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And showing off the friendship star quilt that Karen made for Luke, too!

Posted by Deana in Art, Crafts, Fun, Government, Making Stuff, Personality, Shameless Promotion, Space, Technology, That which is awesome on August 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment »

First, here’s an article about the current presidential candidates’ personalities, Myers-Briggs style. Those of you who know me know that the MB type indicator is something of an obsession, and so I really enjoyed this. Especially about Barack Obama. :-) And then also connecting presidential stuff and things that make me happy, here’s today’s Frazz:

Posted by Deana in Fun, Personality, Politics on February 21st, 2008 | Comments Off

Now why didn’t I think of that? An article in LiveScience talks about the roots of shyness and possible treatments. Carducci says that despite beliefs to the contrary, shyness is not completely hardwired. This is because shyness requires a sense of self—which develops only after about 18 months of age. It involves feelings of excessive [...]

Posted by Chris in Personality, Science, To Help on August 9th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Because it’s a quiz! And sort of a personality test! And it’s fun.

Posted by Deana in Fun, Personality, Sexuality on December 6th, 2006 | Comments Off

Families Weight Comments May Harm Girls for Years is the title of the article. This may seem obvious, but I sure wish someone had pointed that out to my parents. You know, diet programs at age eleven are 1) never a very good idea and 2) really hard on one’s self esteem, not to mention [...]

Posted by Deb in Beauty and Fashion, Culture, Feminism, Food, Medicine, Oddly Enough, Personality, Philosophy, Politics, Science, To Help on August 9th, 2006 | 2 Comments »