eye-opening article by ABC news: Inside the $500 billion world of counterfeiting

If you found $40,000 cash and nobody would know would you give it back? See what these college students did with their new found riches! 

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/nice-college-kids-return-40000-found-in-couch.html?mid=twitter_nymag

This is a re-post with the author's permission, from Dan Pouliot's blog.

Lately I’ve been interested in programming my dreams to answer questions. Because of my interest in remote viewing (think ESP for…

"There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind."

"The notion that you’re trying to control the process and prevent error screws things up. We all know the saying it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission. And everyone knows that, but I think there is a corollary: if everyone is trying to prevent error, it screws things up. It’s better to fix problems than to prevent them. And the natural tendency for managers is to try and prevent error and over-plan things."…

Life is better and less stressful than we imagine - if we are aware and choose to have it be that way.

5 ways to drop drama

photo: Chris Roan - roanzone

I've been hearing a lot of talk about Kim Kardashian's pregnancy weight gain and it's not been nice. It's hard enough being a woman and worrying about how you look. Double, no triple that when you're pregnant. The changes in your body, hormones and more already make you acutely sensitive to criticism when your pregnant so why would you add to that by saying mean things to someone. Celebrity or not throwing hurtful barbs about someone's weight is bullying and mean. Isn't it time we started…

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."  —Dr. Seuss

"He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away." —Raymond Hull

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde

“Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.” — Lady Gaga

"Originality is... a by-product of sincerity." —Marianne Moore

Thank you Maya Angelou for putting pen to paper and writing such beautiful, empowering words.

Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size

But when I start to tell them,

They think I'm telling lies.

I say,

It's in the reach of my arms,

The span of my hips,

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.…

By Siddharth Mallya (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Can close ties with friends really enhance and extend our lives? Science says, "Yes!"

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Celebrate the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter OR eat a pie - your choice! 

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Don't think outside the box...Think like there is no box.
- Unknown             

Spring is hope.

It is longer days.

It is sunshine and rain.

It is new life in the form of…

My family and I just returned home from a vacation. A much-needed vacation from Winter, snow, cold, and darkness. We enjoyed some (luckily for us) warmer-than-normal February temps in Florida. One day sitting on the beach, just watching little crabs sifting through sand in-between darting in and out of their little burrows, I found myself thinking I should be doing something productive. Then I felt defensive and quickly reminded myself, "I'm on vacation. No work today." It really is true…

I love this picture of a baby manatee. Ever wonder why looking at baby animals makes you so happy? It's not a coincidence. Check this out:

The Science of…

Our days are busy and our heads filled with an endless to do list. For Jack Potter his list always included documenting his day. Now his habit of recording his memories have been a source of comfort and healing for his ailing wife.

Phyllis his wife of 70 years suffers from dementia - to soothe her and help preserve her memory he often reads from his journals the stories of the life they have shared... that's true devotion. …

   (photo: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge-sm.jpg#file)

It started with that crazy Christmas light display a few years ago where the lights blinked on…

One of my favorite Impressionists graced the world with his presence 172 years ago today. His beautiful paintings with their unique use of light, and color debuted in their first exhibition in 1874.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons…