That’s Why They Cling to Their…Remote Controls

(this post was written by Kyle on November 22, 2008, and it concerns & )

From the NY Times’s What Happy People Don’t Do: “Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds. That’s what unhappy people do. Although people who describe themselves as happy enjoy watching television, it turns [...]

Links for June 15, 2007

(this post was written by Kyle on June 15, 2007, and it concerns & & & & & & & )

Updated 1:45 p.m.

20 Ways to Get and Stay Happy: “As experts gather for the International Conference on Happiness, TIME looks at proven ways to find more joy in life.”
The Unspeakable: Buried Alive in Your Own Skull “Science published a report on a young woman devastated by a car crash in England. For five months after [...]

Shifting Habits

(this post was written by Kyle on March 26, 2007, and it concerns & & & )

I drink a lot. Not “a lot” in the sense that I have a problem, but in the sense that my default nighttime drink is beer. How this came about is not important, but the short version is that I live in a college town and drinking is just what you do.
Unfortunately, for the [...]

The Secrets of A Princess

(this post was written by Jess on November 2, 2006, and it concerns & )

A statue of the laughing Buddha sits on a lone shelf above the television set in her living room. It is not meant to be a religious shrine, even though the cute chubby chuckler is flanked with candles on either side. This Buddha who brings a constant smile to her face is to be [...]