Author Archives: captaincliff

What a surprise. There’s a new FDA warning about the sleeping pill Ambien and its tendency to leave people (especially women) “groggy” in the morning and therefore in no condition to operate heavy machinery, drive  forklifts at Home Depot or … Continue reading →

Let me reiterate.  James Holmes has Dysphoric Mania and Agitated Depression with Psychotic Ideation/Paranoid Delusions. Nowadays it is referred to as Psychotic Mania, but is not to be confused with typical Bipolar Disorder or simple manic depression. He was diagnosed … Continue reading →

Notable quotes: “You know you’re getting older when you’re no longer part of your own sexual fantasies”   Rona Mazer I know I’m expected to keep up with the current “sex news”, which at my age is starting to bore me to … Continue reading →

  Now that it’s 2013, you dont have to be Freud to figure out what all that “Mayan Apocalypse” stuff was really about. After my recent holiday trip to Tulum (on Dec 21) and Cancun Mexico, I’ve had time to … Continue reading →

Yesterday I learned that Dunkin Donuts intends to market and sell gluten free donuts.  This is hard to imagine given the fact that I view DD glazed donuts and chocolate munchkins as a sugar and carb-coated version of crack cocaine. … Continue reading →

As you know I love to give my pompous overeducated opinion on numerous topics, mostly to show just how nimble my mind is compared to my rapidly aging and deteriorating body. The verb “to shrivel” does not do justice to … Continue reading →

Well I was there, in Tulum Mexico today, EXACTLY on the day and time (plus or minus 2 hours) of the so called Mayan Apocalypse. The 97 tourists a certain HuffPost journalist talked about “behaving badly” on sacred Mayan ground … Continue reading →

Baby Boomers, the quintessential travelers are always looking for interesting places to go. Instead of backpacks we now carry high-end but functional luggage, you know, the kind of stuff that people in Boulder, Colorado would buy and use if they … Continue reading →

Cannibalism: Sharpen Your Mind and Your Cutlery by Cliff Mazer, Ph.D.   In an attempt to shore up my self-image as an intellectual, I ordered the book, Cannibalism: Human Aggression and Cultural Form by Eli Sagan from Amazon.com (gently used/nibbled … Continue reading →