Please accept with no
obligation, implied or implicit our
best wishes for an environmentally
conscious, socially responsible, low
stress, non-addictive, gender
neutral, celebration of the winter
solstice holiday, practiced within
the most enjoyable traditions of the
religious persuasion of your choice,
or secular [...] read all
A contestant on "Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire" had reached the final
plateau. If she answered the next
question correctly, she would win
$1,000,000. If she answered incorrectly,
she would pocket only the $32,000
milestone money.
As she
suspected it would be, the
million-dollar question was no pushover:
Which of the following species of birds
does not build its own nest, but instead
lays [...] read all
In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in
Kenya after graduating from Northwestern
University. On a hike through the bush,
he came across a young bull elephant
standing with one leg raised in the air.
The elephant seemed distressed,
so Mbembe approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee and inspected
the elephant's foot, and found a large
piece of wood deeply embedded in it. [...] read all
Does it ever
upset you when a partner expresses anger
or hurt feelings? It's important to
realize that when someone expresses
their feelings, they are not necessarily
rational.
They do not
necessarily mean anything they say. They
are, in fact, letting emotional energy
release, like flying arrows. If you
stand in their way - by doing anything
other than just [...] read all