Thanks to this post by @elf, we have a fascinating article: What if emotions aren’t universal but specific to each culture? | Aeon Essays. Apparently recent research contradicts the widely-held theory -- the article calls it the Basic Emotion Theory -- that a small number of "basic emotions" are ( Read more... )

I'm slightly surprised -- some things actually got done this week. (Note the passive voice -- any sense of accomplishment I might have had [pause for brief side-trip down a grammatical rabbit-hole -- it appears to be conditional past perfect] after having done them is mostly overshadowed by dismay at the number of things that ( Read more... )

This afternoon it occurred to me to wonder why I so often qualify my moods -- both here on DW, and offline if anyone asks me. I'll say "mostly okay", or "ok?", or occasionally even "unknown" -- I think I used that last week, actually. (*goes to check* No, it was "indeterminate", 8 days ago.) (I don't appear to have actually used ( Read more... )