The Human Condition – Page 7

Talent: The Pot of Gold at the Rainbow’s End?

24OctoberSuzanneThe Human Condition, Writing

An article titled What It Takes to Be Great points to research findings that hard work and ‘deliberate practice’ decide the level of success someone will achieve, not talent.Â Deliberate practice is defined as being “activity that’s explicitly intended to improve performance, that reaches for objectives just beyond one’s level of competence, provides feedback on

Gastronomical Indelicacy

12OctoberSuzanneThe Human Condition

While we’re on the subject of food consumption,Â these contestants downed a truly noteworthy number of jalapenos. That’s one way to aquire a touch of dragon’s breath.

Fatty Foods Prohibition

28SeptemberSuzanneRumblings, The Human Condition

What with the food banning proposed in NYC andÂ lawsuitsÂ elsewhere, I’m thinking that we’ll soon see ‘speak easies’ for fatty fried foods such as the eternally evil McDonald’s french fries. I can see it now– the dark alley and back door entrance.Â The soft knock and murmured password.Â The hooded, hidden figure shows you to your

Narcissistic Celebrities

20SeptemberSuzanneThe Human Condition

Another great study in the science of ‘duh’ has found that Celebrities are more narcissitic than average folks.Â They’reÂ defining narcissism as self-love. Of course, when I saw this I thought, ‘Okay, tell me whatÂ else is new,’ but then I got to thinking about the whole issue.Â Why is it so obvious?Â Because they only talk

Talk Like a Pirate Day

19SeptemberSuzanneThe Human Condition

Here’s more on the pirate love affair, in celebration of Talk Like a Pirate Day.Â I mentioned the American (and perhaps more global) fascination with pirates in my blog on video piracy, but apparently I posted early.Â Happy Pirate Day, or– Ha’ye a good ‘ole haul, me maties!

Disco light shirts

8SeptemberSuzanne1 CommentThe Human Condition

Philips has released a press release about their new Lumalive fabric.Â You can see it here, and watch a blip about it here.Â So, can you see this marvelous gyrating disco shirt in the light of day, or is it onlyÂ intended for dark alleys?Â And can you change the display on the shirt to say

Origami

6SeptemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, The Human Condition

I found the Extreme Sport of Origami a fascinating look at one of my favorite subjects.Â IÂ love to watch the creation ofÂ Origami, andÂ I’ve always liked the idea of taking it up.Â Â I almost certainly won’t progress beyond basic forms if I do.Â It seems to require single-minded devotion from the practitioners, and I’ve never been single-minded

Popular opinion put to the test

31AugustSuzanneThe Human Condition

Scientists willÂ study anything that earns grant money, it appears.Â Popular Science’s article Science Confirms the Obvious! is a list ofÂ no-duh studies and what theirÂ researchers had to sayÂ about it.Â I’m in accord with #3’s findings that too many meetings are considered a hassle.Â I can count on one hand the meetings I’ve attended that left me

Appeasing the gods

21AugustSuzanneThe Human Condition

From a writer’s perspective, I was really struck by this article about the Nepali women plowing naked to appease the rain gods.Â I sense a brainstorm coming on . . . just thinking of the story possibilities has me reaching for pen and paper.Â ButÂ then again, whenÂ I list allÂ theÂ things people have done to garner favor

Fire walking

18AugustSuzanneThe Human Condition

Here’s an articleÂ at Live ScienceÂ that makes my professors look boring, warmed over and buried alive.Â I mean, this professor really knows how toÂ heat things up in the classroom. 😉

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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