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Social pain vs. physical pain
The proverb ’sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you’ has been a comfort to generations of bullied children.
But now psychologists have found that the reverse may in fact be the case, with the pain of hurt feelings far outlasting memories of physical pain.
They asked volunteers to recall times when […]
Believe in the nightmare called love (Tuning in again… Part 20)
Sara Noxx - Colder and Colder
A preliminary remark: The “video clip” is quite thin on plot - you won’t miss anything when you close your eyes ;-)
Another sequence of my individual soundtrack. Read More..>>
25 years of Discworld - a retrospect with Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
For 25 years the wizards, witches and wee free men of the Discworld have delighted millions. Terry Pratchett looks back over an incredible career, with Neil Gaiman.
Read the complete interview –> Waterstone’s
Such wonderful finds like this one show me why I have subscribed to the Discworld Monthly newsletter :-)
La vie en rose
Usually, other people’s lives are more interesting to watch than your own. Don’t know why, perhaps because you realise that the challenges are the same for all of us, more or less. Money, love, job, family and so on. Don’t you agree? In this case, become acquainted with The unbearable sweetness of the ICCL and
meet […]
Superstition? The Truth!
I just stumbled upon this - and even if I never choose my job or partner or whatever according to “what the stars say”, nearly everything what this wise little thingy says about me is nothing but the plain truth .
No, stupid, not what you think! It is the “loves music, is polite and generous” […]
Read More..>>Only for the statistics
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Read More..>>Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa
One of my favourite songs by Cat Stevens. Read More..>>
Pictorial Vocabulary Guides
Some days ago I found these wonderful vocabulary guides at LanguageGuide.org (via Teachinglinks.co.uk). The method is simple - put your cursor on the pictures and read their descriptions in the chosen language. You can also enable a tool which reads the descriptions to you, useful for the correct pronunciation.
You find guides for languages such as […]
I am a song (Tuning in again… Parts 3 - 18)
No, I am many songs.
I have taken the idea for that list from Tonio’s blog. I’ll complete it perhaps, once I have understood the missing categories ;)
These songs make me…
…happy: Bananafishbones, Easy Day - lyrics
…sad: Diorama, Synthesize Me - lyrics
This is a song I often listen to the last days: The Mary Onettes, Lost […]
Terry Pratchett donates to Alzheimer’s research
Best-selling author, Terry Pratchett, has pledged $1million to leading UK charity, the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, in a bid to help find a cure for the devastating disease, with which he was diagnosed in December 2007.
Read more on the website of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust. (via Paul Kidby)
The original speech Terry Pratchett held in Bristol […]
