Invited Addresses to the Eastern Psychological Association's 80th Annual Meeting

"How Our Hands Help Us Think," Susan Goldin-Meadow
"Autism: Behavior Analysis, Neuroscience, and Genetics," Travis Thompson
"Advances in Reading Science," Charles Perfetti
"Neural Systems for Memory and Emotion," Fred Helmstetter
"The Mother of All Discount Functions," Peter Killeen
"Using Decision Errors to Help People," George Loewenstein
"Developmental and Individual Differences in Early Social Understanding and Prosocial Behavior," Celia Brownell
"Comprehensive Treatment for ADHD: Perspectives on Sequencing Treatments and Balancing Risks and Benefits of Medication and Behavioral Interventions," William Pelhalm
"Using Behavioral Science to Make the World a Better Place," William Heward
"There is Nothing as Practical as a Good Theory," Robert Siegler
"The Psychological Challenge of Race: Divergent Reactions of Blacks and Whites," James Jones
"Implications for Resurgence for Applied Research and Practice," Claire St. Peter-Pipkin
"An Analysis of Variables That Influence Mand Selection and Treatment Success During Functional Communication Training," Lisa Winborn-Kemmerer
"The Role of Nature and Nurture in Infant Cognition," David H. Raskin
"Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression," Myrna Weissman
"Reinforcement Theory: Implications for Complex Human Behavior," John Donahoe
"Narrating Teen Motherhood Through Story and Art," Cynthia Lightfoot
"Three Divas: The Careers and Contributions of Three Remarkable Women Psychologists, Karn Machover, ,Molly Harrower, and Ethel Tobach," Wade Pickren

The Middle East

Teenagers

Six seven wood pile till ten or eleven at night
we'll light it on fire, I'm not a liar, I swear
I've got a box of matches and a jug of gasoline
And the fire will burn all our souls clean
Till four or five am since never the sun
rises again, always the hop, the hope of tomorrow.
sludge slides into the ocean
it's a potion of mine
to teach the sea creatures of fire
on the beach, don't you call me a liar
We'll burn that pile of wood

Grand Theft Auto

Typical Daily Schedule

3:50 am Wake-up bell
4:20 Zazen / Kinhin / Zazen
6:10 Morning Service
6:45 Oryoki Breakfast
7:55 Study
9:00 Soji (cleaning) or Dharma talk
9:50 Zazen / Kinhin / Zazen
11:20 Noon Service
11:30 Oryoki Lunch
1:15 pm Work
4:15 Exercise / Bath
5:50 Evening Service
6:00 Oryoki Supper
7:30 Zazen / Kinhin / Zazen
9:00 Three Refuges
9:30 Firewatch / Lights out

Winter

underneath sun-drenched winters we find
a layer of dust composed of divine scraps
and sticks we brought in from the forest.
don't go where you aren't supposed to
she whispered to her daughter
a mantra-to-be in reverse
for nowhere found everywhere and swallowed it hold
since sometimes is summertime is
not right now, kid.
So giggling gathering will be our
sport as we wait for the sun to
rise, to rise,
as we wait to close our eyes.

An Assortment of Marijuana Strains

Sensi Star
Blackberry Kush
Durkle
Cheese
Champagne
J-1
Cannadential
Blue Dream
Shipwreck
Allen Wrench
Lavendar
Grandaddy
HOC
Spill
Romulan
Bubba Kush
Dada
Trainwreck
Wonder Widow
Mango Kush
Cream
Trash
Aff Goo
Urkle
OG Kush
Cali-O