It's been awhile...

It's been awhile since I last posted to this blog. I feel like I've met up with an old friend, wanting to catch up and stay in touch, something that I will certainly strive to do.

What compelled me to revisit my blogosphere? The elections, the political process, the state of our government, and how I see it.

Today, not feeling well, I stayed home and found myself planted in front of the television set. Story after story came on about how the Republicans were gearing up to beat the Democrats, what Republican candidate would be most likely to beat President Obama, and Herman Cain telling the media to get back on message. But what is the message? I hear a lot of bashing going on, from both sides of the fence, sound bytes and the like. But I don't hear a message just yet and why is that?

DMRF Accidental Hero - I run because I can!

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The 10 Most Revealing Psychological Experiments

Psychology is the study of the human mind and mental processes in relation to human behaviors - human nature. Some of the experiments psychologists have conducted over the years reveal things about the way we humans think and behave that we might not want to embrace, but which can at least help keep us humble. That's something.

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Teenagers Are Becoming Increasingly Logical

A research project at the University of Gothenburg has been testing large groups of 13-year-olds in Sweden since the early 1960s using the same intelligence test. The tests have taken place at approximately five year intervals and consist of an inductive-logic test, a verbal test and a spatial test.

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Intelligent women enjoy sex more

Women with brains have more fun in bed than the average bimbo, new research suggests.

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Top 5 Unsolved Brain Mysteries

Until fairly recently, scientists lacked the equipment to accurately study the brain. With the advent of brain imaging technology, it's possible that they'll continue to learn more. We can dive into the current thinking on some of the brain's famous unsolved mysteries...

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Why We Spend Coins Faster Than Bills

...it turns out that economists have researched the phenomenon, which they call the Denomination Effect. Priya Raghubir and Joydeep Srivastava did a series of experiments in the U.S. and China that showed people were much more willing to spend the same sum of money if they had smaller denominations instead of one large bill.

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