In this week's Pinkcast, Dan meets with Vanessa Bohns, a social psychologist at Cornell University and author of You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Power of Persuasion, and Why It Matters. Vanessa offers advice on why we should be more willing to give people compliments, and how to do so most … Continue reading The How and the Why of Giving Compliments
Somehow, I got the opening piano notes to a song stuck in my head last week, and I just could not think of what song they went with: I tried humming the opening into Siri, but to no avail. I scrolled through my playlist, it wasn't any of those songs. I mentally went through some … Continue reading Music Monday: It Was on the Tip of My Tongue for a Week
The Staples Center is one of the most well-known sports and entertainment venues in the U.S. The arena is home to the NBA's Lakers and Clippers, the NHL's Kings, and the WNBA's Sparks. Nineteen Grammy Award ceremonies have been held at the venue and it regularly hosts concerts from chart-topping music artists. Several high-profile events, … Continue reading The End of an Era
With something that's 20 times faster. Imagine driving down the highway five miles per hour, and someone passes you going 100 mph. I don't think anyone would be using that slower car as an example of a speed demon. So why do people insist on using the phrase "in the blink of an eye" as … Continue reading It’s Time to Replace the Expression: “In the Blink of an Eye”
This post from Dan Ariely hit close to home. It's an issue I think of every time I hit the Publish button and I wonder how people are going to react when they are trying to decide whether they should read my blog post or not. Dear Dan, My boss is a night owl, and … Continue reading Proceed at Your Own Risk
Let's see what science has to say. Researchers at Goldsmiths, London University, carried out two studies. In the first, participants hugged for one, five, or 10 seconds - with two different arm crossing styles and reported how pleasant, arousing, and under control the touch felt. They found that a hug lasting between five and ten … Continue reading If You’re Going to Give a Hug, Make It Count
The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article this week about how many of us are suffering from alert overload. It could be a calendar alert, a news alert, an email alert, a text alert, etc. And if there are sounds set to go with those alerts, your phone, laptop, tablet, desktop, or watch will … Continue reading Snap, Crackle, Pop! Is That My Phone, My Laptop, or My Watch?
It only took 371 days. On November 10, 2020, I broke both of my wrists while exercising. Of course, I had to write about it - I'll do anything to keep my streak going. 🙂 While the thought of doing a push-up was the furthest thing from my mind, I also told myself I would … Continue reading A One Push-Up Wonder
At first, I wasn't sure if it was a real song. I discovered it while reading Stephen King's "Hearts in Atlantis", which was recommended to me by Jeff Cann, a fellow blogger. You can find Jeff's wonderful posts at "The Other Stuff". The book was an enjoyable read, set back in the days of the … Continue reading Music Monday: “96 Tears” by ? and the Mysterians
There has been a lot written about the Metaverse in the past few weeks. It was a bit confusing, and I thought one way for me to learn about it would be to write about it. So this post is more for my own benefit, but if anyone wants to read and watch along with … Continue reading A Brief Look at the Metaverse
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