Longtime Seinfeld fans will recognize the title of this post. On the sit-com’s January 5, 1995 episode, Jerry finds his current girlfriend’s roommate more appealing and asks George to help him find a way to make “the switch.” George replies: Do you realize in the entire history of western civilization no one has successfully accomplished … Read more
As I have said on numerous occasions, my original intention for Deprogramming101 was to show how counter-intuitive thinking can open one’s mind to challenge the status quo and see new possibilities. One major tool to promote this broader view of reality is what Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung called “synchronicity.” The term refers to his … Read more
You may have seen the less than flattering picture of White House assistant to the “so called president” on this week’s issue of Time Magazine with the tag line, “The Great Manipulator.” Of this, I have no doubt. Look closely at the cover photograph. It is posed, not candid. If I did not know better, I … Read more
On July 21, 2007, we were first introduced to Mad Men (Liongate Television, 2007-2015). The title refers to the staff of a fictional Madison Avenue advertising agency in the 1960s. Senior partner Don Draper (Jon Hamm) is the central character who struggles with both his professional and personal life when the sanitized world of the 1950s … Read more
Overlooked due to all the other chaos initiated by Donald Trump over the weekend was news that the first official movie screening in the White House theater since the inauguration was Finding Dory . This Pixar animated film, according to IMDB.com, is the story of a memory challenged blue tang who: somehow became separated from her … Read more