Now, I’m a sociologist, mostly a criminologist. So, I’m not a not a developmental psychologist nor a social psychologist. And my wife and I don’t have any human children (we did the dogs/cats route), so I didn’t read a bunch of books on child rearing. And although this ARTICLE wasn’t that surprising nor earth-shattering, I […]
This week’s article focuses on a recent study update that measured levels of empathy among young adults. Empathy, if you’re not aware, refers to “…the compassionate capacity to detect and feel others’ emotions coupled with an ability to understand another person’s perspective” (Lumer 2024). Lumer’s CNN article (click HERE) reports on a decade’s long study […]
It’s no secret that DNA has rearranged the playing field of crimefighting. Just ask any detective, patrol officer, or sheriff’s deputy and they’ll tell you that it greatly enhances their ability to identify perpetrators of crimes. In addition to crime scene data collection of DNA evidence, DNA data across the globe is now stored in […]
Just got back to home from Grand Lake, Colorado where Alexandrea and (and our 3 pets) I spent another wonderful summer at 8600 ft above sea level. Grand Lake, CO is a magical place for many reasons. The tiny village balloons in the summer as people flock to the 3 lakes as well as Rocky […]
We’ve been in Colorado for about 5 weeks. Although there’s been a bit more rain that I’d like, it has been fantastic. Some hightlights: We’ve taken two trips away from GL: one to Leadville, the another to Steamboat Springs. Each was unique and nice. We spent several nights in Leadville, as we especially love that […]
Another nice hike. Today we hiked inside RMNP on the Coyote Valley Trail. We started there and then hiked a bit into the US National Forest system. Beautiful hiking weather. Enjoy!
A nice hike on the East Shore trail this morning. The East Shore Trail stretches along Grand and Shadow Mountain Lakes and Lake Granby if you follow it out long enough. Some pretty scenery and a really nice morning for my first hike of the summer. Enjoy.
First camp of the summer! Spent it at my favorite campground in my 2nd favorite site (#58). Two beautiful, but colder nights under the stars. Walked a good bit and cooked some too. Made a really good salmon salad with rice that I ate for lunch and dinner. This was nice as it made for […]
NOTE: This will be the last post for spring 2022. So what are your plans for summer 2022? Going to the cottage on the lake for weekends? Some hiking at Devil’s Lake? Or maybe a trip out of state for a long weekend (shop till ya drop)? My family spend the summer in Grand Lake, […]
I’m finishing my sixteenth year as an academic and criminologist and I’ve got to say I’m getting pretty tired of blogging about mass shootings. I mean we’ve got to do something about this issue. We’ve got to do something significant in order to create big change. This is a societal (USA) problem that requires us […]