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Fairy Godmother Tycoon Tips

Friday, May 25th, 2007

So you’ve discovered Fairy Godmother Tycoon, and you’re having a great time, except that you’re stuck somewhere (I got stuck in Pirate’s Cove for hours). I’ve now played through the game twice, and thought I’d write down some tips to help you get through the game with maximum enjoyment and minimum frustration.

Use the Recipe Book […]

Want a better memory? Stop and smell the roses

Friday, March 9th, 2007

People who want to learn things might do better by simply stopping to smell the roses, researchers reported on Thursday.
German researchers found they could use odors to re-activate new memories in the brains of people while they slept — and the volunteers remembered better later.
Writing in the journal Science, they said their study showed that […]

Roadblocks to Effective Psychotherapy Treatment

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

As I’ve mentioned before, I am a big fan of psychotherapy. Although medication has had a greater role in my successful depression treatment, psychotherapy helped me to recognize my inner demons and banish or deal with them, thereby leading to my becoming a much happier person overall, which I would assume is helpful in […]

Study: Office desks havens for bacteria

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Your office desk harbors far more bacteria than your workplace restroom, and if you’re a woman, chances are your workspace has more germs than your male co-workers’, a new research report shows.
Women have three to four times the number of bacteria in, on and around their desks, phones, computers, keyboards, drawers and personal items as […]

O.J. Simpson’s Book and TV Special Are Canceled

Monday, November 20th, 2006

New York Times:
Faced with a growing uproar, Rupert Murdoch, the chairman the News Corporation, announced this afternoon that his company had canceled publication of the pseudo-memoir/confessional by O.J. Simpson, “If I Did It,” as well as a related television special that was to be broadcast on the Fox network next week.
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Well really, what possessed […]

Shallow link of the day

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Celebrities without makeup I’m not sure why they bothered to put Halle Berry in there, since she still looks beautiful without makeup. I mean, the point of the page is to show how celebrities don’t look much better than us without hair and makeup stylists. But Halle still looks a lot better without makeup than […]

People with vicious dogs may be vicious too: study

Friday, November 17th, 2006

People who own vicious dogs such as pit bulls have significantly more criminal convictions — including crimes against children — than owners of licensed, gentler dogs such as beagles, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Now there’s a big surprise.

An open letter to the Democratic party

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

Hey, you did it! You took back the house and might even take back the Senate. After twelve years, you must be raring to go on all the initiatives that have been dead all those years.
Hold on a minute; I just have one thing to say - don’t blow it! I’m not talking about squandering […]

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