Decision made!
If you are trying to decide between two things, a good trick is to flip a coin. Assign one choice to heads and the other to tails. You’ll find yourself subtly “hoping” for one choice over the other. Decision made. Keep things simple!…
The Water Wars
The politics of the state, and the state of politics – both mirror each other in today’s world. Politically-driven wars have been fought for oil (the black gold, as they call it). However, many skeptics believe that the next wave of socially-driven wars will be fought over Earth’s most…
When to quit, when to stick
> If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; but if you really make them think, they’ll hate you. [cartoon by Hugh Macleod [http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/003998.html]]…
Are you tuned to the Godcast?
Religion and science, culture and belief. These attributes have a vast influence on each of us. It turns out that we are all in the middle of a podcast from God! So when I can across this far-fetched yet interesting research paper (link below) titled – Are we living in a…
The Simple Truth
[http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000729.html] How wonderful and exciting would be a world where we can look at a person who is not the same and see what we have in common instead of that which sets us apart.…
Trapped butterflies
What if you get a paper cut from a Get Well card? [Photo by Pavel Potocek [http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3822624]]…
Anthem Mayhem
We all must have witnessed a sporting event in person or on TV where the national anthem of a country is played as an instrumental piece. It delighted me to see an African athlete once singing the anthem to the instrumental tune. Everyone was standing to pay tribute to the…
The Psychology of Emotions in Buddhist Perspective
The cue card [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets_in_astrology#Saturn] read, “experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.” Well, in the depiction of human tragedy, the lure of power, the pitfalls of ambition, the roots of passion and the springs of…