About Us
Welcome:
My name is Chester, your professor's alter ego and host of
this website.  One initial objective for this site was to create
a fun place YOU could visit and find study materials and
aides pertinent to each of the courses your professor
teaches.  I will let you in on a little secret.  Shhh.  He is
learning just like you.  A close psychiatrist friend of his
used to say, "Dan, you've forgotten more than I know!" In
truth, Dan really is a bit of an absent-minded professor!

Your professor spends more time than you might imagine
preparing for each class.  If you find yourself losing interest
in the subject material or finding yourself confused, you
might not be the only one suffering from that experience.  
Tell your professor what you find most helpful and least
helpful. Do come to class prepared. Ask questions. Share
knowledge from personal experience or reading.  To keep
your professor alert,  why not wake him up and ask him a
question he cannot answer.  Like, how does a fly land on the
ceiling?  Or, how long does it take to get down off a duck?
Or ask if he can explain why the moon has no lunar tides.
Always do whatever's next.  George Carlin
Education (links to the universities attended by your professor)

Licensure:
  • Psychologist - WA: #1947 (retired)
  • Professional areas of special interest:  Child psychology, ADHD, autistic
    spectrum  disorders, panic disorder, phobias, mood disorders, dissociative
    disorders, PTSD, psychological assessment, Power therapies, and esoteric
    therapies (Shamanism, Reiki, etc.)

Counseling Experience:
  • Clinical Services:  University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
  • Winchell's Donut House, Stockton, CA ;  )
  • Valley Community Counseling Services, Stockton, CA
  • San Joaquin County Mental Health, Stockton, CA
  • Umatilla County Mental Health, Pendleton, OR
  • Jefferson County Mental Health, Port Townsend, WA
  • Private practice (Child Psychologist)

Teaching Experience
  • Blue Mountain Community College, Pendleton, OR
  • Walla Walla College, Walla Walla, WA
  • Olympic College, Bremerton & Poulsbo, WA
  • Northwest College of Art, Poulsbo, WA
  • Chapman University College, Poulsbo, WA
At 6 weeks, Danny's family
realized that nothing escaped his eye
. . . or his mouth.
Biography
Danny's kitty cat, Fluffy, caught in a tree
again.
Danny's parents, Ed and Juanita, concerned that he
was spending too much time studying mosquitoes.
Danny always loved animals.
Danny's first pet, Donald, who
taught him his first words. For
many years, Danny's family
thought crackers were his
favorite food.
Here is Danny at the age of 12 having discovered soap
suds.  He developed the theory that suds were created by
special glands in the skin..
Danny was often told that his rendition of
Chopin was unique.
Danny's three (3) older sisters in the background., as
he tried to figure out the difference between boy and
girl Anopheles mosquitoes.
Danny's delusional cousin, slow curve
Eddie.
Danny's dad deep in thought
about Danny's obsession with
gender differences in mosquitoes.
Chip, Danny's first doggy.
Cousin Eddie's maudlin father,
Elmer.
*Annulos qui animum
ostendunt omnes gestemus!

(Let's all wear mood
rings!)
Most of us spend half our time wishing for things we
could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing.  
Alexander Woollcott
Serenity comes not alone by removing the outward causes and occasions of fear, but
by the discovery of inward reservoirs to draw upon.  Rufus M. Jones
When we remember we are
all mad, the mysteries
disappear and life stands
explained. Mark Twain
Danny and two of his sisters (Kathy and Ann)
Danny's first love, Lulubelle, who broke his
heart after deciding to become an astronaut.
Never forget who
your truest and best
friends are. Cherish
and adore them
always and don't ever
take them for granted.
The video "What About Bob?" reminds us
that if we act like we are crazy, then we're
not!  Chester's corollary:  If you study
psychology in hopes of proving you're not
crazy, you are in big trouble!!!!
Denique diaetam
efficacem inveni
At last I have found a
diet that works.
No vampires on this site
Horribile dictu!  His animalibus
biformbus sunt caput lacerti iunctum
ad corpus Helvetii!*

It's horrible!  Thse creatures have the
head of a lizard and the body of a
Helvetian!
Non sequitur
*  Latin quotes are from Henry Beard's Latin for all
Occasions, and X-Treme Latin . . . Gotham Books.
It is absurd for men to vaunt
their superiority over the
animals when, in matters of
great importance, it is they who
are our teachers; the spider for
weaving and mending; the
swallow for architecture; the
swan and nightingale for
singing.  Democritus
Perform action
without attachment
to the fruits of the
action.  
Buddhist maxim
Whatever you do will never be enough,
but it matters enormously that you do it.  Gandhi
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is
not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them:
that's the essence of inhumanity:
George Bernard Shaw
In the past decade or so, the women's
magazines have taken to running
home-handyperson articles suggesting that
women can learn to fix things just as well as
men. These articles are apparently based on the
ludicrous assumption that _men_ know how to
fix things, when in fact all they know how to do
is _look_ at things in a certain squinty-eyed
manner, which they learned in Wood Shop;
eventually, when enough things in the home are
broken, they take a job requiring them to
transfer to another home.  Dave Barry
Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed
of 120 feet per second, is a cow that has been dropped out of a
helicopter. Dave Barry
Neither a closed mind nor an empty one is likely to produce much
that would quality as effective reasoning.  Nickerson, 1986
Your vision will become clear only when
you look into your heart. Who looks outside,
dreams.  Who looks inside, awakens.
Carl Jung
What gets us in trouble is not
what we don't know.  It's
what we know for sure that
just ain't so.  Mark Twain
Chester
I went to a bookstore and asked the
saleswoman, "Where's the self-help
section?" She said if she told me, it
would defeat the purpose.  
George Carlin
Always do whatever's next!
Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about his religion. Respect others in their views
and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your
life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and
of service to your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day
when you go over the great divide.

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a
friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place. Show respect to all
people, but grovel to none. When you rise in the morning, give
thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks
for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to
give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools
and robs the spirit of its vision. When your time comes to die, be
not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that
when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to
live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song,
and die like a hero going home.   Tecumseh -(1768-1813)
Shawnee Chief
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us, "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He
experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest -- a kind of optical
delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal
desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this
prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in
its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself
a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.  Albert Einstein
The power of accurate observation is commonly
called cynicism by those who have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw - (1856-1950)