Archive for July, 2009
Did Wikipedia just ruin the psychology world by allowing the posting of 10 Rorschach ink blots with the corresponding description of what each ink blot actually represents? Is it the Rorschach ink blots cheat sheet that people will just start to memorize so they can satisfactorily pass their psychological exams?
The Rorschach ink blots test was named after Hermann Rorschach who devised the test in 1921. Currently, it is among the commonly used psychological tests used by outpatient mental health facilities. Simply put, it helps determine if an insane or mentally-disturbed individual is fit to rejoin the community.
The New York Times is the first respected publication to raise the concern about the publishing of the supposed ‘cheat sheets’ of these Rorschach ink blots. Will such revelation of these cheat sheets cause an outrage among the psychological circle?
Here’s a picture of one Rorschach ink blot:
As described in Wikipedia, this ink blot represents a bat, butterfly or a moth.
On July 28, 2009 American football coach Jim Johnson is reported dead from melanoma, from cancer. He last served as defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles.
January of this year, Johnson was announced to be taking treatment for the cancer. Four months later he took a leave of absence because of his worsening condition.
Jim Johnson is praised as among the best defensive coordinators in the National Football League (NFL). Blitzes was his specialty and he has devised carefully planned formations for such.
Even with his skills, he only held the head coaching job once in college and has always been known and hired as a defensive coach. A position he has excelled throughout his professional career.
The day before, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that a drug enforcement agent’s daughter was kidnapped and raped and the publication’s source was none other than the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA) head Dionisio Santiago.
But a day later, the Palace have said that the incident was still unverified. PDEA chief even changed his statement saying that the kidnapping and rape was just the result of the girl’s father and family panicking and had come to such unverified conclusions.
Apparently, the girl was involved in a drinking spree with friends and got too drunk. She soon passed out and it was her friends who took her home.
Could this be a case of the media reporting an incident too soon? I know getting a scoop is the bread-and-butter of every news outfit but with such a sensitive case, would it be too much to ask if the incident was further verified before telling the public about it?
Even if it was true, I can just imagine what the girl’s family would have felt that whenever they go out of the house or turn on their TV or radio, all they would hear and watch are people talking about the horrible situation they were in.
Compassion, in this case, came second to the ‘public’s right to know’. I’m a member of the public and I would rather have not heard about it in the first place.
With its 75 kilometers per hour wind strength and the seemingly unending rain that it had brought, tropical storm ‘Isang’ has caused the Department of Education to declare no classes today. They have taken into account the worsening flood situations all over Metro Manila.
DepEd even said that certain areas should have already automatically cancelled their classes, particularly Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela. These three are notoriously among the easily flooded locations in the Metro.
The department finally made this decision after they received an advisory from Pagasa.
Tropical storm ‘Isang’ was last spotted 210 kilometers east northeast of Casiguran, Aurora.
If there’s one thing that always reminds me of my childhood is a ketchup spaghetti. It’s one food fare that is popular here in the Philippines: instead of using tomato sauce, banana ketchup is used. This gives the spaghetti its unparelled sweet taste that kids truly love.
And I love it still even when I’m already this old. Just this afternoon, our neighbor’s kid celebrated his birthday and they sent us a plate of this delicious poor man’s pasta. I’m still rubbing my belly after finishing that whole plate!
I know spaghetti purists will frown on this variation of their favorite dish, but I’m sure there will always be people like me who will be delighted every time it’s served.
I have quite a handful of blogs that I started on Blogspot.com (Blogger). Unfortunately I am not comfortable with some of the details on Blogger’s Terms of Service that is why I am transferring all my Blogger blogs to a self-hosted WordPress.
This blog, PapaCes.com is one of them and as you can see I have successfully made the transition and migration. All of my posts were perfectly transferred. I am happy that I did because now I have access to a number of plugins that I have long wanted to use plus the fact that I am now in complete control of my own blog.
A blog about anything. I know, it's the worst niche idea, ever! :)