Thanksgiving as a kid VS Thanksgiving as an adult All artwork and content on this site is Copyright © 2014 Matthew Inman. Please don't steal. TheOatmeal.com was lovingly built using CakePHP All artwork and content on this site is Copyright © 2014 Matthew Inman. TheOatmeal.com was lovingly built using CakePHP How to use a semicolon Star Wars Origins - Joseph Campbell and the Hero's Journey In 1949 Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) made a big splash in the field of mythology with his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces. This book built on the pioneering work of German anthropologist Adolph Bastian (1826-1905), who first proposed the idea that myths from all over the world seem to be built from the same "elementary ideas." Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (1875-1961) named these elementary ideas "archetypes," which he believed to be the building blocks not only of the unconscious mind, but of a collective unconscious. In other words, Jung believed that everyone in the world is born with the same basic subconscious model of what a "hero" is, or a "mentor" or a "quest," and that's why people who don't even speak the same language can enjoy the same stories. Campbell's contribution was to take this idea of archetypes and use it to map out the common underlying structure behind religion and myth. Searching For The Hero
Pink Army Århus ARTillery My stomach could support 1 great big fat tapeworm! - What about you? London Riots: BlackBerry Messenger Used More than Facebook or Twitter As the riots in London look set to continue for a third night — and to spread to other parts of the UK — details are starting to emerge on how the rioters have been organizing themselves. The medium of choice? BlackBerry Messenger. The riots began as a protest at the police shooting of Mark Duggan, a resident of the Tottenham area of north London, last Thursday. A Facebook group quickly sprung up to commemorate Duggan; police and media attention was drawn to a particular post on the Facebook page which appeared to fan the flames, as well as the occasional tweet from rioters describing their deeds and where they were headed next. Some posted pictures of looting and burning police cars. But it soon became clear that BBM was by far the most popular means for rioters to communicate. The Guardian got its hands on BBM messages directing rioters — blasts that are shocking in their specificity.
My Little Bag of Writing Tricks - Do Your Job Better By Rachel Toor In the progressive campus lab school I attended until sixth grade, my friends and I wrote poetry, celebrated the passage of Title IX, and did "new" math. The boys sewed and cooked in home economics, and the girls sawed and drilled their way through shop class. When I got to junior high, I realized that the kids who had gone to Catholic school knew things I didn't. They could drink without getting caught, and were able to name the parts of speech. Eventually I learned to sneak gulps from dusty bottles in my parents' liquor cabinet. And so grammarians intimidate me. I'm not convinced that studying grammatical labels would help my prose, though it might make me a more intimidating teacher. I didn't know what comma splices were until the copy editor of my second book pointed out how often I used them. I love style books and have learned plenty from grammarians, even if they might not be my first choice for dinner dates or camping companions. We need to notice.
Caffeine-induced sleep disorder Caffeine-induced sleep disorder is a psychiatric disorder that results from overconsumption of the stimulant caffeine. "When caffeine is consumed immediately before bedtime or continuously throughout the day, sleep onset may be delayed, total sleep time reduced, normal stages of sleep altered, and the quality of sleep decreased."[1] Caffeine reduces slow-wave sleep in the early part of the sleep cycle and can reduce rapid eye movement sleep later in the cycle.[2] Caffeine increases episodes of wakefulness, and high doses in the late evening can increase sleep onset latency.[2] In elderly people, there is an association between use of medication containing caffeine and difficulty in falling asleep.[2] References[edit] Further reading[edit] Broderick P, Benjamin AB (December 2004).
Says-It.com Cognitive liberty Cognitive liberty is the freedom of sovereign control over one's own consciousness. It is an extension of the concepts of freedom of thought and self-ownership.[citation needed] The American nonprofit Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, founded and directed by neuroethicist Dr. An individual who enjoys cognitive liberty is free to alter the state of their consciousness using any method they choose, such as meditation, yoga, psychoactive drugs, and prayer. We're playing with half a deck as long as we tolerate that the cardinals of government and science should dictate where human curiosity can legitimately send its attention and where it can not. American psychologist and writer Timothy Leary summarized the concept in two “new commandments for the molecular age”: Thou shalt not alter the consciousness of thy fellow men.Thou shalt not prevent thy fellow man from changing his or her own consciousness.[2] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
Steroids - Juiced Baseball Player - 46019 Citation: Jake. "Juiced Baseball Player: An Experience with Steroids (ID 46019)". Erowid.org. Feb 15, 2010. erowid.org/exp/46019 When I entered college, my main goals were to find a college that I could go to and play baseball at the same time. Anyways, three years later, I was at a 4 year university and I decided I wanted to try steroids to see what all the hype was about. A day after my first injection, I felt immediate results. My goal was not to gain weight because I was already a big guy at the time. Now the drawbacks. With my teammates, on the road it got ugly a couple of times. People talk about your nuts shrinking when you are on steroids. After I got off the juice, my nuts went back to normal in about a week. I do not see how anyone could take juice and not smoke pot. Steroids made me superhuman. I would never do steroids again. Experience Reports are the writings and opinions of the individual authors who submit them.