March 2010
40 Sex Mistakes
1) NOT KISSING FIRST.
Avoiding her lips and diving straight for the erogenous zones makes her feel like you’re paying by the hour and trying to get your money’s worth by cutting out nonessentials. A proper passionate kiss is the ultimate form of foreplay.
2) BLOWING TOO HARD IN HER EAR. Admit it, some kid at school told you girls love this. Well, there’s a difference between being erotic and...
Time Dilation
“One of the strangest side-effects of intense fear is time dilation, the apparent slowing-down of time.
It’s a common trope in movies and TV shows, like the memorable scene from The Matrix in which time slows down so dramatically that bullets fired at the hero seem to move at a walking pace.
In real life, our perceptions aren’t keyed up quite that dramatically, but survivors of...
Prisoner and Guard
The Stanford Prison Experiment, where students were put in a mock jail and divvied up as prisoners or guards at random.
Within a few days, the “guards” were humiliating their “prisoners”, refusing some permission to urinate and subjecting others to simulated sodomy.
Stanford Prison Experiment
the psychology of heroism
“…..Of all the virtues, heroism is now the most remote. Heroes are either mythic or historical characters (Achilles or Gandhi) or they are superhuman (Spider-Man, or even 9/11 firefighters).
What they are not is one of us. Our age has role models and it has celebrities, but it has no room for heroes…….”
The Guardian
Walmart
“In states, such as Michigan, where prescriptions for marijuana can be obtained, an employer can still enforce a policy that requires termination of employment following a positive drug screen. We believe our policy complies with the law and we support decisions based on the policy.”
TruthOut
Michael : ..”could we share a rowboat?….could a rowboat support her?”
Phyllis : What are you asking?
Michael : I think im being very clear with what I’m asking, would an average sized rowboat support her without capsizing?
Phyllis :…………………….
Michael : It bothers me that you’re not ansering...
In Darkness we Trust
There has always been a correlation between how ethically we behave and how brightly our surroundings are lit
— most evil deeds are done under cover of darkness, and the rarest and most brazen crimes are those committed in broad daylight
— not least because we’re less likely to be caught in the act after nightfall.
Time
So Happy Together
“…Greater well-being was related to spending less time alone and more time talking to others: The happiest participants spent 25% less time alone and 70% more time talking than the unhappiest participants.
In addition to the difference in the amount of social interactions happy and unhappy people had, there was also a difference in the types of conversations they took part in:
The...
Some 80 million pounds of the herbicide atrazine are applied annually in the United States on corn and sorghum to control weeds and increase crop yield, but such widespread use also makes atrazine the most common pesticide contaminant of ground and surface water, according to various studies.
More and more research, however, is showing that atrazine interferes with endocrine hormones, such as...
WatchAtrazine
