Dopamine doesn’t manage pleasure so much as it manages how interesting stuff appears to our brains. I came across an ask.metafilter.com question about how to manage anger. A lot of people indicated that exercise (one person mentioned sex specifically) was a good way to work off the excess energy, but I wondered if the diminutive affect it has on anger is due more to the release of dopamine from the exercise which would helps our brains focus and think clearly and thus deal with the source of the anger more rationally. What do you think?
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While surfing the net today I ran across an article on Christianity Today about Bono and his involvement in Africa and his call for the Church to do more in terms of social giving. In general I agree with Bono, we as Christians should do more to minister to the fatherless and widows as it says in James 1:27. I can’t say that I agree with the way Bono has exemplified Christian life though. I think perhaps he stopped reading after the first half of James 1:27 and skipped over the part about keeping ourselves unspotted from the world. ;)That…
Remember during the election when some guy posted a study that said abortion rates had gone up under the Bush administration? Well, it isn’t true. According to a factcheck.org article, abortion rates have continued to drop under the Bush Administration, though at a smaller rate than in previous years.
I’m late on this story, but finding myself interested I’ve taken it upon myself to collate some pertinent links. Bono is Born Again. Who Knew? He gives a fantastic view of grace and karma. Also, another similiar interview can be found on belief.net. And finally, a response to Bono by Boundless in regards to remarks he made in 2002 (see, I told you I was late :). Tod talks about the issue what kind of Church Bono would want to attend in his post "Bono, Neo! Want a Place to Belong?"
Posted on Chromasia.com in regards to his Company Fierce portrait.“I think what I liked immediately with this photo is the color of her skin. Its accentuated by the rest of otherwise monocromatic elements in the photo. Also, the almost blownout highlights of her dress give her a pure quality. I’ve never been good with producing those kind of highlights or making use of them in my prints. But I always find them enjoyable when I see them in others.”
In case you’re missing it, Jason Kottke is currently posting links to really old internet events and pages. He’s treating them like new links and throwing them into his remaindered links with the new ones. Why? I have no idea.
James Doohan passed away todayI always liked Scotty.
The Morning News Fashion ArchiveLearn how to dress with style.How to tie a TieThe classic knots and how to tie them.
Poetry written by people who claim INFP MBTI typeI find this interesting mainly because their style is very similar to mine.
Gmap PedometerUse this mapping app based on Google Maps to see how far you run or walk.
An Example of Narcissism Prevalent in Generation XSomehow or another some Christians lost sight of what following Christ meant. To be like Him, you have to suffer and serve, and then turn and offer grace to those who use you in spite.
US donations to Africa outstrip that of Europe by 15 to 1Apparently the Make Poverty History and Live 8 campaigns did not take into account the private giving of US citizens and corporations which amount to over 22 billion a year, more than the US government gives.Required ReadingI’m always on the lookout for good classics to add to my list.
Well, my hiatus lasted nine months. I had a chance to get some rest, to clear my head, by some more camera equipment, and grow up some. Here is what you should expect the site to be like in the future.Not a whole lot will change. I will be posting written entries hopefully on a weekly basis. I’m not giving myself a time schedule, just a loose time frame to keep the blog from becoming vacant. I want to post some of the bible study I’ve done in the past few months, so look for those to show up. There…
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In response to a photograph by Chromasia, I wrote a couple of comments that turned into something of a mini essay on photographic style and how it relates to us as a medium. The comments were worthy of posting here, so I thought I would share them with you.Part One posted in response to MotherPhotographers have at their disposal a couple of basic tools. The use of perspective to alter the normal perception of a scene or object, and the arrangement and tonal depth of light.Without going through all your photos to survery them, just from what I remember seeing…
The last few months have been busy. I had to replace my truck, I’ve shot two weddings, done several smaller photo jobs, work has picked up, and I’ve been physically weak. :)Last couple days here have been very nice, with temps in the 60’s. It reminded me of Fall and how much I miss it. I currently don’t have any photos to post, and I don’t have time to scour the archives. I had hoped to keep a daily posting up here for a long time before a break, but I’m not going to make it. As soon as I…
The story of the finding of the war heads in Iraq can be found here here. Some parts of the story could not be authorized, so I suggest you read it for yourself. Update: The story is now being denied… oh well..
I got an email from ofoto.com the other day, and while I was examining it, I thought to myself, "Hey! I’ve seen that kid!". And indeed I had, on an advertisement for some ISP. I thought the advertisement cool, so I wrote an entry about it here. Here is the email from ofoto.com:and here is the one from the ISP:Now if I could just find the stock image library they used.. anyone?
I’ve been wondering lately what the effect would be on my blog if I regularly posted something, say once a week or once a month using all the key words in the Google Zeitgeist. *grin* So I’m going to try this experiment. Once every month, I’m going to post something using all the key words in the top gaining query’s of the Zeitgeist and see what effect it has on google refferal traffic. So here we go…Cameron Diaz has been in the news lately. Her exploits in some photo session resulted in a rather unsavory video that has made its…
The power in our apartment went out last monday, and it wasn’t until about 2:00am this morning that it was restored. I apologize for the break in photos. All my pics were on the computer, which for obvious reasons, I could not get access to. ;)I will resume posting tonight. I apologize again for the dissappointment.