I am looking for books investigating the occult as a phenomenon, its history, and its possibilities. Maybe that sounds simple, but I'm also picky. [more inside]
posted by parkbench on Apr 4, 2013 - 19 answers

Anyone have good ideas of characters who personify over-emotional thinking, over-rational thinking and a healthy balance of both? The missus leads a group at a recovery center, and she's trying to find examples to show the patients to help them understand between emotional and rational thinking. The best we've come up with is Spock/McCoy/Kirk; is there a good clip that shows this interplay between the characters? Or, please, if you have better characters and scenes she could use, we'd appreciate it.
posted by razdrez on May 16, 2012 - 20 answers

My therapist now thinks I've got ADHD. Everyone agrees I'm bipolar. I'm self-diagnosed with medical students' disease. How do I sort this out now that I know she's biased? [more inside]
posted by Fee Phi Faux Phumb I Smell t'Socks o' a Puppetman! on Mar 1, 2011 - 22 answers

I need help understanding how my hyper-smart geek husband's brain works. I want to give him the understanding he craves but am having a hard time inhabiting his plane. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 24, 2008 - 61 answers

Is it possible to rationally settle on an economic theary? [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on May 31, 2008 - 54 answers

Help me use game theory to better understand the seemingly irrational behavior at my workplace [more inside]
posted by brandnew on Jan 30, 2008 - 16 answers

I stay calm and collected when people are getting angry and yelling at me. I have been told that this is an "infuriating" trait. What to do? [more inside]
posted by afroblanca on Nov 23, 2005 - 49 answers

Invoicing with MS Excel--squeezing relational database features out [MI]
posted by adamrice on Feb 17, 2004 - 10 answers