names Need to Stop

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 10
  Starting with the Washington Redskins of the NFL. Sure, they have no “economic” incentive to change their name–it is not the job of capitalism to instill values–but this is one of those things that we are going to look back on in 40-50 years (hopefully a lot sooner) and think, [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 4:56pm EDT
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• A thank you to my atheist friends: One reason why I’m a believer

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 10
  I have given a lot of thought as to why I believe in more than just this life, or why I believe in something bigger, stronger, and wiser* than I am…. than we are. Bigger than the Big Bang. I really need to thank my atheist friends for this. Their challenging inquiries [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 1:36pm EDT
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• The real explanation for sexy Halloween costumes

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 10
  10/17 Update: Warning–This post is meant to be humorous. Apparently many people have somehow been offended, lol. I pass no judgment on one’s preferred Halloween wear. None at all. Seriously people, chill. Also, by “Darwin” I mean “Evolutionary Theory.” “Darwin” just sounded punchier, like we could blame one dude. I [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 10:23am EDT
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• Need your input on Love!

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 9
  I’m writing a paper on the history of love, looking at traditional views and comparing it with the view of love through an adult attachment lens. Here is a brief outline for my paper… This paper will trace the origins of romantic love and attachment-related concepts throughout history, leading up to Darwin, [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 3:04pm EDT
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• Philosophy, Pragmatism, & Habits

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 8
  Things have been busy lately, but I’ve decided to write a bit on all the fascinating things I have been reading for school. The text* for my history of psychology class covers Socrates, Aristotle, Cynicism, Renaissance Humanism, Ptolemy, Francis Bacon, Descartes, Empiricism, Positivism, Spinoza, Kant, Rousseau, Nietzsche… and on and [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 2:42pm EDT
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• in the leafy treetops

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 4
  I swear this is not a reaction to my recent non-commercial-beef eating resolution… which is going quite well, by the way. We recently had some tasty buffalo-loaf (BuffaLoaf?). I have never been a huge fan of salad. In middle school when everyone discovered how good buckets of ranch dressing was on [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 11:37am EDT
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• Giving up commercial cow meat

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 10
  “Are you nervous?” the woman at the ticket counter asked. Her eyes lit up when I asked for two tickets to see the movie, Food Inc. I replied kind of nervously, trying to be funny (emphasis on try) but failing, “Why? Since you’ve seen it, do you still eat food?” Not surprisingly [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 8:49am EDT
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• Summer Camp for Little Atheists

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 10
  Every once in a while, when looking for something to read, I ask myself, “What is something that I wouldn’t normally read? What just ‘isn’t me’?” Recently that book was Confessions of a Shopaholic. Cue sneers. A year or so ago it was The God Delusion, by prominent atheist Richard Dawkins. Needless [...]
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  Posted: July 26, 2009, 10:00am EDT
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• values don’t need to include phobias

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 10
  Recent letter in the Salt Lake Tribune: “I about coughed up my Cheerios when I opened the Utah section and saw a picture of two men in a lip lock (“Protesters smooch near LDS Temple,” Tribune , July 13). Some editor should be fired for having such poor judgment as to [...]
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  Posted: July 25, 2009, 10:48pm EDT
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• Welcome to the New Site!

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 2
  I will miss the old site, but hopefully this one is a big improvement, especially with the problems that some people were having with the comments. For the sake of nostalgia, the old site is still available at shenpawarrior.com. There will not be any new posts there, however, and all of [...]
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  Posted: July 21, 2009, 9:39am EDT
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• Should I move my blog here?

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 10
  I’m thinking about moving from blogger… not completely sure yet, but I’ve imported my posts and comments from http://www.shenpawarrior.com. Let me know what you think… Do you like this new page better? Worse? About the same? Who cares? Thanks! Posted in Uncategorized [...]
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  Posted: July 19, 2009, 3:10pm EDT
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• A few thoughts on movies

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 5
  I saw Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince last night. I was hoping there would be all kinds of witches and whatnot at the theater, but apparently that’s all for the midnight showing the day before. A few thoughts: WHO brings their babies to movies? Seriously. If they’re still in the womb, fine, [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 8:52am EDT
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• The Unfortunate Truth

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 5
  Most husbands need to step up to the plate. For those who do, marital happiness stays, or actually increases if the couple has children. About 2/3 don’t, however. They end up in relationships where the man works 8-10 hours a day, and the woman works 16 or more. Naturally, those [...]
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  Posted: July 05, 2009, 2:00am EDT
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• Roundup: Canadian Healthcare, Gov. Sanford, & Excommunication

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 4
  Steve at The Zombie Chronicles once again reminds us why Obama’s plan for health care will not be, for lack of a better word, socialist.He also lists a succinct dispelling of the myths about Canadian healthcare. For example, most Canadian doctors do not work for the government, and there are [...]
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  Posted: July 01, 2009, 10:57am EDT
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• How well do you know your partner?

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 9
  For the last seven months of 2009, I am going to work on one principle per month out of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Hopefully there will also be some things that stand out for you for working on your own relationships. Nat and I have made a [...]
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  Posted: June 29, 2009, 1:00am EDT
  by adamf

• shenpa warrior: The 2,760,016th most popular website in the country!

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 4
  According to “Alexa: The Web Information Company” there are only 2.76 million sites ahead of me. According to Technorati, shenpa warrior is also the 498,210 most popular blog. Well on my way to making a living in the blogging world! Another interesting thing on the site was the “search terms” [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 2:00am EDT
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• Money CAN Buy Happiness?

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 10
  We’ve all heard that “money can’t buy happiness” ad nauseam. Now a study says it can. In a social psychology class during undergrad we were taught that in general money does not make one happier, with the exception of wealth providing you with basic needs, and helping to fulfill significant life [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2009, 1:00am EDT
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• Let The Holy Spirit Clean Your Kitchen

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 5
  I have been working at an agency owned by a religious organization. No problems there. In fact, many of my fellow therapists do not belong to said religion, with no reprisals. We all get along pretty well. It’s a different story in the bathrooms though. In all the bathrooms there are [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 1:00am EDT
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• Some Sex Statistics from The Kinsey Institute

  —shenpa warrior

  Number of comments: 10
  Don’t worry, it’s just stats–nothing too uncomfortable.Sex In Marriage: 3% of married women have not had sex in the past year. 1% of men. 13% of married couples have sex a few times a year. 45% a few times a month. 34% 2-3 times per week. 7% More than 4 times per week. This is about [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 1:00am EDT
  by adamf