Most people are probably familiar with the phenomenon of looking at the clock at certain times of the day (like 9:11 or 11:11) that hold some sort of meaning or are just quirky, or possibly looking at the same time several days in a row. Mostly, it's related to how your brain processes information, novel vs. learned/acclimated stimuli and such and ( Read more... )

I don't think I mentioned that I read Mike Brown's How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming earlier this month in any of my previous entries, but I saw a few of you guys add it to your to-read lists over on GoodReads after I posted my review, so I thought this article might be of interest:

Pass Out the Cigars! Pluto Is a PapaAnd this is the ( Read more... )

So, I'm reading David J. Linden's The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good. It's an interesting look at the neuroscience involved in pleasure, addiction, and compulsion, and I'm enjoying the read thus far. That being said, I can't not share this ( Read more... )

I've seen Kathryn Stockett's The Help in stores for quite some time now, but I didn't know much about it since I'm currently buried in books and not really looking for new fiction to read.

Mike and I went to see Larry Crowne on Sunday (more about that later) and there was a preview for The Help. My memory being what it is, I didn't put the two ( Read more... )

The first advertising campaign for non-human primates

The objective, says Olwell, is to see if advertising can make brown capuchins change their behaviour. The team will create two brands of food - the team is considering making two colours of jello - specifically targeted at brown capuchins, one supported by an ad campaign and the other not ( Read more... )

I shouldn't be shocked by this based on the outrageous answers given to Jay Leno's People on the Street questions, but my jaw dropped when I read this...

A recent study quoted by Dr. Peter Gomes in The Good Book found that 38 percent of Americans polled were certain the Old Testament was written a few years after Jesus' death. Ten percent believed ( Read more... )

We all know I couldn't pass this one up...

Play with your own Weiner
An action-figure company has jumped on the sexting scandal involving Democrat congressman Anthony Weiner by releasing two versions of a doll in his likeness ( Read more... )

I saw this article on my Twitter feed and thought it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

Teen's dad spends school year waving at bus, embarrassing sonEvery morning, this guy would stand on the porch and wave to his 15/16-year old son as his school bus went by. Every day, he wore a different costume. Talk about love and humiliation in ( Read more... )

So, I have laptop problems. They're not the SAME laptop problems. My screen doesn't glow green and purple anymore, but my problems stem from the repair work they did. So, I'm getting a new laptop. Go figure. I'll believe it when it actually GETS here, but they say it will be coming as soon as they have confirmation that I sent back my current ( Read more... )