Some people (doctors, they call themselves) might call me bipolar. I prefer to think of it like a sport – “x-treme emoting”. In a way, though, the chaotic confusion that comes with traversing one end of the feel spectrum to the next, brings with it a wealth of ways in which we can be motivated. I like happy, serene, blissful, peaceful things in one moment. Then, in the next, I’m.. Read More
Schooled by a 5 year old rapper
Some days I try to write and all I can mine from my grey matter is fecal matter. While abandoning ship and leaving the computer is usually my self-advice, other days I know that it’s 100% just because I took a day off and am having trouble “getting back in the flow”. Just like anything else. Whether it’s working out or sexing up – if you’ve not done it for.. Read More
Kids will be kids. Who kill other kids.
Okay! Okay, I ‘ve got one… Did you hear the one about the 15 year old girl slutting around online and putting a hit out on her aunt -…hey… wait a minute. That’s not a joke. Somebody check the teleprompter while I issue this depressing news to the public. Once upon a time, there was a young girl who lived with her aunt. She liked to date men online and.. Read More
Drug your dog into loving you more
The concept of “snorting” an Oxytocin spray isn’t entirely new. That’s the hormone – not the opiate drug – for my half-awake readers. Called the “cuddle hormone” (or trust chemical, or moral molecule), this is the thing that floods our system when we make connections with other people or creatures – especially those that involve trust in scary situations. (Example? Levels after sky-diving sky-rocket). Now, scientists are showing that dogs.. Read More
Dark side of the moon
I wasn’t always geekcited about sciency stuff. Had I heard you talk about the moon’s dark side back in high school, I probably would have thought you meant the Pink Floyd album. Now that I’m older, I obviously know better and fully understand that’s its cruel secret side that comes home and kicks the cat before beating the children. But what that very insightful information still doesn’t answer is why.. Read More
School of synesthesia
Anybody here wanna become a musical supergenius with me? Why not try to acquire a bit of synesthesia? It’s this cool neurological condition that causes people to mix up their senses (like, when they hear a sound or read words – they might see a color in their mind’s eye along with it). Why would we want that, though? ’cause fckk boring ass reality, that’s why! Add happy clouds in.. Read More
Text therapy: couch sessions from your own couch
Anyone here ever been to therapy? And how does that make you feeeeel? “I ASKED HOW it made you FEEL! People will DIE if you don’t ANSWER ME! We’re running out of time!” If you think your “24” hours is like a rat race version of the high octane T.V. show, I suppose sitting around and feeling feels out loud for an hour can seem tantamount to singing kumbaya while.. Read More
Science is racist against my eyeballs.
A University of Pittsburgh study done recently is aiming to show evidence that eye color affects our health. According to their work, some of us kick life’s ass better ’cause of our eye color. For example, caucasian ladies with light shaded peepers tolerated pain and distress better – including the anxiety before, during, and after birth. One lecturer commented on the study, saying: ‘What we know now is that eye.. Read More
1’m a real b0y! (bot passes Turing test)
When I hear something like “computer tricks man into thinking it’s 13 year old boy”, I can’t help but be extremely curious about the surrounding context (I always wondered if they hired him because he looks like a perfect mix of Ted Bundy and Ryan Seacreast[‘s former face]?) Apparently, a robot at University of Redding passed the “Turing Test”. Named after Alan Turing, the test can only be passed if.. Read More
Fitbit: Yes, but will it hold up in the zombie apocalypse?
So, this isn’t news but it’s news to me. I wrote a thing a couple weeks back about how dumb smartphone watches seem to my abstract conceptualization of them (and my lady brain who thinks no one could follow Connery’s Bond timepiece version – so why try?). In that article, I mentioned my overwhelming desire to get a Fitbit – a pie in sky plan that thrived and died in.. Read More