“Jean Twenge, co-author of “The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement,” said in some cases, many employees had lost balance between work and life, with too many late nights and weekends spent at the office. When they stop working, they realize how much they had given up.”
from For the ‘funemployed,’ unemployment is welcome at Los Angeles Times
(via Schott’s Vocab)
7/7/09
Funemployed
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5/28/09
People May Be Able to Taste Words
“Which one of these shapes is ‘bouba’ and which one is ‘kiki’?”
“The vast majority of people choose kiki for the orange angular shape and bouba for the purple rounded shape.”
“We are all capable of ‘hearing’ shapes and sizes and perhaps even ‘tasting’ sounds, according to researchers. This blending of sensory experiences, or synaesthesia, they say, influences our perception and helps us make sense of a jumble of simultaneous sensations.”
from BBC News
5/20/09
Over the Wall
“Conrad Schumann, a 19-year-old soldier in the East German army, was standing guard on the corner of Ruppiner Strasse and Bernauer Strasse. He was taunted and insulted by passers-by from the West and, on a whim, started running and hurdled the barbed wire into the West, thus becoming the subject of one of the most dramatic photographs of the time.”
by Christoph Niemann
Visit Niemann’s blog to see the rest of his work—it’s wonderful.
from Abstract City Blog on The New York Times
5/7/09
A Day for Mom
My beautiful wife makes beautiful cakes (and takes beautiful pictures of them).
from The Able Baker
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