Knowing that everything comes to an end is a gift of experience, a consolation gift for knowing that we ourselves are coming to an end. Before we get it we live in a continuous present, and imagine the future as more of that present. Happiness is an endl… more »

I thought my mp3 player was dying. After fully charging it, the battery indicator would only fill in 2 of the 4 bars. It took some searching, but I found one remedy to try before buying a new battery or player. I let the battery drain completely. Even… more »

On reddit today, there was a link to an animated map of obesity trends in the United States. When some commenters expressed a desire to discover the causes for this dramatic increase over the past 20 years, neolduser posted the following paper they had… more »

I had a dream last night that I was on an airplane going to Colorado. It was flying over mountains and then dipping on the other side of them before pulling up to barely make it over the next mountain. There were also huge pine trees, some of them almost… more »

You may have heard about the 'US military killings' video released by WikiLeaks today. If not, you can read up on it here. Basically, American military killed 12 Iraqi civilians because they were mistaken for insurgents. A fellow redditor that served i… more »