Tom Guarriello
@drtomg.bsky.social
Psychologist, founding faculty member of School of Visual Arts Masters in Branding Program. Arsenal supporter.
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Tom Guarriello
@drtomg.bsky.social
· Nov 15
My Favorite Things | Tom Guarriello | Substack
How our favorite things become our favorite things and why that matters. Click to read My Favorite Things, by Tom Guarriello, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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I enjoy writing about our psychological attachment with objects in my Substack, "My Favorite Things." Take a look a see if it's for you. tomguarriello.substack.com
Was this written yesterday?
April 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Was this written yesterday?
What happens when your favorite things change...too much? Thoughts in my latest My Favorite Things Substack essay tomguarriello.substack.com/p/51-things-...
51 - Things Change...
Sometimes too much
tomguarriello.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
What happens when your favorite things change...too much? Thoughts in my latest My Favorite Things Substack essay tomguarriello.substack.com/p/51-things-...
Make that two nil to The Arsenal!
February 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Make that two nil to The Arsenal!
One nil to The Arsenal!
February 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
One nil to The Arsenal!
When the crazies get the Bat(ty) Signal, this starts happening apple.news/Ab25M-2JFQ5S...
Red, White and Blueland? Georgia congressman pushes a name change for Greenland — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia has proposed that President Trump acquire Greenland and rename it.
apple.news
February 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
When the crazies get the Bat(ty) Signal, this starts happening apple.news/Ab25M-2JFQ5S...
Using the popular trope, I was today years old when I learned that the melody for the American National Anthem was, ahem, adopted from an 18th century English drinking song! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IPL...
"To Anacreon in Heaven" A.K.A. The Drinking Song (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by TRIZE
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Using the popular trope, I was today years old when I learned that the melody for the American National Anthem was, ahem, adopted from an 18th century English drinking song! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IPL...
McLuhan saw a lot of what we're living with today a long time ago.
January 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
McLuhan saw a lot of what we're living with today a long time ago.
Reposted by Tom Guarriello
With overwhelming likelihood, your favourite musical artist or band is one from the era before you were twenty, argues @drtomg.bsky.social—if you’re an exception, you like score higher on the Openness scale in the Big 5 personality measure: https://buff.ly/4goXBtG
December 23, 2024 at 5:35 PM
With overwhelming likelihood, your favourite musical artist or band is one from the era before you were twenty, argues @drtomg.bsky.social—if you’re an exception, you like score higher on the Openness scale in the Big 5 personality measure: https://buff.ly/4goXBtG
One Nil To The Arsenal! Arsenal 1 Manchester United 0
December 4, 2024 at 9:29 PM
One Nil To The Arsenal! Arsenal 1 Manchester United 0
What part of this is surprising?
Tried to warn them they weren’t gonna stop at abortion
December 3, 2024 at 11:42 AM
What part of this is surprising?
@scottmccloud.bsky.social Hello! I've been using your facial depictions of emotions in a psychology of branding course I've taught for the past 15 years. They're great. Now, I'm writing a book and would love to connect with you about permission to use them there as well. Thanks for considering.
December 2, 2024 at 5:44 PM
@scottmccloud.bsky.social Hello! I've been using your facial depictions of emotions in a psychology of branding course I've taught for the past 15 years. They're great. Now, I'm writing a book and would love to connect with you about permission to use them there as well. Thanks for considering.
One crazy game for sure WHU 2 Ars 5!
November 30, 2024 at 6:21 PM
One crazy game for sure WHU 2 Ars 5!
Why did I say “rout?” WHU 2 Ars 4
November 30, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Why did I say “rout?” WHU 2 Ars 4
Arsenal in a rout! 0 WHU 4 Arsenal!!!!
November 30, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Arsenal in a rout! 0 WHU 4 Arsenal!!!!
One nil to The Arsenal! WHU 0 Ars 1
November 30, 2024 at 5:42 PM
One nil to The Arsenal! WHU 0 Ars 1
What makes all these folie á deux shows so popular now?
November 29, 2024 at 12:12 AM
What makes all these folie á deux shows so popular now?
Here’s something you don’t see everyday! Happy Thanksgiving!!
November 28, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Here’s something you don’t see everyday! Happy Thanksgiving!!
Reposted by Tom Guarriello
This is actually Katie Couric!
She is now Verified on Bluesky.
She is now Verified on Bluesky.
Hi everyone, I'm new to these parts! Do you like Bluesky? What do I need to know?
November 26, 2024 at 7:34 PM
This is actually Katie Couric!
She is now Verified on Bluesky.
She is now Verified on Bluesky.
Makes sense…in some alternate universe
So let me get this straight.
If you apply for a job at a grocery store, you have to undergo a background check.
But, if you apply to be Director of National Intelligence, you don't?
Got it.
If you apply for a job at a grocery store, you have to undergo a background check.
But, if you apply to be Director of National Intelligence, you don't?
Got it.
November 25, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Makes sense…in some alternate universe
Reposted by Tom Guarriello
Death and the Child, by Edvard Munch, 1899, 📸 via @SportsCenter
November 24, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Death and the Child, by Edvard Munch, 1899, 📸 via @SportsCenter
NFL fans right now
November 24, 2024 at 9:46 PM
NFL fans right now
Just spent the last hour and a half reading stuff on this site and got smarter instead of angrier. So there’s that.
November 23, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Just spent the last hour and a half reading stuff on this site and got smarter instead of angrier. So there’s that.
Also an excellent exploration of the interaction of rational and emotional dimensions of evaluations of people (and brands).
What makes a good plumber? The answer may not be on the side of a van, but opinions of most people would align. What makes a good politician? Here even people with similar goals and values might violently disagree! How come?
https://buff.ly/40YP6kd
https://buff.ly/40YP6kd
November 23, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Also an excellent exploration of the interaction of rational and emotional dimensions of evaluations of people (and brands).
Reposted by Tom Guarriello
What makes a good plumber? The answer may not be on the side of a van, but opinions of most people would align. What makes a good politician? Here even people with similar goals and values might violently disagree! How come?
https://buff.ly/40YP6kd
https://buff.ly/40YP6kd
November 23, 2024 at 12:22 PM
What makes a good plumber? The answer may not be on the side of a van, but opinions of most people would align. What makes a good politician? Here even people with similar goals and values might violently disagree! How come?
https://buff.ly/40YP6kd
https://buff.ly/40YP6kd
Mindsets shape cultures, which shape behavior #mimesis
I’ve been think about this meme a lot, and I think liberals often take away the wrong lesson. Harris/Walz represented the status quo, which is working well for MA and terribly for OK. OK voted for change, which probably feels like the rational move for many people, especially under low info
November 23, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Mindsets shape cultures, which shape behavior #mimesis