by J.M. Plumbley | Jun 21, 2022 | Monster Meet
Content warning: suicidality. In the late 2000’s, a 40-year old school teacher came to visit Dr. Francesca Anzellotti at the Department of Neuroscience and Imaging at G. d’Annunzio University in Chieti, Italy. The teacher had been referred there after suffering...
by J.M. Plumbley | Mar 20, 2022 | Monster Meet
We’ve all been there: We’re settling down, trying to relax, to concentrate to do our business. The light is soft, the faucet drips, and then WHAM WHAM WHAM! Someone shatters our equilibrium by hammering on the door. Given the state of everything, I figured it...
by J.M. Plumbley | Dec 21, 2021 | Monster Meet
Oh, the holidays. This is a blessed, society-sanctioned time to wind down and let go after a long year of hard work. It’s a time to celebrate the end of things, and to reminisce, and to glory in living in the moment: to eat double-digit cookies, wear ill-advised...
by J.M. Plumbley | Sep 22, 2021 | Monster Meet
“Men vanish in that country…and down the river they say it’s a damned good country to keep clear of.”-Advice to Nahanni Valley prospector Yes, it is true! I, too, have seen the Mr. Ballen video about the mysterious and frightening expanse of the Nahanni Valley,...
by J.M. Plumbley | Jun 20, 2021 | Monster Meet
I had the privilege, for much of my high school education, to go to boarding school. For a kid who prized independence and adventure, it was a dream. Boarding schools are weird places. Living away from the safety of your familiar routine—and being effectively locked...
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