Author Archives: captaincliff

From the Mailbag This Week:   Dear Dr. Mazer, I have a lot of shame over what I am about to tell you. I am a 30 year old male graduate student in English Literature. I had planned on pursuing a … Continue reading →

This whole consumer tracking and digital media marketing thing is really starting to creep me out. Tell me I’m paranoid but I clearly remember pausing in front of the Thomas Bagel Thins while at Publix today. I couldn’t decide if … Continue reading →

by Cliff Mazer, Ph.D. Submitted to Atlantic Magazine’s Anxiety Chronicles, Jan 2014 Who could possibly be more anxious than a neurotic Psychologist with an anxiety disorder? How about a Jewish Clinical Psychologist with anxiety and chronic insomnia? I’m sure few … Continue reading →

As this year Stardate 2013 ends I feel compelled, not by the power of Christ, but by my own overblown ego to say something important. Unfortunately I really don’t know anymore what is significant enough that it needs to be … Continue reading →

 Among the European nations, Germany is apparently the world leader in “people who eat people” (cue Barbara Streisand music). That’s right, you heard me correctly. I’m not referring to zombies or roving bands of Game of Thrones Teutonic barbarians chanting pagan … Continue reading →

The fundamental “Law of Robotics” (especially in sci-fi movies) is “Robots must obey humans and follow their commands. They must never harm or go against their human creators.” Anyone who has ever been in a relationship of any length knows … Continue reading →

It’s not always clear to me why I choose to give a certain peace pipe or sacred box to someone. If I know the person’s spirit animal or totem then it’s sort of a no-brainer. Other times it seems just part … Continue reading →

  My Dad was like an M and M candy and also was a great lover of jelly beans. He used to smell like Old Spice aftershave until he switched to Obsession by Calvin Klein. Although he was only 5’8” … Continue reading →

  If the Dalai Lama ever played dodgeball, I would bet dollars to donuts he would have been good at it. If you’re old enough you probably remember dodgeball from your childhood school . It’s the anxiety provoking “sport” in … Continue reading →