Tuesday 4/16 | Crocodiles & Fathers

Top of Mind: At The Clinical Study Days last week, one of the case presentations involved working with children. The particulars of the case involved a mother who strongly desired for her child to go to a therapist who would somehow "teach" the child how to act in

Monday 4/15 | Returns!

I've been away from [S][J][P] for the past nine days. * Last weekend, from 4/6 through 4/7, I was at Clinical Study Days 16, where I presented a case and a cartel work product. The event was full of great things, and I wanted to

⌾ Recommendations | 5 Thigns/Days

Hi, It is Friday, the day of the week when I send out a list of things that I think might bring you some surplus jouissance if you give them a try. This week, I tried a new format of posting on [S][J][P]. Each day I'd

Thursday

4/4/24 Travel day. I'm writing this after settling in at the hotel where I'm staying. When I left Chicago, it was snowing, and when I got off the plane in Fort Lauderdale, it was sunny. The temperature was in the 80s, and it was

Wednesday

3/4/24 The way I pack is so stupid. Yesterday, I got everything packed. Then, today, I was thinking about what I packed and how I packed it, and I decided I needed to do it all over again. Why can't I just pack it the way

Tuesday

2/1/24 I spent most of the day doing clinical work. During breaks, I picked up different things I'm going to need for the trip and packed. Top of mind: I've been thinking a lot about the Lacanian concept of the lying truth. This started

Monday

1/4/24 I will be traveling to Clinical Study Days later in the week, and I'm feeling pre-travel nervous energy accumulate, as it always does for me. The morning has been divided between clinical work (e.g., psychoanalytic sessions) and video calls with people to plan and

The mind you want to live with

On this episode of The Ezra Klein Show (Apple Podcasts, NYTimes). Marilynn Robinson says: You will have to live with your mind every day of your life, so make sure you have a mind you want to live with. Simple, but true. I also think the same logic applies to

[Reading] Ribbonfarm

Writing on his blog Ribbonfarm, Venkatesh Rao says, I was asked in a DM conversation whether I use AI for writing, and I said no, it would be like going for a walk in my car.  This was a great opening sentence! It made me alight, and it said something

⌾ Recommendations | 3 Things

Hi, It is Friday when I send out an email about things that bring some surplus jouissance to my life. I hope that you will enjoy them as well. My kids have been on spring break this week. I've been spending lots of time with them and not