Author Archives: captaincliff

James Holmes, the Colorado shooter says he wants to know “how the film ends”. No, he really doesn’t. He is mocking the University, the police, and the public for socially rejecting him and for judging him as inadequate (in his … Continue reading →

I believe if they ever can get James Holmes the Colorado shooter talking and/or communicating semi-coherently, they should ask him about his taste in MOVIES. Such an underwhelming idea is not just based on his recent act of unimaginable violence … Continue reading →

I believe James Holmes, the shooter in the Batman/Aurora Colorado theater tragedy will be found to be suffering from a severe mental illness with a violent homicidal psychosis. Specifically, I think he will be diagnosed as having Paranoid Schizophrenia with … Continue reading →

As a Westerner, how do I begin to describe a Shanghai Xiaolongbao dumpling that one does not just gulp down (or drown in chili oil and shoyu) but instead allows to dance on ones palate before it explodes into distinct … Continue reading →

Now that Sandusky is in jail and Romney is “retroactively retired”, I’m not sure which HuffPost article to read first. I used to watch the Sunday Evening News with Walter Cronkite. Then, if time allowed …The Wonderful World of Disney. … Continue reading →

While the tabloids continue to promote public speculation and outrage over Robert Kennedy Jr’s decision to exhume the dead body of his wife, Mary Kennedy and move her burial spot to a different and more remote section of the cemetery, … Continue reading →

The Owl Posted on July 11, 2012 by Cliff Mazer, Ph.D. aka CaptCliff I believe one of the first books I read as a small boy was Robinson Crusoe. It was about a guy who was shipwrecked on a tropical … Continue reading →

One of my new Facebook friends, a gifted writer and successful blogger herself posted a link to an alarming article about internet addiction. Scary stuff. Apparently being online all the time not only is turning our brains into mush but … Continue reading →

They say that Facebook appeals to both narcissists and voyeurs at heart. There is some research to support the first assertion in that narcissistically inclined people are more likely to update their statuses frequently, tag themselves in photos more often … Continue reading →

Dear Young People of Planet Earth, You know who you are. In fact, unfortunately, if you are reading this, you are probably NOT who I am talking about. I mean the young people who are perpetually busy on their laptops, … Continue reading →