Somewhere, hidden up there in the tree, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak has a lot to say. His song is operatic. I can get only a glimpse of his strawberry-red cravat before he disappears again into the leaves. A Rose-breasted Grosbeak’s song is full of variety and feeling. Here’s a 28-second sample, recorded on my phone as the bird sang in my tree. Note the dramatic slides in pitch and (near the end) a fast trill.

All professional wrestling is a simulation to varying degrees. It is a depiction of competitive combat achieved through a certain amount of cooperation, planning, and predetermination of a result. All those elements exist on spectrum, of course. There could be pure synchronicity and harmony between competitors, things can be riffed out in a sort of mutually agreed upon sparring session, or everything could break down and turn into genuine violence between the participants.

Howdy. So much ground to cover this week… LA ANNIVERSARY This past Sunday (3/3), I celebrated (by not really doing anything special) the 24th anniversary of my move to Los Angeles. I’d been living in Boston, but traveled back to Long Island to drop a bunch of things at my parents’ house so I was flying out of JFK Airport on a one-way ticket. I still remember taxiing on the runway with my cat Brandy at my feet.

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Abraham Maslow was an American-psychologist perhaps best known for creating The Hierarchy of Needs (1943). Maslow’s theory of psychological health was based on the belief that individuals need to fulfill innate human needs in succession in order to achieve self-actualization. At its base, Maslow’s pyramid situates physiological needs like air, food, water, shelter, clothing and sleep. The absolute basics needed for human existence. Next is, safety and security in the forms of health, employment, family, property, security and social ability.