Saturday, June 22, 2013

music of the universe


Rhythm of the Universe, Boston Common July 13, 2013
8pm,  150 piece ensemble, 80 minutes --
this is from last year:  http://youtu.be/4I5gY20GI0M

Friday, June 21, 2013

what is your favorite position?

sleeping positions and what it says about your personality
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3112170.stm
I switch among starfish, yearner, soldier, and foetus.
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Then there's this happy kid (in the "royal position"):

and how you sleep reveals about your relationship ...
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/what-your-sleep-position-says-about-you-and-your-relationship/story-fnet0he2-1226589671117

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

what is the successful life ?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/your-money/a-call-for-a-movement-to-redefine-the-successful-life.html?smid=pl-share

A Call for a Movement to Redefine the Successful Life

By ALINA TUGEND
Published: June 14, 2013

EVERY day, news releases and books cross my desk that promise success in all sorts of areas — getting a job, getting a better job, managing your employees, managing your boss, managing your relationships.

Some are interesting, some are ridiculous and many are repetitive takes on the same theme. But recently, I came across two items that, separately, talked about an issue I’ve tackled before in one of my columns — questioning what we actually mean by success.

That column, which appeared almost a year ago to the day, discussed how we shouldn’t always aim for the extraordinary, but celebrate the ordinary. It was one of my most popular articles ever.

So I was intrigued when I was told that a conference was being held on the very issue of redefining success. And, separately, that American Express had recently released a study showing that Americans were thinking of success in different ways than in the past.

“The Third Metric: Redefining Success Beyond Money & Power” was the conference presented last week by Mika Brzezinski, host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” and Arianna Huffington, editor in chief of the Huffington Post, at Ms. Huffington’s new apartment in TriBeCa (some 200 people squeezed into her living room).