wow

 

i'm really surprised citi got away with making/distributing this document. story here.

ambiva-what?

this is an incredibly interesting article about the differences in the decision-making process by ambivalent and non-ambivalent peeps. i've decided that i'm ambivalent in the workplace and non-ambiv in relationships.

In the workplace, employees who are highly ambivalent about their jobs are more erratic in job performance; they may perform particularly well some days and poorly other times. Positive feedback for a highly ambivalent person, such as a pay raise, will boost their job performance more than for someone who isn't ambivalent about the job.

By contrast, people who are truly ambivalent in a relationship can't put the negative out of their mind. They may worry about being hurt or abandoned even in moments when their partner is doing something nice. Such shades-of-gray people tend to have trouble in relationships. They stay in relationships longer, even abusive ones, and experience more fighting. They are also more likely to get divorced.

read the full story from the WSJ here.

quotes of the day

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.
  - Oscar Wilde

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.
  - William Hazlitt

A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.
  - Sir Barnett Cocks

* i liked all three of these.

cash cab fact

Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does. 

legos!

this could totally be an adult costume. you could use solo cups and then take them out and play beer pong or flip cup! sounds like a party hit to me. 

1-2-3 let's cook!

men's health magazine has this new awesome feature that allows you to select meats, sides or veggies and then you select a flavor and boom! recipe. 

so bomb.nom.com

quote of the day

Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange.
- Robin Morgan

uhhh

i saw this screen shot from the ou/texas game on one of my fave blogs. i know this is rude, but is ou serious with this? that can not be a girl, no way jose. 

yikes. boomer?

trick or treat?

officially the nastiest piece of halloween candy:

the hose nose

strap the nose to your face and squeeeeeze. the candy goo squirts out like snot. 

nasty. 

this is wayyyy better. 

pumpkin spice cake! mmmmm. 

it's the great pumpkin, dixie!

dixie the pumpkin chillin' on her back porch rug. 

look at that sweet, sweet face! dixie is the cutest pug pumpkin!!