About – Josh Misner, PhD
How much of our lives are we willing to hand over to entities bent on controlling what we look at, what we hear, and what we see? According to the NY Post, we Americans devote an average of 42% of …| Josh Misner, PhD
How much of our lives are we willing to hand over to entities bent on controlling what we look at, what we hear, and what we see? According to the NY Post, we Americans devote an average of 42% of …| Josh Misner, PhD
I opened an email from a college student this week that really struck me and ignited a somewhat dormant desire to write, so here am after, well, let’s just say a long time. As they lamented the struggles of working... Continue Reading →| Josh Misner, PhD
A typical Friday evening as a 20-something single dude: Meet friends for greasy bar food. Drink copious amounts of alcohol. Sing karaoke (quite badly). Dance even worse. Lose memory. Make questionable and regretful decisions. Repeat as necessary. A typical Friday... Continue Reading →| Josh Misner, PhD
Before we jump in, first a bit of context. I’m presuming some parents might stop reading at this point, wondering why in the deep-fried holy hell they would even want to introduce their kids to the horror genre. For this... Continue Reading →| Josh Misner, PhD
Disclaimer: I was 5 (and a half) in 1980 and 14 (and a half) when we rang in the new year in 1990. That stated, get comfortable, because there’s a lot of ground to cover when it comes to 80s... Continue Reading →| Josh Misner, PhD
Thursday, April 29, 2021. I wake up, groggy-eyed and out of it, most likely sometime near 9 or 10 AM because that’s how it is when you work from home and have an ADHD kid who won’t go to sleep... Continue Reading →| Josh Misner, PhD
All too often, I’ve been in the position of either participating in or being a spectator to the following arguments: Addiction is a choice. Why should my tax dollars go toward providing rehab and therapy for someone who chose to... Continue Reading →| Josh Misner, PhD
I started working on our family’s travel plans for Semester at Sea six months or so before we left the US on the adventure of a lifetime. As I pored over apps like Travelocity, Hopper, and hotels.com to try to... Continue Reading →| Josh Misner, PhD
A lot has transpired in the last two weeks since I blogged here. We left Poland, had to skip traversing the Kiel Canal in Germany because of technical difficulties (with the canal, not the ship, thankfully), spent about 6 days... Continue Reading →| Josh Misner, PhD
When I was a kid, living my best parachute pants-clad life in the 1980s, I was a devout fan of Mad Magazine. My fandom, of course, was fueled primarily by my love of the cartoon, Spy vs. Spy.| Josh Misner, PhD
* The following was an invited talk held on January 15, 2025 at the Portneuf Inn of Court, Pocatello, ID Civility is a concept that starts with presuming the best from others to promote respectful …| Josh Misner, PhD
