Re: [tips] Three Psychologists Walk Into A Bar or What To Do Instead of Academia

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Brandon
Funny, but not funny enough. On Dec 14, 2009, at 7:41 PM, michael sylvester wrote: Mike: Please note that the Tipster of the year award is copyrighted and is my domain.Any more onfringement could subject you to hard labor at the U,S-Canada-Russian front. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of

[tips] Scientists At Work

2009-12-14 Thread Mike Palij
The NY Times has an article on the work of conservationist in Nevada. It's amazing what things are being conserved. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/science/earth/15ranch.html?_r=1&hpw Anyone for a TiPS get together at the new "Conservation Center"? ;-) -Mike Palij New York University m

Re: [tips] Three Psychologists Walk Into A Bar or What To Do Instead of Academia

2009-12-14 Thread Mike Palij
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:42:12 -0800, michael sylvester wrote: >Mike: > >Please note that the Tipster of the year award is copyrighted and >is my domain.Any more onfringement could subject you to hard >labor at the U,S-Canada-Russian front. I would never attempt to infringe upon your "copyright"

Re: [tips] Three Psychologists Walk Into A Bar or What To Do Instead of Academia

2009-12-14 Thread michael sylvester
Mike: Please note that the Tipster of the year award is copyrighted and is my domain.Any more onfringement could subject you to hard labor at the U,S-Canada-Russian front. Michael --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

RE: [tips] Three Psychologists Walk Into A Bar or What To Do Instead of Academia

2009-12-14 Thread Shearon, Tim
Mike Palij asked: "You have heard of humor, right? ;-)" Mike- I have all their albums! Tim ___ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu teaching: intro to neuropsych

[tips] Three Psychologists Walk Into A Bar or What To Do Instead of Academia

2009-12-14 Thread Mike Palij
Tired of academia? Perhaps you can become a stand-up comic. Consider the following: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/science/15comic.html?_r=1&hpw The Tipster of 2009 Award goes to the first person who can complete the joke "Three Psychologists Walk Into a Bar.". Extra points for humor. Yo

[tips] Accents in toddlers

2009-12-14 Thread michael sylvester
It has been reported that young children even as early as toddlers have the speech accents of their moms. The conclusion is that the developping child is sensitive to the speech of their moms while in the pre-natal environment.This would seem to favor Skinner in the debate with Chomsky. Here is

[tips] Random Thought: A New Year's Toast

2009-12-14 Thread Louis Schmier
Well, it's that time when the old year is leaving us and the new one will soon be upon us. Susan and I have started our frantic holiday travel. We just returned from a delightfully hectic and little planned out few days in Mexico. At this moment, we're in our frenzied unpack and pack