RELIC printer Eating 10 hot dogs in 6 minutes and belching the national anthem may impress your friends, but neither of those feats will do much for your body—at least not much good. Instead, why not train yourself to do something that may actually pay off? We're not talking bench presses and interval training (though those do help). Just study this list, and the next time your friends challenge you to an ice cream eating contest, chow down: You know how to thaw a brain freeze—and 17 other tricks that'll make everyone think you're the next David Blaine. Do Them Right: To mazimize your workout, good form is a must. Cure a Tickling Throat When you were 9, playing your armpit was a cool trick. Experience Supersonic Hearing If you're stuck chatting up a mumbler at a cocktail party, lean in with your right ear. Overcome Your Most Primal Urge Need to pee? Feel No Pain German researchers have discovered that coughing during an injection can lessen the pain of the needle stick. Clear Your Stuffed Nose Read Minds
The Advocate: A Short Story eBook: Matt Debenham 30 Books I’m Glad I Read Before 30 In various ways, these 30 books convey some of the philosophy of how Angel and I live our lives. I honestly credit a fraction of who I am today to each title. Thus, they have indirectly influenced much of what I write about on this site. A medley of both fiction and nonfiction, these great reads challenged my internal status quo, opening my mind to new ideas and opportunities, and together they gave me a basic framework for living, loving, learning and working successfully. If you haven’t read these books yet, I highly recommend doing so. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert – Gilbert, a Harvard professor of psychology has studied happiness for decades, and he shares scientific findings that just might change the way you look at the world. What are your favorite books? Photo by: Katie Harris
The Twilight Experiment: Part 1 Twilight, eh? Once it was a time of day, now it's a plague upon the face of humanity. Or is it? (Yes. Because I am so super-devoted to you, and because I have been thinking about monsters a lot, and because my morbid curiosity has grown too strong, I'm caving. So in order to make this bearable, I'm recording my thoughts as I go along. In the interests of full disclosure, I actually know quite a lot about what happens in Twilight already. So, Twilight. The film starts and I feel vaguely dirty, like I'm watching porn only less fun and with explicitly Mormon overtones. The narrator is, of course, Bella Swan. Outside, a guy in a wheelchair shows up and some dorky kid with long hair. Bella arrives at school, so I'm expecting some kind of dorky-new-kid-montage of her being unpopular but no, people literally start fighting over her. In the cafeteria, a bunch of models walks past and Bella is distracted by the sudden switch to slo-mo. And then, fifteen minutes in – BAM. ARGH. Edward: What?
A blog of very little brain. As I sit here on the coach from Oxford to London, reclining in a fabulous maxi dress from Monsoon and blogging on my Macbook, I look around and I think to myself, “I am a massive twat.” The deal is, a long time ago in the misty recesses of 2009, I decided to start a blog. I had plans, nay, dreams for this blog. I would mix a light scattering of poetry, music, art, television and film with lessons in every day pragmatism that could be drawn from them. I wrote one post and then let it gather dust. So now I begin again, marginally more humble, though not much. As a nearly-twenty-one-year-old English student who occasionally manages to dupe the other person in the conversation into thinking she's a functioning adult, I feel the need to put my deep attachment to Doctor Who under the microscope. I honestly do think Doctor Who is important. Plus, I can hand on heart swear that some of the most poignant, exciting and brilliant moments I've seen in television come from this show.
WHAT DO PHILOSOPHERS BELIEVE? And what do people ask them in mid-air? Anthony Gottlieb decodes an unusual opinion poll ... From INTELLIGENT LIFE Magazine, Spring 2010 There was once a website on which academic philosophers listed the curious things that strangers had said to them upon learning that they were in the presence of a philosopher. “May I ask you a question?” In a similar vein, also from the skies: “What do you do?” This exchange makes professional philosophers titter, because their daily work is far removed from the production of sage utterances. One answer – a novel one, it seems – comes from a new survey of philosophers’ views. First, some background. This movement is often contrasted with “Continental” philosophy, which is more expansive and synoptic, tends to see itself as allied to literary, cultural and social studies, and is more likely to draw on subjective experience. In five other questions 15% or more of the philosophers said they were too unfamiliar with the issue to give an opinion.
EPICURUS EXONERATED masterymistery/flickr Why is pleasure so suspicious? None of the greatest western philosophers has produced a proper guide for today's enlightened hedonist, writes Anthony Gottlieb. But Epicurus, that much-maligned Greek, was on to something ... From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Autumn 2007 Where is a hedonist to look for his heroes? None of the greatest western philosophers has produced a paean to pleasure that can serve as much of a guide for today's enlightened hedonist. But there is one Greek philosopher whose name has become synonymous with the life of pleasure--especially sensual pleasures, and above all those of a gourmet. Exactly what Epicurus got up to in the undergrowth will never be known. In particular, it was crucial to overcome the fear of death and of an unpleasant afterlife. Epicurus did once say that in order to lead a happy life, one needs first of all to be fed.
Echoes of War Sergei Larenkov His photographs of the siege of Leningrad and St. Petersburg really got lots of name on internet and are famous too. so we present some really nice photographs by sergei, where past and present meet in Moscow, Berlin, Vienna, Prague.. 1. Vienna. 1945/2010. Soviet soldiers in the Imperial Palace Hoffburg. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. A no vote in Scotland could leave England begging for mercy | Deborah Orr There's a pattern here, of sorts. Tony Blair became bored and frustrated with domestic policy and – heartened by success in Sierra Leone – decided that it was much more exciting to apply himself to exporting liberal democracy around the world. Hideous, inexorable foreign "adventures" followed, of course. Gordon Brown also struggled with the detail of home affairs, most notably in his desperate, off-the-cuff pledge of "British jobs for British workers". Only when the global financial crisis struck did Brown step on to the international stage and become sure of himself (even if he didn't convince the electorate). David Cameron, too, seems to find the minutiae of domestic social policy tiresome and intractable. Never mind that the two impulses are at odds with each other – Cameron rejecting, even mocking, the idea of a constellation of nations being stronger in one case, and insisting that a constellation of nations is more resilient in the other.
Book-A-Minute Classics Got another book report to do? English teachers have the inconsiderate habit of assigning mammoth-sized works of literature to read and then actually expecting you to do it. This wouldn't be so bad except that invariably the requisite reading is as boring as fly fishing in an empty lake. Half of those books don't even have discernible plots. And let's face it -- the Cliff's Notes are pretty time-consuming too. Worry no more. "That's nice," you say, "but I don't believe you." Latest additions: 4/6/12 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. And, on Book-A-Minute SF/F... If you liked Book-A-Minute Classics, try our other Book-A-Minute pages: And try our companion site: RinkWorks Book-A-Minute Classics is a RinkWorks production. Talk Back Talk to us! Legalese Titles and trademarks are the property of their owners.
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