Quote – Negative Emotions
“Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change.” Gretchen Rubin
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Henry David Thoreau Quote – Leap In The Dark
“We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success.” – Henry David Thoreau
Read moreBuddha Quote – Holding Anger Is Like Grasping A Hot Coal
“Holding anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” – Buddha
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Scientists think octopuses ‘might be aliens’ after DNA study
Researchers have discovered a new map of the octopus genome that is so strange that it could actually be an “alien”. The first whole cephalopod gene sequence shows a striking level of complexity with 33,000 protein-coding genes identified – more than in a human. Not only that, the octopus DNA is highly rearranged – like cards shuffled and reshuffled in […]
Read morePoem – DEAR JOHN (By Frank De Canio)
Dear John (the Sophie to Der Rosenkavalier) By Frank De Canio Just like the Marschallin had been resigned to cede her lover to the ingénue to whom his heart would later be inclined, so Marietta’s mistress bade adieu to her so that her “Quinquin” could pursue no younger woman but a different sex than formerly she’d been accustomed to. Perhaps […]
Read moreCartoon – Stairway to Inconvenience
Lake Mead Level Lower Than Ever
Lake Mead, the main reservoir on the Colorado River, is now just 38 percent full — lower than at any time since it was filled in the 1930’s. If the lake sinks lower still during summer months, officials may cut water allotments to Arizona farmers by 50 percent.
Read moreJoseph Brodsky Quote – Not Reading Them
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” – Joseph Brodsky
Read moreWhy you can’t resist scratching an itch
Feeling itchy from a sunburn, a bug bite or some other skin irritation is miserable, but the pleasure you get from scratching it isn’t just the absence of pain. It feels legitimately good to scratch, and the reason is fascinating. A 2008 study at Wake Forest University hooked people up to a MRI scanner and monitored brain activity when they […]
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