
How Your Brain Can Control Time. Unfortunately, you can’t control time for anyone but yourself.
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When news shows try to be more entertaining, people turn to an entertainment show for their news. Jon Stewart of The Daily Show may be the most trusted man in America.
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Earth’s News Feed. The IOC has sent Michael Phelps 6 gifts. Bernie Mac has closed his account. Georgia is no longer friends with Russia.
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What is the temperature inside a microwave oven? You can ruin your thermometer trying to find out.
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A single mother with a master’s degree tells what it’s like to eat at a soup kitchen. And about how it changed her perception of the American political system.
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If you liked the story of Christian the Lion, you’ll love the Bigfoot Reunion. But you’ll still feel the same about Whitney Houston.
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The North Pole Without Ice? The polar ice sheet is always smallest in September, and in a couple of years we may even see a completely ice-free September.
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Now this is what I call outsider art: no pencils, brushes or paints of any kind necessary, just that famously frustrating kiddie toy, the Etch-a-Sketch.
The article about the food kitchen hits home. I have a BA in psych and have two steady, well-paying jobs, but for a year I had to live off credit cards and am now close to $45k in debt (the really depressing part is I’m only 25). I constantly worry about paying all my bills while still being able to provide for myself and my family. I’ve considered several times about going to a food bank, but the thought that holds me back is that I know there are so many others that need that food worse than I do, people with kids and no jobs and no insurance, people that are really struggling to survive. I feel like I’d be snatching food out of their mouths.
posted by anonymous on 8-18-2008 at 1:01 pm