I find the paradox intriguing (and a little appetizing). Specifically, the classic Iyengar & Lepper (2000) study on attraction vs. simplicity. The researchers found that in an upscale market, shoppers were more likely to stop at a table offering samples of 24 vs. 6 jams, but they were actual...

The first temptation — to simply “wing it” — was easily fought off. Interestingly, that phrase, I’ve since learned, comes from 19th-century theater actors who, not having enough time to learn their lines, would hover near the corner of the stage (“the wings”), ready to receive prompts from the scri...

I’m not sure where it came up with the name, but I went with it nonetheless. Only afterwards did I ask why it had made that particular choice. (The theme again this month is Discernment — meditation HERE). The ChatGPT response was that “Orion” was: memorable specific ...

As mysteries go, I concede it’s not particularly CSI-worthy. Even so, it’s haunted me all week.  Things began to get weird almost three weeks ago when my iPhone died in the January winter storm. My new phone is superior in every way — except for one loss. My favorite angel card app — ...