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A colleague and I are creating a Discord server to discuss psychology and all things related (Technology, community, academia, culture, etc…) We’re hoping to use it with our students, and our colleagues and friends. If you’d like to join in, head over to https://go.jonwestfall.com/psychout and jump in. Right now just a few channels in there …
Each semester I teach General Psychology, I do an activity where I ask a series of True/False questions to determine if my students believe some of the biggest “myths” of the field. Recently I asked our excellent Graduate Assistant to pull the previous semesters (5 in total) and report the percentage of people who got …
A few days ago, my MacBook Pro had to go on a quick trip to Texas for a doctor’s appointment (a.k.a. Some service work on a misbehaving main board). With my “spare” MacBook mostly used by my wife these days, I figured “I wonder if I can survive on my 2018 11’’ iPad Pro and …
Dear Student in Fall Twenty Two Time to Start School, It’s True! Your Weird Prof Mentioned His Site You Went There One Night And Found This Poem – Woohoo! Welcome student (or wanderer on the Internet), I’m glad you found this post. I try to make one of these every so often, in case students …
What exactly is unhealthy? It probably definitely isn’t BMI (Body Mass Index). In this post I discuss a different number – FFMI (Fat Free Mass Index) and discuss if it should be the standard I judge my own journey on. Recently I’ve started thinking about different metrics that are used to assess your level of …
I use Siri fairly often when walking, biking, or just when my hands are busy. One of my frustrations is that Siri hates playing the music I ask for. I used to have a playlist named “Essentials”, and I would frequently say “Hey Siri, shuffle Essentials”. That didn’t work 99% of the time – she’d …
Continue reading “Listen Siri, I Didn’t Ask for John Sanchez!”
A small update in my Weight Loss Journey, Formerly Fat. I’m a sucker for a good deal, so when I looked at our Faculty/Staff Meal plan at Delta State and did the math, I realized I could solve a few problems with one solution. The first was figuring out what to eat for lunch most …
The BP Podcast will be back in the very near future for Season 2. This page will be updated with show notes as needed! If you’re not already subscribed, do so here! Topics this season will revolve around Abnormal Psychology & Educational Psychology! My plan is to post short 5-10 minute episodes most week days!
Am I hungry? Shouldn’t that be an easy question? Well for the formerly fat among us, probably not. Read on to learn more about my quest to answer this question!
So I think it’s time to transition to the scariest part of this journey… maintenance.