Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

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The benches cleared during the fourth inning of a game between the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night, though no punches were thrown.The Red Sox led 8-2 after three innings before Wilson Contreras and Wilyer Abreu led off the fourth with long home runs.Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez then hit Trevor Story with a 94-mph fastball on the next pitch. Story stared at the mound while Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler and plate umpire Adam Beck got between he and Valdez.That caused both benches to empty and the bullpens to eventually come onto the field. No one seemed particularly…

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This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Sometimes my head just spins as I try to understand misophonia. One of the most difficult areas for me has to do with the auditory neuroscience underlying the condition, since I am less familiar with it than I am with psychology. Most of us don’t know auditory neuroscience, and this inhibits our ability to read the research. I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Prashanth Prabhu, who clarified many of these issues for me. He has published over 10 misophonia papers in just the past few years. His knowledge is a goldmine,…

The 2013 slasher spoof Cinco De Mayo DEFINITELY delivers the genre goods.2013’s Cinco De Mayo is unexpectedly solid stuffCinco De Mayo, as widely celebrated as it is, is also one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted holidays in the United States. A lot of people think it’s Mexico’s Independence Day, which is actually September 16. What Cinco De Mayo actually commemorates is Ignacio Zaragoza and his troops defeating the French at the First Battle of Pueblo in 1862. And how and why that’s become a day for Americans to get white girl wasted on Dollaritas at Applebees is simply beyond…

At some point in your life, you have been drawn to someone whom you should not have liked, at least on paper. Not the charming rogue of a romantic comedy or the morally complex antihero in a prestige drama. I mean someone whose appeal was less about psychological complexity and more about audacity. Someone who said the thing you’d never say out loud, or who went after people with a kind of gleeful disregard for consequences that made something in you (some quiet, buried part of you) feel a flicker of satisfaction. Someone whose cruelty, even directed at others and…

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Kids’ sports have changed a lot since I was growing up. I played basketball, and it was pretty low-key. The loudest people were usually the coaches yelling at referees, while parents mostly clapped and cheered. I never had to answer questions about my performance after a game. Now, parents are far more invested. I understand why. We all want the best for our kids. But somewhere along the way, youth sports stopped being about growth and learning and became about winning at all costs. That mindset affects kids’ confidence, mental health, and sense of self. I see it firsthand because…

One of the main reasons healing a marriage after infidelity is so difficult—even when both people have the best of intentions—is that recovery is anything but steady. Just when it seems like you’re starting to turn a corner and feel a bit more like yourself again, something happens, and you’re right back where you started. Discouragement sets in. Hope begins to fade. Then, you pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get yourself back on track. Only for a while, that is, until the next land mine trips you up. The ups and downs become unbearable, leaving both spouses thinking,…

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