Madness and The Soul

Please see my new article inย The Times of Israelย called “Madness and The Soul.”

Whereas normally the soul guides and directs the body, in the case of mental illness, the soul becomes imprisoned in the body and mind that is sick. When this happens, a person reverts to their wholly animalistic nature, and hence, what we are seeing is like a car without a driver, accelerating and careening dangerously until, usually, a horrible accident and end.

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Don’t Be Chicken

Don’t be chicken. 

Your goose is cooked. 

Eat crow.

Proud as a peacock.

An ugly duckling.

The early bird catches the worm. 

One flew over the cuckoo’s nest. 

Kill two birds with one stone. 

What’s with all the weird bird sayings?  ๐Ÿ˜‰

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

Born or Trained In Crazy

This was a funny sign at the store:

You don’t have to be crazy to work here, we’ll train you.

Some places they hire the crazies and other they train them to be crazy. 

Perhaps, it’s a bad culture or some bad applies, but either way they can turn good, caring employees into some more crazies to add to the office’s bunch of bananas. 

Fortunate is s/he who works in a normal, good workplace and can do “a decent day’s work for a decent day’s pay.”ย  ๐Ÿ˜‰

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

No, It’s Not Fort Knox

Did I just walk into Urgent Care or is this Fort Knox’s repository for gold bullion?


I don’t think I’ve ever seen this many surveillance cameras in one relatively small room that’s not related to national security! 


And there were even more cameras around me–they were freakin everywhere. 


I get that people are afraid and want security, but seriously over a dozen cameras in the entry/waiting room to see a doctor!


Did someone go a little overboard here?


Maybe they had a bad experience, who knows.


Still, this is beyond dystopian and never a private moment shall one have!  ๐Ÿ˜‰


(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)