• Lockdowns, curfews, politics and psychological reactance

    Jack Brehm Professor Jack Brehm (1928-2009) was an American psychologist. He graduated from Harvard and attended graduate school at the University of Minnesota, working with Leon Festinger (best known for his cognitive dissonance theory and social comparison theory). Brehm’s PhD dissertation research established the free choice cognitive dissonance paradigm and…

  • Perfect me

    The influence of virtual beauty Last week I watched a documentary called ‘Perfect me‘. It is half Dutch, half English and I will include the link, just not everyone will be able to understand all parts due to the Dutch language. This blog may fill that gap however to get…

  • The age of A . . .

    The age of A . . . Wikipedia ‘wisdom’ The Age of Aquarius, in astrology, is either the current or forthcoming astrological age, depending on the method of calculation. Astrologers maintain that an astrological age is a product of the earth’s slow precessional rotation and lasts for 2,160 years, on average (one Great Year equals 25,920-year period…

  • Northern shore – Skärgården by Elvira Kytori

    Lazy Somewhere in November my winter mood starts to become active, wanting snow and ice and picture perfect views in RL and SL. The RL experience of winter has become a rare, ermm . . . gacha. I cannot remember to have had a true winter like I used to…