Another important study from the Institute of the Obvious:
Being happy and staying positive may help ward off heart disease, a study suggests.
US researchers monitored the health of 1,700 people over 10 years, finding the most anxious and depressed were at the highest risk of the disease.
They could not categorically prove happiness was protective, but said people should try to enjoy themselves.
It's good news that the Fort Wayne crime rate is, as Mayor Henry says "the lowest in three decades." And we shouldn't begrudge Police Chief Rusty York a little bragging about "trending" and other preventive techniques they've been using.
Man, talk about a room with a view. Of all the things I regret I'll miss on account of having been born too soon, this is at
Men, still feeling inadequate after all these years. Acording to a new study, we are twice as likely to remove a condom halfway through sex if the fit isn't snug, which raises the risk of STDs and pregnancies:
While the standard latex condom is made to fit most men, many different sizes and shapes exist to account for the variations in male members. The problem, say researchers, is that most men don't know this variety exists. Additionally, men will often not buy condoms sized "small" or even "medium," they said.
The psychiatric employment plan. If they keep finding and labeling new conditions, they'll never run out of patients!
Lost the remote control and can't be bothered to get up to change the channel on the TV? Don't worry, you're not lazy, you simply have sluggish cognitive tempo disorder.
Or maybe you're prone to a bit of a tantrum when you misplace the car keys? Possibly a sign of intermittent explosive disorder.
Worst response to a state budget crisis so far:
Reporting from Denver - At Utah's West Jordan High School, the halls have swirled lately with debate over the merits of 12th grade:
Is it a waste of time? Are students ready for the real world at 17?
For student body president J.D. Williams, 18, the answer to both questions is a resounding no. "I need this year," he said, adding that most of his classmates felt the same way.
Last week I did a post on the "mixed bag" of President Obama's commitment to outer space as reflected in his proposed buget and suggested a wait-and-see attitude, given that a lot of the initial reaction from my fellow space enthusiasts was positive. Now, here's columnist Charles Krauthammer with the other side:
United Way Executive Director Jerry Peterson is leaving Fort Wayne to pursue his education.
We've gone and wasted all that time, effort and money on complicated approaches like border fences and stepped-up law enforcement and employer sanctions and moral arguments, and it turns out all we had to do to solve the problem of illegal immigration was wreck the economy a littler:
The number of illegal immigrants living in the United States dropped by 1 million people in two years, according to new estimates by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Buncha wusses in Washington. Least little bit of snow that wouldn't even faze a Hoosier, and they get all end-of-the world panicky, trying to outdo each other in naming the storms. Snowmageddon. Snowzilla. Snowpocalypse. Snowgasm.
