Why You Should Put Down Your Smartphone and Talk to Strangers

It would make you happier. Really.

Even if you talk about the weather.

Why You Should Put Down Your Smartphone and Talk to Strangers

The bees and the brain...

A new study has been released linking autism and other disorders of the brain to chemicals.. 

According to the data, industrial chemicals has risen over the past 7 years and can be tied in with autism.. 

The LANCET NEUROLOGY journal—which is a peer reviewed and high respected publication.

Among the chemicals cited: Chlorpyrifos, Tetrachloroethylene, lead, methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls, arsenic, and toluene..

More than half of millennials think astrology is science

The other day, we read that 1 in 4 Americans don’t understand the basics of the rotation of the planet Earth around the sun. And now this today: More and more Americans think that astrology is real science. THANKS KATY PERRY

More than half of millennials think astrology is science

First in a new series I plan on doing: My daily doodle.

For the initial piece of awful art: a potty chair filled with excrement! Ayden had his first full weekend of 100% success in the potty training department. He had help from a TV, and a mean Skeletor bobble head that sat next to him.

I hope that my doodles improve with age. It has been about nine years now since I drew anything, and that was after an entire life of drawing daily.

So it’s time to start practicing again, a daily doodle may help..

Hell and horror in North Korea

This is the state of horror in the world—the real kind.. 

There is testimony from behind the cell walls of prison camps in North Korea. CNN reports this:

"A North Korean prison camp survivor told of a pregnant woman in a condition of near-starvation who gave birth to a baby — a new life born against all odds in a grim camp. A security agent heard the baby’s cries and beat the mother as a punishment. She begged him to let her keep the baby, but he kept beating her. With shaking hands, the mother was forced to pick up her newborn and put the baby face down in water until the cries stopped and a water bubble formed from the newborn’s mouth." 

Beyond disgusting..beyond horrific.

This is real…  

The crimes being committed against humanity are dreadful and continuous..

And now the big question at the United Nations:

Will NK ally China block action?

Yes winter will be over soon. What will you complain about then?

I took note this morning, despite the frigid air and snow covered ground, there are birds again. They are flying.. they are chirping.. they are looking for food. They are coming back. Yes, indeed.. spring will spring.
And with it comes severe weather, the risk of tornadoes destroying homes, hurricane season, El Nino, record heat, misery, air conditioners breaking, and morbid high temperatures making trousers soaked in sweat for the remainder of the day. That is summer.. and right now lots of people are begging Mama Nature to provide that.  As for me? I’ll miss the cold. It’s already fleeting..

College schmollege

I am truly beginning to think colleges are a big BIG waste of time and effort. But then again, no one will consider you for work unless you have a degree from a University (Other than Phoenix)  

I feel like starting my own school. the Google School of Self Knowledge.

You can take a test after four years of learning everything you want on Google. The test will be Google free, though, you cannot use a computer. If you pass, you get a degree.. 

I'm having sudden immense nostalgia now.

Damn you Buzzfeed quiz that correctly labeled me a 90s person. Damn you.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!? California police use taser on deaf man trying to communicate with them via sign language

It seems like every day we hear about cops killing homeless people or mentally challenged people.

Today we hear about them tasering a deaf man trying to communicate via sign language…

From the report: 

The Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness is filing a lawsuit on behalf of Jonathan Meister, who was charged with assault as a result of the incident. According to the lawsuit, Meister was retrieving boxes he had left at a friend’s house when police, alerted by a neighbor to a possible burglary, arrived.

Officers Jeffrey Salmon, Jeffrey Tysl, Erica Bristow, and Mark Hultgren allegedly ordered Meister to stop loading the boxes into his car, but Meister could not hear the order. One of the officers then grabbed Meister by the hand, who

As Paul Simon wrote:

A man walks down the street
It’s a street in a strange world
Maybe it’s the Third World
Maybe it’s his first time around
He doesn’t speak the language
He holds no currency
He is a foreign man
He is surrounded by the sound
The sound
Cattle in the marketplace
Scatterlings and orphanages
He looks around, around
He sees angels in the architecture
Spinning in infinity
He says Amen and Hallelujah!

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!? California police use taser on deaf man trying to communicate with them via sign language

Students BANNED From Researching Malcolm X For Black History Month

Other reports claim that the decision was the teacher’s all alone..

In 2014, do we really need to be banning this stuff? Seriously?

Students BANNED From Researching Malcolm X For Black History Month

Yes America sucks in Sochi. And Drudge is there to rub it in..

Showing he still has it to pick the best photos with headlines..

There are ups and downs in these games..

But boy are we bad this year.

A Sochi moment in time..

The Olympics standings right now, numbers as of February 16 2014 at 3:30 PM

Homeless Hungarian man hits lottery jackpot with his last few coins

There are good people in the world..

Homeless Hungarian man hits lottery jackpot with his last few coins

What say you internet users: Right or wrong? Censorship or not?

Kendall Jenner nipple photo at fashion show deleted by INSTAGRAM ..

The question arises: Is she too young at 18 for sheer clothing?

If INSTAGRAM wanted to do anyone a favor, they’d lay off the nipple content and remove Justin Bieber’s account altogether.

Opinions out there fashionistas or nipple lovers?

Wall Street JOURNAL: Storms trigger rash of cabin fever

As said yesterday.. I began feeling like Jack Torrance. Thankfully roads got cleared in time to make a grocery store run. It felt amazing to pay too much for groceries just because I was out.

I think there are times that some people impose cabin fever on themselves. There seems to be this thought, every time it is about to snow, that if people don’t get their bread and milk they are going to quite literally die. I have seen firsthand people panic and stock up on things, even though they live about 50 steps from the front door of a major grocery store..

I spoke to a local restaurant owner who told me he does not close when it snows, and since everyone else does, his business is typically better during storms. Smart move.

I myself get hungry for Chinese food during snowstorms. I can be confident that regardless of the day or weather, Chinese food will always be available.

Wall Street JOURNAL: Storms trigger rash of cabin fever

This is not the way everyone wants to start a Sunday, but here you go: Miley Cyrus’ new BANGERZ TOUR starting off with a large hot dog and lots of crotch grabbing.. 

I did read one news account that isn’t as kind to Miley as some others: “Miley Cyrus: From Foam finger to laughing stock..”

1 in 4 Americans don't know the basic movement of the earth around the sun

Not sure how many of the 1 in 4 also think the earth is flat.. (and 6000 years old) ..

1 in 4 Americans don't know the basic movement of the earth around the sun

The cross country Satanist murders…

This is a disturbing story (too close to my own home base as well for my comfort) ..

Nineteen-year-old Satanist Miranda Barbour said she and her 22-year-old husband killed a man in Port Treverton, PA in a sadistic way..

She also just gave an interview to the local newspaper, the DAILY ITEM, that quotes her commenting that she killed 22 people across the country so far in a Satanist romp.. 

She told the paper she can pinpoint them on a map and ‘stopped counting’ after 22 deaths..

According to the paper, the FBI has been inquiring into the case, giving some more credibility to her claims of multiple killings.. 

A disturbing read..  

The story is also making national attention due to her claims of multiple killings— and it is another example of why you should be very careful on Craigslist..

This Guy Wants to Help You Download Your Brain

Imagine someone downloading your entire brain onto a USB stick, or whatever future storage device is thought up.. I guess there would be good aspects to this ability.. But come on, folks, this is pretty freaky for the future. 

Now to be honest, I’d love to opportunity to be able to download the previous night’s dreams. But what if we dream up something that may be perceived as criminal? In a future world, will we be punished for the subconscious thoughts?

Yes indeed. Downloading the brain sure sounds fun. Until you think about some interesting consequences of such advanced actions..

This Guy Wants to Help You Download Your Brain

For anyone in the white shaded area—you know, the folks who have feet of snow on the ground—this is a scary image. It’s another ‘little’ storm coming for Monday into Tuesday..  Shovels and plows need to get ready one more time.