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Life Hack: Nice Refreshing Cold Beverage

Life Hack: Nice Refreshing Cold Beverage

Don’t you hate when you come home and you want a cold beverage but there are none in the refrigerator?  Here’s a quick way to go from tepid disappointment to icy-cold happiness. Wet down a paper towel and wrap it around your beverage. Stick the can or bottle in the...
Brain Quirk: Pardeidolia or Seeing Faces

Brain Quirk: Pardeidolia or Seeing Faces

Do you see an image of Jesus in this potato chip?  If you do see an image, you are experiencing pareidolia:a psychological phenomenon in which the mind responds to a stimulus (an image or a sound) by perceiving a familiar pattern where none exists. (Wikipedia) But...
Monday Morning Motivation

Monday Morning Motivation

Everyone hates Monday.  They are the start of another work week.  You start thinking about deadlines, E-mails, calls to return, and projects to finish. You are already defeated before you begin! There is a way to embrace the week with excitement.  It is a...
Fish Skin for Burn Victims

Fish Skin for Burn Victims

Scientists in Brazil have found a useful way to help treat 2nd or 3rd degree burn patients using fish skin.  They have started using sterilized skin from the tilapia fish.  The tilapia fish is a fresh water fish that happens to be quite abundant in Brazil. (Business...
Brain Quirk: IKEA Effect

Brain Quirk: IKEA Effect

Many of us love to put together shelves, dressers, bookcases, and cribs. It gives us a feeling of accomplishment; we have contributed our sweat and hard work to making our lives better.  So where do we go if we want to do this? There are many places of course, but the...