December 2010
18 posts
Our nature does not change by will In the...
The only time I need a pen is when I order dim sum. Soon there will be an app for that.
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20 Untranslatable Words from Around the World →
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1. Toska
Russian – Vladmir Nabokov describes it best: “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes,...
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Social Science Palooza →
Self-control consumes glucose in the brain. For an article in the journal Aggressive Behavior, Nathan DeWall, Timothy Deckman, Matthew Gaillot and Brad Bushman found that research subjects who consumed a glucose beverage behaved less aggressively than subjects who drank a placebo beverage. They found an indirect relationship between diabetes (a disorder marked by low glucose levels) and low...
I got this Groupon for $50 at American Apparel but I really can’t be bothered to look at all the stuff they have on the website. Then I saw this clutch on Lulu and your mom. So, black or tan?
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