More changes

The House Wrens are building a nest this week in the box out back of the office, and the House Finches have started a new nest on top of one of the porch columns (having presumably lost theirs in the Great Leland Cypress Massacre). But we won't be here to see them raise their little families as we are moving at the end of May.

I am relocating to Cherokee Counseling and Psychological Associates, LLP, effective June 1st. And Larry Bird is relocating to our house.

A client's view

Like most psychologists, I collect shrink 'toons. A customer contributed this one.

I don't even like Leland Cypress, but when I came to work Monday morning and found that ours had all been chopped down, I thought I would cry.

Maybe next year

I didn't find out about this until today, but it seems like a cool idea. Now in its 4th year, it happens every May 1st.

In the meantime, here's a great link to a post about the language of disability.

what I look like when I'm grading

Mental Retardation

Not my area of expertise. But seems to me it would be cool if the next version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association, changed the language. In the meantime, I'm working at trying to change my habits.

Souter retires. . .

. . . and we have an opportunity! The National Organization for Women is circulating a petition on the internet that you can sign asking the President to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court.

Women lack role models at the highest levels of government, business, and the professions. We lack voices at the highest levels of decision-making in government, business, and the professions. The Supreme Court, like most corporate boards, Congress, or any other high-profile group you care to name, does not reflect the diversity of our population.

This is a chance for the President to rectify that situation just a little bit. It would be good for women everywhere to see a woman on the bench! So let's all go to NOW's website and give The Man a shoutout!