Do you consider Eric the midget being an answer the pinnacle of your career?

You know this one?

Leo McGarry: [on the phone with the New York Times] 17 across. Yes, 17 across is wrong...

If you are UK based:

• Get a degree that gives GBC. I think every Psychology undergraduate degree is BPs accredited and gives GBC, but if yours isn't you'll have to complete a Masters that does give GBC.

• try to get a 2:1 or higher. It is not impossible to become a clin psych with a 2:2 but it's much harder. Some universities would only offer you a place if you have a "high 2:1 or better".

• if you get a 1st class honours that's great, focus on clinical experience. Assistant Psychologist roles are the best route for this, but Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner is also another valued role. Although just to warn you, the latter is associated with high levels of stress and burnout and there's some talk of "locking" trainees into the role, meaning they can't leave for 2 years post-qualification. Research assistant roles can also be good for research experience. Just to warn you that these roles are very competitive amd you will likely need experience prior to getting them e.g as a support worker. If financially feasible you could also get experience in a voluntary role.

• if you don't get a 1st class honours (I.e 2:1 or 2:2), I'd suggest following the previous steps but maybe also consider doing a Masters to further prove your academic competence.

• choose which courses you want to apply for purposefully. Some may have entry requirements that don't suit you. For example a couple institutions count your A level results, some require you to take tests of GMA, etc.

• be prepared for a really competitive field. I'd only recommend it if you are truly passionate and focused on it as a career. I'd say most people are looking at 3-4 years minimum of experience after undergraduate before they get onto the course, which is then another 3 years. I was fortunate to get onto the course with "only" 2.5 years of experience. Most of my colleagues have more.

I wish this question was answered. There are so many crossword editors who don't take into account the problematic phrasing of clues or the fact that the solved word is only legible to a certain segment of the population (hello baseball?)

I literally said fair enough

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I'm not trying to be like "I have this very unique experience, and that should be everyone's experience", I just genuinely didn't think of styes as this ultra esoteric concept that people only understand in the abstract, i think of it as a relatively common, relatable experience that most people will probably have a few times in their life.

Is that not the case?

Fair enough

as a fellow crossword lover, thank you for your work. does wsj plan to release a book like the LA times does?

I personally had a stye a few months ago, and it was also a topic of conversation last weekend with my sister-in-law who currently had one. So, not infrequently, I guess?

How do you get someone to grieve?

How often do you find yourself referring to medical term, Stye?

No, you had the right guy first try but one L. Els.

Looking forward to seeing you in group when you lose the self hating incel crap and actually try instead of mistaking an endless search for a crutch that will let you stay toxic for therapy. And i mean that sincerely - about one in five teens i work with now came from a conservative upbringing and have so much internalized ableism and homophobia I have cried after... Because of how much they have grown in just a few months around their peers who are helping them lose that attitude. Go to therapy or don't, but find a support group (or make one). You've been alone too long. I know from experience.

Also, at a societal level - consider that most therapists are paid garbage working for most health care organizations. They could go into private practice (or be a stripper, since you mentioned) and make more but they don't. Do you know why? a lot of them, not all, or even most, but a lot - actually do care. when you find one, and open up, then maybe you'll find therapy is worth every damn penny and then some.

I think therapists should be paid triple what they are today because of how desperately we ALL need competent, effective, and compassionate care. I didn't come here just to be a crank - I came looking for perspectives I haven't heard before. I pity people who only ask questions to confirm their biases, not challenge them.

in that case it would be interesting to know how he defines "crosswordese", because I've always understood it to mean "words and concepts that are common in crosswords, and more or less nonexistent in real life", which stye demonstrably is not.

How did you get into professionally creating crosswords?

Funny, my baby just had a STYE so it wouldn’t be anywhere near the top of my list :)

4D crossword puzzle

Edit: Nevermind, already exists.

Do you have any tips for inspiring constructors?

My therapist cost me 180 dollars per visit for an hour. A prostitute costs around 100 dollars an hour. Which is more cost efficient if they perform the same function? Therapy is an expensive luxury that often doesn’t even work.

Games is where I recognized your name from, way back in the early 80s.

Okay everyone! u/VoidsIncision doesn’t buy it, wrap things up and get back to work! He knows someone and he’s clocked onto us and our lambos.

First off, if you want to compare salaries using the median would be more representative than the mean.

Secondly, the salaries are on the Agenda for Change salary guidance.

Band 5 nurses:

• <2 years' experience £27,055
• 2-4 years £29,180
• 4+ years £32,934

Of course there are all sorts of fees that eat into that. For example having to pay to park at work. My hospital was £18/shift if you couldn’t get a staff pass to reduce it to about £8/shift, but they were always out of them anyways.

There are also exams, professional registrations, and other costs which chip away at that.

I’m a doctor (thankfully leaving medicine in a few weeks forever for a new non-medical job!) and last year i spent:

• £1546 on mandatory exams
• £433 for the GMC - mandatory annual fee
• £453 for the GMC - mandatory certificate
• £479 for the BMA
• £850 on “optional but not really because if you dont them you’re behind everyone else” courses

total: £3760 just to keep working.

More expensive are things like the opportunity cost of not buying a house because I was thrown about the country every few months and the massive student loans.

but hey after 4 university degrees and a decade of training I broke £60k last year by like £200 so who am I to complain? It’s more than the median! Thankfully my non-medical job will pay well and my backup was moving to Canada which again pays more for less work so my complaints were ending either way. I wonder if I would’ve had your permission to complain when I worked Christmas covering ~200 patients for £12.something per hour. Or if that was okay because hey, more than the median.

What does NYT best selling author mean? I hear about it a lot. Is that an award?

Or that your just saturating an already super over-saturated self-help market? Or are there some novel ideas in your book?

If the guy that's been putting these together since 1999 says it is, then it is.