Adam DeVille, Ph.D.
@adamdeville.bsky.social
Professor of psychology and psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice. Canadian citizen abroad.
My grandfather, no shrinking violet (he was a boxer, butcher, & in the RAF during the Blitz), taught me this after he gave up alcohol & smoking: he would just quietly say how much better he felt instead of hectoring the person about the dangers of booze and smokes. He hated scolds & busybodies.
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
My grandfather, no shrinking violet (he was a boxer, butcher, & in the RAF during the Blitz), taught me this after he gave up alcohol & smoking: he would just quietly say how much better he felt instead of hectoring the person about the dangers of booze and smokes. He hated scolds & busybodies.
Yes. Coalition building not fortress building.
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Yes. Coalition building not fortress building.
This puts me in mind of Winnicott praying "Oh God may I be truly alive when I come to die!"
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This puts me in mind of Winnicott praying "Oh God may I be truly alive when I come to die!"
As a total hydrophobe i will have to take your word!
November 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
As a total hydrophobe i will have to take your word!
I have decreed that whereas the months of November and February are uniquely grim and sluggish, none shall be required to leave their cozy couches unless they wish to do so.
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I have decreed that whereas the months of November and February are uniquely grim and sluggish, none shall be required to leave their cozy couches unless they wish to do so.
Right on cue. Donohue was using this "argument" two decades ago now and more about Catholic priests molesting kids. In doing so he only makes himself more loathsome and creepy.
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Right on cue. Donohue was using this "argument" two decades ago now and more about Catholic priests molesting kids. In doing so he only makes himself more loathsome and creepy.
Send us picture postcards on here!
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Send us picture postcards on here!
Is she a secret agent for le Comité de salut public?
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Is she a secret agent for le Comité de salut public?
That's ALL it is: libido dominandi all the way down.
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
That's ALL it is: libido dominandi all the way down.
Had to analyze this for gr.9 English class in a unit on ballads. Still haunted by it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Had to analyze this for gr.9 English class in a unit on ballads. Still haunted by it.
Sublimate that righteous rage and disgust baby!!
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Sublimate that righteous rage and disgust baby!!
Don't get me started...
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Don't get me started...
Goose fat is wonderful for frying and roasting potatoes.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Goose fat is wonderful for frying and roasting potatoes.
How about quoting to him the opening line of Costica Bradatan's new book *In Praise of Failure*: "From God's point of view the existence of the world is an embarassment."
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
How about quoting to him the opening line of Costica Bradatan's new book *In Praise of Failure*: "From God's point of view the existence of the world is an embarassment."
We need to summon the ghost of George Grant to sing lamentations through the bedroom window every night of every member of the Tory caucus until they return to some sense.
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We need to summon the ghost of George Grant to sing lamentations through the bedroom window every night of every member of the Tory caucus until they return to some sense.
Any luck? I decided today, after finally dragging myself to the gym, that November and February are the two worst months for motivation. As emperor I shall decree we have them off and can repair to cozy cabins in the woods or cruises in tropical climes as tastes dictate.
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Any luck? I decided today, after finally dragging myself to the gym, that November and February are the two worst months for motivation. As emperor I shall decree we have them off and can repair to cozy cabins in the woods or cruises in tropical climes as tastes dictate.
Great haircut!
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Great haircut!
I would leave a store like this so fast and never return.
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I would leave a store like this so fast and never return.
And did you??
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
And did you??
Me waiting for my next patient right now.
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Me waiting for my next patient right now.
But you--rightly--have so much to be vain about!
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
But you--rightly--have so much to be vain about!
He doubtless thinks this funny and clever while the rest of the world recoils in horror.
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
He doubtless thinks this funny and clever while the rest of the world recoils in horror.