I’m not coordinated enough yet to eat soup and read simultaneously. Like the guy above, I can’t even manage to remember things fresh out the nuker are magma level hot. Which is ironic, I suppose, considering that my too-stupid-to-multitask non-quality drives me to hunt for something brainy on T.V. if I’m outta good documentaries to watch. Thus, lately, my go-to’s been “Brain Games”. The commercials give me just enough time.. Read More
Did your name determine your life choices?
Quick! Say your name out loud. Now… what thoughts just came to mind for you? Disappointment that your mother couldn’t think outside the box of popular names for that year? Or smile inducing happiness that makes you think, “Yes. That’s my name. It’s beautiful in that it signifies all that I am. When I come to rule the world, I’ll mandate that my theocracy use it as their only mantra”?.. Read More
Online quizzes are just quantified opinions you agree with.
Not to sound judgey… but… These Facebook quizzes are slowly turning me into Alice’s un-birthday party host. Actually – not the quizzes. I don’t hate the quizzes. I don’t hate the people posting them. I just want to know: why? I’m legit interested. If you’re reading this, I encourage you to look at the last quiz you took and tell me what drove you to take that particular test and.. Read More
3 Hypnoses you can try, at your own risk.
I always wanted to try hypnosis. But I’ve never done it professionally because, well, that’s a lot of effing trust in a person. A person like you or me capable of beauty and evil alike. And you don’t know which one they’ll do to you once given total dominion over your mind and body. But with the advent of Youtube, self-hypnosis with the help of pre-recorded narrations made that problem.. Read More
Glee fumes to beat the blues? Not so sure…
Are you depressed? Suicidal? Thinking of calling it permanent quitsies? Well, science may have an answer if your case of the Mondays is an 8 day a week affair: The dentist. No, not the drilling and scraping and clinical torture treatments during which you compose yourself about as well as your dog does when he’s receiving the same procedure. I mean the stuff they put you out with so that.. Read More
Who are you? Who cares!
I heard an interesting quote today: “There is no authentic self. Identity is always a work in progress” Hmmm… Not… bad. Just needs a few tweaks to not be wrong. What makes sense to me is this: First the “authentic self” and “identity” are two different animals. You can totally believe in an authentic self – so long as you also accept that there is no moment that matters except.. Read More
Panic attack!
Ever had a real panic attack? I don’t mean your “can’t find my keys” nervous for a half minute episode. Nay, sir. The bad ones are so bad that I just wanna take this moment to be grateful for every moment I’m not having one. And, obviously, spend some’a those moments researching prevention and cures for these sneaky body snatching bastards. For those who get eye-rolly when they hear about.. Read More
Is dumbness diagnosable now?
Feel a little off – mentally and bodily? Like some remedial level awkward octopus fumbling around through life? Well, maybe you’re just stupid. No, really. I mean you may be a genuine victim of viral stupidity, says science. Not even the meme on the internet kind, either. But an IRL in your body infectious agent. Because in a study recently done at Johns Hopkins, they stumbled over some very interesting.. Read More
Church of superstitious: Is OCD any diff than wood-knocking?
“Stop it. STOP IT. STOP THAT. STOP DOING THAT!!!!1” This is the internal monologue I have to consciously fight from vocalizing as a family member to three obsessive compulsive disorder sufferers. And it’s pretty bad when I – a crazy person myself – get this vexed by someone else’s psychosis. But, I suppose, that’s the reason itself: one can only observe too much Nicholson a la “Good As It Gets”.. Read More
Are brain games mindless mental masturbation?
We work out all sorts of different body parts to look good and train. So… why not our brains? That was (in so many words) the pitch from Lumosity many moons ago when I first saw an ad for it. “Brain games” purport to boost your memory into your golden years and even make you better at math. So, after about the millionth time seeing one of these things, I.. Read More