Psychology Today: The Timid Die Young
More precisely: neophobic rats die young. This may not apply to me since I wouldn’t say I’m afraid of new things. In fact, I rather crave them. I am instead afraid of being judged negatively. Also, I’m not a rat.
(tags: psychology)

Josh took out a book of Nietzsche aphorisms the other night. He said they are way easier to handle than his dense rambling prose. I said, “I love quotations so let’s have at them” and thoroughly enjoyed the moments that followed.
I’d like to share a few that struck me. Some of these are from [...]

St. Anthony’s Bridal
FREE wedding dress / supply shop in MD. I don’t qualify to use them, but what a great idea!! I would love to do something like this wherever I end up.
(tags: local)

MindHabits: Mental Well-Being Computer Game
This sounded cooler than it is. It may have actually made me more stressed. All those flying faces! [...]

It’s been a long time since I planned dinner for Josh and I. I haven’t done it since I switched jobs. My schedule changed and the grocery stores along my route changed. Wegmans is now way out of the way…boohoo. The only grocery store actually on the route is a Bloom. Which I liked more [...]

Galaxy map hints at fractal universe
“Nearly all physicists agree that on relatively small scales the distribution [of matter] is fractal-like… The point of contention is what happens at even larger scales.”
(tags: science)

Biofuel use ‘increasing poverty’
“The replacement of traditional fuels with biofuels has dragged more than 30 million people worldwide into poverty.”
(tags: environment)

Death of the Nerd? [...]

Scientists find childbirth wonder drug that can ‘cure’ shyness
Would love to try this.
(tags: psychology)

Discovery of More Planets Gives Alien Life-Seekers Heart
“Eager to identify other candidate Gaias, astronomers have high hopes for the Kepler spacecraft to be launched in February.”
(tags: science)

The ladybugs like my aerogarden! Especially the basil. They’ve been racing around all over it. This afternoon I saw what sure looked like two of them mating on it. Which must been they’re super happy with their environs :). It has everything they need. Fake sunlight, pools of water, lots of food. Loving it is [...]

Rumors Barack Obama’s campaign shouldn’t try to correct. – By Christopher Beam
I’m still giggling :)
(tags: politics funny)

Q&A: EA on launching Spore Creature Creator
I’ve been playing with this and it’s super fun!!
(tags: games)

Reason Magazine – Baby Bust!
“The world is panicking over birthrates. Again.”
(tags: international)