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26 Beautiful Free Retro Fonts. 10 Truths To Keep Your Relationship Healthy. 10 Instant Emotional Fitness Tools - StumbleUpon. 20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong. I’ve edited a monthly magazine for more than six years, and it’s a job that’s come with more frustration than reward.

20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong

If there’s one thing I am grateful for — and it sure isn’t the pay — it’s that my work has allowed endless time to hone my craft to Louis Skolnick levels of grammar geekery. As someone who slings red ink for a living, let me tell you: grammar is an ultra-micro component in the larger picture; it lies somewhere in the final steps of the editing trail; and as such it’s an overrated quasi-irrelevancy in the creative process, perpetuated into importance primarily by bitter nerds who accumulate tweed jackets and crippling inferiority complexes.

The 10 Types of Writers Block (and How to Overcome Them) - StumbleUpon. - StumbleUpon. 5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness. Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it.

5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness

There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Heidi Grant Halvorson - Harvard Business Review - StumbleUpon. Learn more about the science of success with Heidi Grant Halvorson’s HBR Single, based on this blog post.

Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Heidi Grant Halvorson - Harvard Business Review - StumbleUpon

Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. Top Ten Most Common Mistakes a New Grad Can Make. Sit All Day? 6 Ways To Stay Active At Your Desk - StumbleUpon. We tell ourselves time and time again that we've got to stop sitting so much.

Sit All Day? 6 Ways To Stay Active At Your Desk - StumbleUpon

It's bad for our health for a whole slew of reasons, but there's just no way we can spend eight hours a day on the solitary TreadDesk in the office. (And we're lucky even to have one!) So what can you do to fight obesity, diabetes, heart disease and the other risks of sitting too much? At the most simple level, stand more. A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic are set to study 30 employees of Caldrea, an eco-friendly cleaning supply company in Minneapolis, whose desks have been replaced with workstations that make it possible to sit or stand while working, according to the Star Tribune.

"Sitting is sort of the new smoking," Mayo Clinic endocrinologist James Levine, M.D., Ph.D., told the Star Tribune. FREE Guide to All Government Grants, Scholarships and Loans for Students (Fedmoney.org) - StumbleUpon. Placebo Buttons & You Are Not So Smart - StumbleUpon. The Misconception: All buttons placed around you do your bidding.

Placebo Buttons & You Are Not So Smart - StumbleUpon

The Truth: Many public buttons are only there to comfort you. You press the doorbell button, you hear the doorbell ring. You press the elevator button, it lights up. You press the button on the vending machine, a soft drink comes rattling down the chute. Your whole life, you’ve pressed buttons and been rewarded. The thing about buttons, though, is there seems to be some invisible magic taking place between the moment you press them down and when you get the expected result. Tampabay.com & the St. Petersburg Times - StumbleUpon. It's almost time for college students to begin fall classes, so I thought it would be good to compile a list of gadgets for college dorms and apartments.

tampabay.com & the St. Petersburg Times - StumbleUpon

The obvious ones, like smartphones, laptops, iPads and calculators aren't listed here because I went for the fun and unique gadgets instead. Take a look and let me know if you've found something cool that should be included. (Scroll to the bottom to see a video that demonstrates the gadgets.) 1. 10 Life-Enhancing Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less - StumbleUpon. 15 Oxymorons& - StumbleUpon. An oxymoron is a combination of words that contradict each other.

15 Oxymorons& - StumbleUpon

Here are some of our favorites. 1. virtual reality 2. original copy 3. old news 4. act naturally 5. pretty ugly 6. living dead. 30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself - StumbleUpon. Twelve Tips for a Well Behaved Dog. I) Start training your puppy early on. While old dogs can be taught new tricks, what's learned earliest, is often learned quickest and easiest. Moreover, the older the dog, the more bad habits will likely need to be "un-learned". When it comes to raising and training a dog, an ounce of problem prevention is certainly worth a pound of cure! 2) Train your dog gently and humanely, and whenever possible, teach him using positive, motivational methods. Keep obedience sessions upbeat so that the training process is enjoyable for all parties involved. Most Popular Repurposing Tricks of 2011 - StumbleUpon. Psychology Today - StumbleUpon.

100 Tips About Life, People, and Happiness - StumbleUpon. 50 Stress Relievers That Take 5 Minutes Or Less.