Narcissism, Negativity, & Stress

Regular readers will know already that I enjoy making silly cartoons and Photoshop renderings that are related to the French horn. Some previous efforts have...

Even in middle age I still have fairly vivid dreams that I remember well after awakening. Some of these dreams are horn-related, and the more...

When I taught school a common discipline strategy was time out. A misbehaving child could be culled from the flock and placed in a...

The response and comments to "Are All Professionals Kind of … Jaded?" have been eye-opening and enlightening. My hope is that in opening this...

While it is believable that inherent narcissism may be inflamed by social networking, it is difficult to believe that something as fundamental as a...

Be afraid! Technology is the enemy! In researching and blogging on the topic of narcissism in the classical music business I have run across one...

Another follow-up to a popular series. In writing Negativity, Narcissism, and More Thoughts on Narcissism, I did some investigating and postulating to figure out events...

Now that the Illinois legislature has released the "Blago" from his governmental duties, he is free and clear to pursue other jobs of equal...

A report from the Onion. Warning - this report contains strong profanity. To me at least, what makes this so poignantly funny is that this parody...

An op-ed and the first Jaded Clam for 2009. Amateur musician Gilbert Kaplan is not a professionally-trained musician but his 20-year experience with one composition...