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Santa Monica Pier

What do you see? Welcome to the Santa Monica Pier at night – beautiful and mysterious.This photo uses the “rule of thirds” to capture your attention. Here’s how it works. Imagine a grid placed over the image – 3 boxes across, 3 boxes down. When the Ferris wheel is left it flows smoothly, like reading and writing. Change it to

Six Bizarre Stories of Notorious Psychopaths

Psychopaths have a lot of bizarre tastes, behaviors, and rituals. Books, TV, and film love to zoom in on these unusual, often rare acts. Here are six stories you probably never heard. 1. On the Night Before Christmas The Iceman, Richard Kuklinski, murdered and tortured over 200 people. Most of them were mob hits. He lived with his wife and

Talk to Me, Psychopath!

Psychopaths look, sound, and behave like us. They literally hide in plain sight. If you listen carefully, you might be able to hear one. Look at the following questions. Choose which you think is a psychopath’s response. Check your answers at the bottom. Don’t be surprised – these guys are great at what they do. 1. A co-worker has hidden

10 Things You Should Never Do With A Psychopath

Psychopaths are tricky business. They look, sound, and act the same as the rest of us. Nothing is further from the truth. Whether a full blown psychopath or someone who has a good dose of traits from The Spectrum, you need to be careful. Remember, the psychopath doesn’t care . . . but you do. 1. NEVER TRUST A PSYCHOPATH. Hallmarks

Seven Bizarre Last Meals of Death Row Inmates

By Dr. Jeri Fink Haunted or hungry, guilty or innocent, what does a last meal say about the convicted? Is it a way to make a not-so-subtle statement to the world they’re departing? Does it reflect who the killer really is? Or perhaps it’s a statement on what he or she savors? In a recent

Can You Guess The Death Row Last Meal? – A Quiz

By Dr. Jeri Fink Last meals are tricky. What would you choose? Your favorite dessert? How about the expensive Kobe steak you could never afford? Maybe it would be a seafood extravaganza, complete with lobster, shrimp, and clams or something simple like a McDonald’s cheeseburger and fries? Fortunately, few of us will ever have to make that decision. However,

My Computer is a Psychopath

By Dr. Jeri Fink One day my computer will kill me. No surprise. That’s what you expect from a killer psychopath. What is a psychopath? The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised – the bible of diagnostic tools – defines a psychopath as “someone who preys ruthlessly on others, using charm, deceit, violence or other methods to get what they want.” Psychopathic

Twelve Rules for Life as an Author

Authors don’t have ordinary lives. Ask them – I don’t know any writer who won’t happily tell you in 500 words or less. Whether writing the Great American Novel or how to outwit Bill Maher, authors have their own unique POV (point of view). As a writer, family therapist, and author of 27 books, I have enough letters after my

An Author’s World

It’s not pretty out there. Here’s what I see from my windows. China publishes the largest number of new and revised book titles per year – 440,000. U.S is second at 304,912, and the United Kingdom is third at 184,000. UNESCO monitors the number and type of books published annually for each country, using it as an indicator of

Welcome To My Cave

Welcome to my cave. It’s a place of organized chaos; a mirror for what goes on in my head. There are corners, crevices, and hideaways for everything. Check out my computers. As the daughter of an engineer, I’ve always been a computer geek. My friends like to call me a techie but I use computers rather than build them. My