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Mark Barnes writes and podcasts about everything from … well, pretty much everything. Plus product reviews and more!

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Our own worst enemy

12 May 2022 Mark Barnes 28 Views 0 Comments

Partly because it was a gorgeous spring day, and partly because I’m “in training” for the trip to this year’s

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Who wrote this &#!@?!!

28 March 202228 March 2022 Mark Barnes 158 Views

Any motorcyclist who has done much work on their own bike knows the feeling: a foul stew of confusion, self-doubt

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Small talk

15 March 202228 March 2022 Mark Barnes 170 Viewspodcast episode

You’re at a gathering of pleasant people you don’t know well. Somehow, the fact you’re a motorcyclist comes up and

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Tabula rasa

2 March 20224 May 2022 Mark Barnes 193 Views

How people turn out has been debated for eons. Are we born with certain characteristics predisposing us to various ways

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I got this…

7 February 20224 May 2022 Mark Barnes 280 Views

One of the most memorable things I ever heard at a seminar for psychologists was the following cautionary tale during

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How to organize your garage – or not!

13 January 202224 February 2022 Mark Barnes 326 Views

As I’ve mentioned in recent columns, I just moved. I was extremely excited about the new accommodations for my bikes,

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Rewards

6 January 202224 February 2022 Mark Barnes 223 Views

There are many theoretical orientations within psychology. One of the most straightforward and commonsensical is Behaviorism; it can be deceptively

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Idiots! (and how to spot them)

4 January 202224 February 2022 Mark Barnes 206 Views

Ever notice many people sharing the road with you are idiots? Of course, that’s a rhetorical question; we all notice

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Dinner bells

27 December 202113 March 2022 Mark Barnes 355 Viewspodcast episode

Remember how the castaways on Gilligan’s Island thought they were embarking on a three-hour tour? Yesterday morning I set out

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The fate of romance

30 November 202123 February 2022 Mark Barnes 821 Views

In the beginning of a typical romantic attachment, whether to a human being or a motorcycle, there’s a period of

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