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A neat story to kick off 2014.

A neat story to kick off 2014.


Gut feelings? Cold feet? Body maps show where emotions go
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Where is the love? Experiments with some 700 people in Scandinavia and Taiwan reveal universal locales for emotions from anger to happiness to pride and shame. Read this article by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore on CNET News.

I want to live in a world where stalkers who take photos of unsuspecting women a...

I want to live in a world where stalkers who take photos of unsuspecting women are not maligned, but are provided gainful employment as stalkers. You know, like the world we already live in.


Alice Eve parades her showstopping curves in a nautical striped string bikini as she larks...
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The 31-year-old actress showcased her envy-inducing figure in a tiny navy and white two-piece as she frolicked in the ocean with her brothers, Jack and George, while on a festive family holiday t...

Going to Be Awesome, tomorrow?

Going to Be Awesome, tomorrow?

This Slideshare presentation by Upworthy about how they create such shareable co...

This Slideshare presentation by Upworthy about how they create such shareable content is actually pretty Upworthy: http://www.slideshare.net/Upworthy/upworthy-10-ways-to-win-the-internets


Upworthy: 10 Ways To Win The Internets
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You are dumb at the internet. You don't know what will go viral. We don't either. But we are slighter less dumber. So here's a bunch of stuff we learned that wi

Are You With the Right Partner?** now with more T-Rex

Are You With the Right Partner?*

* now with more T-Rex


Are You With the Right Partner?* (* NOW WITH MORE T-REX) | Matthew Dean
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Original story discovered here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=656437111052603&set=a.560340610662254.23312430.554481657914816

Holy Shit. This is like the DaVinci Code. But Fo REALZ. And it's IN YOUR BODY.

Holy Shit. This is like the DaVinci Code. But Fo REALZ. And it's IN YOUR BODY.


Scientists discover double meaning in genetic code | UW Today
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December 12, 2013Scientists discover double meaning in genetic codeUW Health Sciences and UW MedicinePosted under: UncategorizedRick DahmsGenome scientist Dr. John Stamatoyannopoulos is part of the international ENCODE effort to discover regulatory elements of DNA.Scientists have discovered a second...

How to know you've become an Awesome Stay-At-Home Dad:1. See baby slightly u...

How to know you've become an Awesome Stay-At-Home Dad:

1. See baby slightly uncovered on baby monitor. Sneak in to add an extra blanket, like a stealthy hunter.
2. Whilst adding a blanket, wake up baby. (Just wait.)
3. Soothe baby with water and cuddles. Man cuddles.
4. After baby barfs all over your clothes, ignore this, and put baby back to sleep in record time. Sneak back out like a ninja nanny.
5. Make no attempt to wipe shirt and pants, nor change said shirt and pants, as this does not...

It's POSSIBLE that this response to The Guardian's douchiness about motherhood c...

It's POSSIBLE that this response to The Guardian's douchiness about motherhood contains sarcasm.


Sorry, but being a blogger for The Guardian is the most important job in the world | Dr. Matt
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You see, blogger Catherine Deveny claims that women have been too uppity about this motherhood thing.

Early this year, modern fables started showing up in my Facebook feed. They were...

Early this year, modern fables started showing up in my Facebook feed. They were not my favorite kinds of stories. Often the moral was heavy-handed, or the story to get there was ill-conceived, cliché, or simply poorly written.

But rather than get upset about it, I discovered a wonderful thing. Each of these stories was made profoundly better with the simple insertion of a full-size T-Rex.

So, I've started rewriting and reposting these random stories I come across, leaving them mostly intac...

I read recently that non-fiction authors will tell you that 50 pages is probably...

I read recently that non-fiction authors will tell you that 50 pages is probably all they need on a subject, but they need to add filler in order to sell the book at an airport.

I was sharing with other self-published authors that I think we need to let go of all the ideas that print publishing has provided about the "minimum" or "ideal" length for a fiction or non-fiction book. Even if it's a "print" book you're selling, it's not being browsed in its physical form, so that's not why people...