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Brianna as a Friend

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Brianna as a Friend Katie Manning remembers her first day at a new high school. She remembers what it felt like to be the new kid in town. She stepped onto the yellow school bus and uncomfortably walked down the aisle. She felt unfriendly stares from her new classmates as she passed. Toward the back of the bus, she saw a ray of sunshine.  "You can sit with me," Brianna Maitland, her new friend, said with a smile. She eagerly tapped the vinyl fabric of the seat, signaling Katie to join her. Katie sat down, immediately feeling at ease. "You have such pretty hair," Brianna said, gently touching a strand for herself.  Kira Trombley remembers fondly a bubbly, beaming stranger approach her on the first day of school. "I love your leather jacket," Brianna, her new friend, said earnestly. Kira remembers the girl who never forgot her birthday. After months of not keeping in touch, Brianna unexpectedly appeared at her home on her birthday to wish h...

Logical Fallacies by Special Guest, Greg Overacker!

   Hi all! I am very excited to post Brianna Maitland Private Investigator Greg Overacker’s first guest post on Chloe from Crawlspace. I have learned a lot about logical, critical thinking from him and am thrilled he chose my forum to share some of his thoughts. Enjoy! -Chloe   Lance, Tim, Chloe and I have discussed critical thinking and topics that are closely related to the subject on a few occasions and of course my conversations with Lou Barry are always laden with common sense, critical thinking and brutal honesty. After reading Chloe’s blog and her discussion about confirmation bias I thought I’d like to throw in my two cents at the risk of sounding like a blathering opinionated madman. I also would like to commingle some discussion of common sense with the topic of critical thinking . First I’d like to say that after contacting Tim and Lance while trying to get into contact...