Archive for March, 2007

Midday nap to live longer

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

In this demanding and fast-pace life, getting enough sleep
is sometimes a big challenge. Some people even often skip lunch or have
theirs while working. Work-life balance is out of the equation.

Taking a nap? Forget it.

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Hair-pulling disorder

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Trichotillomania.
trich·o·til·lo·ma·ni·a (trĭk’ō-tĭl’ə-mā’nē-ə, -mān’yə). n.

Some definitions:

  • Dictionary: the compulsion to tear or pluck out the hair on one’s head and face and often to ingest it.
  • Medical: a compulsion to pull out one’s own hair.
  • WordNet:…

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Where is Winona?

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Winona Ryder, that is. Perhaps the most beautiful actress ever.

She
is still out there, acting. It has been much fewer and less popular
movies, however, after the shoplifting incident in 2001. After starring
in quite good movies, like Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Reality Bites and
Alien: Resurrection, the only big movie she did was Mr. Deeds in 2002.
In fact, she didn’t do any "movies" in 2005.

In 2006…

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Kill the messenger!

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

No one wants to deliver bad news. Particularly to the management. The urban legend is, they will kill the messenger.

That was the mission last Monday…

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What is enough sleep?

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

A question posted in LinkedIn: "Sleep less, live longer? What is enough
sleep?"The responses are quite interesting. Most people would say 6, 7,
or 8 hours is "right". Some even say that if they don’t…

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