The link, if there is one, between money and happiness is something that fascinates me, and a topic I have written about several times. (here, here, here, here, and here). A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), "Buying Time Promotes Happiness", looks at an often ignored way that people … Continue reading Another Look at Money, Happiness, and Time →

When people talk about regrets, they often focus on the regrets of the dying. Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog called Inspiration and Chai, which gathered so much attention … Continue reading The Top Five Regrets of the Living →

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called it "a heartbreaking tragedy." At least nine people are dead after a phone call from a Walmart employee led to the discovery of dozens of undocumented immigrants severely injured in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio Texas early Sunday, according to federal authorities. The back of the truck … Continue reading What Price Would You Pay for Freedom and Opportunity? →

The Onion is the funniest site on the Internet, and I don't check it nearly often enough. But a couple of headlines that recently popped up in my Facebook feed prompted me to spend some time scrolling through some stories that the site has posted, and I thought I'd share a few of them. Note … Continue reading A Look at Some Classic Onion Headlines →

Obviously, I'm not going for a lot of views with this one. My teacher said something the other day in passing that struck me as a perfect example of how math can help explain the world. He said something along the lines that "three points define a plane - that's why three-legged stools don't wobble." … Continue reading A Real World Example of Math Concepts at Work →

Each year, the Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity brings together thousands of people from nearly 100 countries working in creative communications, entertainment, design and tech to find out where the industry is heading and celebrate the power of creativity as a force for business, for change and for good. As part of the Festival, … Continue reading The Fearless Girl of Wall Street Emerges as Big Winner, and a Little Christmas in July →

The Philadelphia Inquirer had a great story in today's paper about Wallace Peeples, better known as Wallo267 on social media. Peeples has been out of jail for about 150 days, where he had been serving a 20 year sentence for multiple armed robberies. Peeples made the news three years ago when state troopers were conducting … Continue reading From Prison to 60,000 Online Followers →

It's going to happen. At some point, somebody in the world is going to be worth over $1 trillion. That's the number 1 followed by 12 zeros. Forbes just released its annual list of the world's wealthiest individuals, and here are the top six individuals: Bill Gates (Microsoft), $90 billion Jeff Bezos (Amazon), $86 billion … Continue reading Who Will Be the World’s First Trillionaire? →

We've all seen them. TV commercials for prescription drugs that last about 90 seconds, with 75 seconds of the commercial devoted to describing the potential side effects. Here's a clip of a Jeff Foxworthy routine where he captures the over-the-top nature of these commercials. https://youtu.be/eSdNMRtvq5g?t=1m35s But as I was watching one of these commercials on … Continue reading Side Effects of Reading This Blog →