From: My Friend To: [Undisclosed Recipients] Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 1:54:42 pm Subject: Fwd: “Happy” or “Positive” People Observed to Have Fewer Heart Attacks, Data Show; Positive Emotions May Help Protect Against Heart Disease Happy Friday Family and Friends, Science says smile! I’m sure a lot of you already new this , but I [...]
It took me a second to spot it when I was told to compare the images on the English and Polish versions of their Business Productivity tools. At first I just saw three smiling Generic Corporate People, enjoying a Highly Productive Meeting while they look at Charts And Graphs. I noticed slightly different menu options, [...]
I hate it when reality sets in. I ordered my Camaro, oh, idunno . . . months ago. It was supposed to be here in April. But it wasn’t. Then it was supposed to be here in May. And then it wasn’t. It was supposed to be here in June, July, August. But it isn’t. [...]
Traveling is fascinating and all, but I found that I don’t particularly like being outside California. Maybe I only feel that way because I travel afar so little. But as much fun as I had on my trip, I kept being pestered by the nagging fact that Other Places pretty much have the same stuff [...]
I have two utterly irrational pet peeves. I don’t know why. Being poked, and listening to people whistle. I can’t stand being poked. It makes me want to do violence to people. And I have no idea why. Maybe it’s passive-aggressively timid and invasive at the same time? I don’t know. All I know is [...]
Holy smokes. Holy smokes. So I’m a creepy stalker and I started reading Cleolinda’s Livejournal after she was featured on MSNBC as an überblogger slash authority on all things Twilight. Today on her linkspam, right at the top with the caption “OH HALE NO”. I don’t even care about musical theater and this has me [...]
We’re getting close to having fully functional androids. However, something I hadn’t anticipated is the need for feminist criticism as they are developed. To gender a robot in the first place is a waste of time — it’s forcing an unnatural sexuality on a being that has no need for filthy fluid exchanges, thankyouverymuch. But [...]
