Unconscious Buying
In a fascinating study just published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers have shown that we make buying decisions even when we aren’t paying attention to the products, and that fMRI...
View ArticleWhat Would Reagan Do on Immigration?
By Daniel GriswoldFormer Reagan speechwriter Peter Robinson tries to answer that very good question in an op-ed in todayâs Wall Street Journal. Itâs a question my conservative Republican friends...
View ArticleMeet the New Minerals Management Service
By Michael F. CannonIn a move reminiscent of the George W. Bush administration, the Obama administration is cracking down on the Minerals Management Service…by changing the agency’s name. The MMS has...
View ArticleGeorge Burns on Family
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. â George Burns Post from: BlissTree George Burns on Family (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3)
View ArticleThe Tracks as a Central Nexusâ¦
The railroad tracks near my home run behind Kroger and several poor neighborhoods. They are often used as a thoroughfare to between these neighborhoods and the grocery store. A trail of sorts....
View ArticleAddicted To Indoor Tanning?
According to the Archives of Dermatology, there are people who are addicted to indoor tanning. That journal reported on a study of 421 university students in the northeastern United States. Using...
View ArticleThe Pigâ¦
The trains just werenât running today. I saw only two long freight trains and one short local in the two hours of sitting on my favored bench behind the bank. I sat reading my Model Railroaders and...
View ArticlePharmalot⦠Pharmalittle⦠Good Morning
Rise and shine, everyone. Another day is on the way. This means, of course, that meetings and deadlines beckon. Never mind that a holiday weekend is just around the corner. To cope, we are brewing the...
View ArticleWho Were the Best Presidents?
By David BoazAt Politico Arena, the question of the day is: A new Siena College poll ranks Barack Obama as the 15th best U.S. president (landing him below Bill Clinton, ahead of Ronald Reagan)....
View ArticleHow Your Past Can Help Guide Your Future
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana I believe that we humans spend a lot of time repeating our past — the mistakes, the patterns of behavior, the way we...
View ArticleThe Cancer Journey: Take Control Of Your Illness And Treatment
I love this – a website that could’ve ONLY been created by cancer patients. From ThinkAboutYourLife.org: Find empowerment: Anything you can do to feel like you are taking control of your illness and...
View ArticleA Possible Parolee?
âGeorge might be eligible for parole in October!â Florene told me over the phone very animatedly and excitedly tonight. âI talked to him on the phone late this afternoon. He said he is going to...
View ArticleRoutinesâ¦
I am excited about work this morning. I feel so good and I slept so well last night. I woke up at six feeling so refreshed. I was in the bed by eleven. Iâve been sleeping on my couch and found I...
View ArticleThink Before You Smoke Dummyâ¦
âI hate to get on to you. Youâve done so well, but you donât need to be smoking as you bring the carts in from the parking lot,â my supervisor told me this morning. âSmoke off to the side...
View ArticleRegarding the Sunset Brews and my Aggressive Behaviorâ¦
This seems to be this biggest source of contention with my readers on the blog these days â my drinking of my nightly sunset brews. I have received more well intentioned advice and concern on this...
View ArticleRegarding the Sunset Brews and my Aggressive Unusual Behaviorâ¦
This seems to be this biggest source of contention with my readers on the blog these days â my drinking of my nightly sunset brews. I have received more well intentioned advice and concern on this...
View ArticleThe Great Sodium Conundrumâ¦
âDoes Crystal Light have sodium?â a little elderly lady asked me as I was gathering carts in the parking lot early this morning. âI just canât drink plain water anymore. I am tired of it.â...
View ArticleEmergency Spending
By Tad DeHavenA recent paper by Veronique de Rugy examines how policymakers use various budgeting gimmicks to increase spending and obscure liabilities. One particularly abusive mechanism is the...
View ArticleItâs Something to Think Aboutâ¦
âThereâs going to be an opening soon in electronics,â the androgynous Derrick told me this morning. âYou would be perfect for the job with what you know.â I thanked Derrick for the insider...
View ArticleMidnight in the Chattahoochee Valleyâ¦
I couldnât sleep last night after sleeping for about four hours. I was wide awake at midnight. I had two Klonopin to take which usually make me sleepy as they are very sedating, but I knew to save...
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