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I hate journaling, but I’ve seen findings like this so frequently that I might have to give it a try.
The most proven technique for increasing long term happiness: — Barking up the wrong tree
Barking up the wrong tree. I want to understand why we do what we do and use the answers to be awesome at life. About. Eric Barker; First visit? Start here. Bakadesuyo.com is proud to be listed on blo…
How interesting.
Has there been a “reversal of fortune”? Paolo Buonanno, Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati, and Giulio Zanella step into these treacherous waters with a new paper (pdf): Contrary to common perceptions…
Fascinating tidbit. Does reading this increase your tendency towards egalitarianism or complementarianism? And how does it make you think about authority and coercion?
More data on survival during maritime disasters
From Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixson (pdf, final PNAS gated version here): It’s a widespread notion that women and children are saved first in maritime disasters. The systematic evidence of this come…
My pastor just got an article published in Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox. Way to go, Scott!
The NET Bible website just got an overhaul and it is awesome. Check it out (be sure to mouse over the footnotes). And they seem to have renamed the web portion of their project NEXT Bible: http://nextbible.org
A clever Chi Alphan noticed that the Facebook now supports global groups. So they set up one titled: XA- CHI ALPHA WORLDWIDE ‑XA (I don’t know if that link will work or not — I took out the school prefix)
So Chi Alphans worldwide, unite!
“Of course, then the witches showed up and so we didn’t get to finish our conversation.”
I just finished reading Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport by Richard Mouw (president of Fuller Theological Seminary). It was great. I’ve read one other book of his, Consulting the Faithful: What Christian Intellectuals Can Learn from Popular Religion, and I loved it as well. I’d have to say he’s one of my favorite low-volume authors.
Dog the Bounty Hunter has to be one of the most fascinating individuals I’ve ever seen on television. If you ever get a chance to watch the show, I highly recommend it.
His name is “Fishstick.” 🙂