From the monthly archives:
If your kid is hooked on games like Ragnarok, its predecessor Counterstrike, and all those bang-bang video and computer games, you might want to make this new study a part of the entertainment equation at home.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teens who play violent video games show increased activity in areas of the brain linked to emotional [...]
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Typhoon Reming is expected to hit Metro Manila and surrounding areas tomorrow and classes in all levels have been suspended. My kids greeted the news with glee. Their computers and YMs were turned on within a minute of finding out that they can stay up late tonight. And Friday having been declared a holiday a [...]
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When I first read that the James Bond producers had chosen Daniel Craig to play the British secret service agent, I was pessimistic. Too ugly (especially after Pierce Brosnan), too much of a jock…he just didn’t come across as someone who could carry the role. The fact that he could act (wonderful performance in The [...]
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My first sports feature article was published today. “First” sounds really optimistic; I’m not that sure if there’s going to be a second or a third since I’m really not into sports. But, being a mother, I have a soft spot for kids and I was really gung-ho on writing this story about kids reaching [...]
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Is the Pacific Ocean really blue? Yes, depending on the skies. Blue skies equals a blue Pacific Ocean…
… gray skies equals a gray Pacific Ocean.
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Waterfalls by the roadside in Atimonan, Quezon. The photo below shows the waterfalls amid the thick vegetation of the area.
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One of the perks — if you can call it that — of living in the suburb is that nature is so much more alive here than in the city. We can hear the crickets chirp, stray birds alight on the banaba tree in our small front garden, we hear the toads croak at night… [...]
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Speedy and I got home about an hour ago from Gail’s and Marc’s wedding. Gail’s mom was teary-eyed during the program at the wedding reception and we were talking about it on our way home. I asked Speedy if he would cry when our girls get married and he said he most surely would.
“Wouldn’t [...]
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Marketman is currently conducting a poll that goes:
If you are eating out at a medium priced restaurant and find a hair in your food, do you…
* Just remove it, set it aside, and go on eating.
* Call a waiter over, show him/her the hair, and ask for [...]
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Marriage as an institution must really be in serious trouble if spouses need to be drugged in order to make their marriage work.
According to James Hughes, a bioethicist at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut some drugs could help jump-start a failing marriage by heightening bonding and trust. Oxytocin helps increase trust, and vasopressin in particular [...]
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