Over the last few weeks I've shared some perspectives on the work of Robert Graves and some psychological aspects at play in the reading of Tarot. In each of those articles I asked, does it really matter if it's ahistoric, or if it's based on spurious scholarship?  Does it matter if we are engaging in a psychological activity in the guise of a ( Read more... )

There are always new articles on brain science, because it's a topic that people are continually interested in learning.  I will readily admit to being a bit of a brain science junkie.  So I just kind of want to free form comment on an assortment of articles that kind of sit at a confluence of each other regarding brain science, psychology and ( Read more... )

There were a few articles buzzing around the last couple days that are worth metioning, some because they just killed me inside a little and others because they provided the relevant counterpoint that I personally felt needed to be shared.  It all really smashed together this morning when I read this article from Boston.com entitled "What Makes ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had the full intention of pushing through the entirety of the day to avoid the pitfall of excessive jetlagged sleeping.  And on that front I succeeded.  Hurrah!  I also got the opportunity to do some of the touristy thins in DC that I have never done before.  I have lived here for practically 10 years and there are loads of things that ( Read more... )

This is probably the best AMV I have ever seen in my entire life. The title is "Eve - The Perfect Human" and it is a compilation of a vast array of nude anime women, disturbing sex scenes, medical torture, and it's all set to the tune of Closer by Nine Inch Nails. Good god it's awesome. Thanks to Japanator for the link.

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The next is Jackie Beat ( Read more... )

I'm reading Michio Kaku's new book Physics of the Impossible, and it's making me happy. I love reading about stuff like this.

The fact that it had a tardis on the cover was only part of the reason I picked it up.

Last night I was watching the Discovery Science Channel, which has become my new favorite background noise while chilling at home, and I watched a program about what it could take to get a manned mission to Mars. It was absolutely fascinating and the whole idea of terraforming Mars by helping produce a no-ozone depleting greenhouse effect just ( Read more... )

After watching all this Doctor Who and thinking about travel through space and time and all of that, it's got me thinking about the practicality of such things. I mean, think about it. Everything in the universe is spinning and moving and expanding and all of that, and that within larger spinning objects like galaxies are smaller spinning things ( Read more... )

Time Traveler ( Read more... )

Researchers: Baking impacts Puget Sound

SEATTLE - Researchers at the University of Washington say all that holiday baking and eating has an environmental impact - Puget Sound is being flavored by cinnamon and vanilla ( Read more... )