Bridge our Minds Again
The BoMA Blog
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Bridge Our Minds Again? Sounds nice, but the process sucks.
I deleted Facebook, and BoMA is on hold while I work on NeighborBell. So I’m gonna go ahead and use this blog as my personal sounding board. I don’t know if anyone will read it, but I’m about to explode, and writing helps. It especially helps if someone might be listening. Maybe I’m used to
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Parenting Priorities: Don’t Climb Too High on Maslow’s Pyramid
A Quick Review: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Most parents have seen Maslow’s hierarchy of needs at some point. It’s usually represented as a pyramid stacked from survival at the bottom to self-actualization at the top. It’s a helpful model for thinking about human motivation—but it can also be a surprisingly clear mirror for parenting. Too
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The Carburetor Joke Era
Remember when “carburetor” was a punchline? About a decade ago it seemed like the go-to prop for comedians talking about “manly men.” Girls, cars, football, carburetors. Cue the laugh track. The caricature was always the big dumb oaf: “Huh huh huh, I’m a real man, I know what a carburetor is.” Or the not-so-manly man