Category Archives: fun

Fun garden path misleading

Posted on 26/09/2022 by Dr Bob Rich

I do love playing with words, but this concept is new to me. Here is a list of apparently nonsense statements, each of which is actually a meaningful, grammatical sentence. And hey, have you noticed, I managed to make my … Continue reading →

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Hatching People

Posted on 27/08/2022 by Dr Bob Rich

The August, 2022 topic from Rhobin Courtright is, “How do you create your characters–their quirks, habits, values, and what part they will play in the story, etc.? Do you have a process or do they come to you instinctively?” My … Continue reading →

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Funraising fundraising

Posted on 11/08/2022 by Dr Bob Rich

Earlier this year, my part of the world had a federal election. Now we are racing toward a state race. Sigh. Before the previous fun and games, I had a t-shirt made with PROFESSIONAL GRANDFATHER printed on it. It was … Continue reading →

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Every kid’s uncle is my mob

Posted on 09/07/2022 by Dr Bob Rich

Indeed, I can see him graduating to Professional Grandfather. “Above all, do no harm. When you can, do good. When you can’t do good, change the situation until you can.” This is the rule I do my best to live … Continue reading →

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A Frog Story

Posted on 03/06/2022 by Dr Bob Rich

One of my clients, way back in 2010, was a very damaged little boy. He’d been bullying other kids at school, and was defiant and angry at home. I wrote this healing story him. Once there was a happy little … Continue reading →

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Positive psychology: chatting with Nina

Posted on 26/05/2022 by Dr Bob Rich

4 a.m. my time, Thursday 25 May (hey, that’s today!), I was in Los Angles, where Dr Nina Savelle-Rocklin enjoyed 11 am. She and I had an hour’s talk via LA Talk Radio, but oddly for a radio station, you … Continue reading →

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Good riddance, Scott and crew, by Jon Cocks

Posted on 24/05/2022 by Dr Bob Rich

Jon is a fellow Australian Green, from South Australia, and is the author of a learnedly hilarious entry in the Greens Essay Contest. In response to the just-published May Bobbing Around, he sent me a poem. You do need to … Continue reading →

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Chattering fungi

Posted on 28/04/2022 by Dr Bob Rich

A recent paper in Royal Society Open Science adds to considerable previous evidence that you don’t need an animal-like nervous system to communicate. Andrew Adamatzky studied patterns of electrical activity in four species of fungi, and found impressive similarities to … Continue reading →

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Tune up your immune system

Posted on 27/03/2022 by Dr Bob Rich

We’re still trying to cope with COVID, and isolation has made the flu more dangerous, and there are reports of previously controlled diseases taking off again. Climate change moves things like mosquito-borne nasties into new areas, such as Japanese encephalitis … Continue reading →

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Massaging the global culture

Posted on 19/03/2022 by Dr Bob Rich

In March, 2022, Rhobin Courtright would like to know what messages my books give to my readers. Terribly sorry, but it’s affliction of mine. I cannot help it. I cannot have the word “message” in my mind without “massage,” and … Continue reading →

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