Tag: How far can you run from your own mind?

The Good Old Days? True or False, by Art Smukler, MD, author & psychiatrist

by artsmuklermd, posted in Writing

This morning as I sat in Starbucks reading the world news on my iPhone, checking basketball scores, texting my daughter about getting together, ordering tickets for an upcoming comedy show, and getting a text confirming an afternoon visit from a repairman, I thought back to when I went to college and med school in the sixties and seventies. 

NONE of the above would have been possible without going home and using my landline, standing in a phone booth, or buying a morning paper. And coffee? There were restaurants scattered here and there, but who ever went for just a coffee? And for me, Starbucks and Peet’s brew excellent Java. Plus they have great little tables, decent jazz playing, and a chance to sit and think and write. 

Well, there’s one thing that the Sixties and Seventies has over now. The name Trump wasn’t plastered and projected everywhere. He was just a young man being trained to lie and cheat by his father. Sorry, I couldn’t help it. The man’s influence on our world horrifies me. 

Oh well, nothing in life is perfect. Maybe I’ll get a refill of Verona blend.

Check out my mystery novels and have a fun read.

Art

#Sixties, #Seventies, #GOODOLDDAYS 

Isn’t $150,000 Pocket Change For A Multi-billionaire? by Art Smukler, MD, author & psychiatrist

by artsmuklermd, posted in MY NOVELS, Politics, Psychiatry, Self Examination, World events, a psychological view

In 24 hours Trump will be on trial for trying to bury a $150,000 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels so she’d keep quiet about their sexual-encounter. Instead of just personally giving her the money he called it a business expense.

Let’s assume that back then he was a multi-billionaire, maybe 2 billion? That’s 2,000,000 million dollars. That means that $150,000 is less than 1 thousandth of 1 percent of his net worth!

For most of us that would be like paying less than a dollar for silence.

Now he has to hear in graphic detail exactly what his penis looks like.

And this is the guy that half our country will vote for in November.

I’ve heard lots of stories in my career, but this one is way up there in the who-can-believe-such-crazy-shit stratosphere..

Thanks for reading.

If you want to get away from the weight of what our world is coming to, check out my novels. They’ll make you smile, and keep you on the edge of your seat. Honest heroes will make your day.

Art

#stormydaniels, #trumptrial, #hushmoney