Viewpoints: There's still time to specialize in happinessSource: The Sacramento Bee
My 14-year-old has discovered the Who, courtesy of the television show "CSI." From her iTunes playlist comes the question written by Roger Daltrey and put to music by Pete Townshend way back in 1978.
Whoooo are you? Who? Who? Who? Who?
De Botton reflects on life at London's HeathrowSource: swissinfo.ch
During the summer Swiss author Alain de Botton spent a week at Britain's newest passenger hub, Terminal 5, as Heathrow airport's first ever writer-in-residence.
His time spent in full view of passengers and staff would provide material for a book just published called A Week at …
Apple denies rejecting Google Voice for iPhoneSource: msnbc.com
Apple told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device - yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application outright.

An effective resume is no rocket science. It is a mini-life story, in no more than two pages, to give a flavour of the person you are, in a concise manner, and without too many boring details.

The achievement of goals define true success, no matter what those goals are. But many people fail to achieve their own goals because of some basic omissions.

Have you ever had a round of homelessness? Was there ever a point in your life when you truly had nowhere to turn but the streets?

So you've reached 50, or older, and you need some challenge in your career. What do you do? Go boldly out on your own as a consultant or keep working for someone else, enjoying the perks and teamwork as a corporate executive? Let's tease out the pros and cons.
Quetzalcoatl And The Galactic JellyfishSource:
Taken together, these seemingly divergent experiences and observations serve to reinforce in me the idea that the external world IS the internal world.
Alec Baldwin book rails against family court systemSource: msnbc.com
Alec Baldwin is finally telling his side of the story. In his new book "A Promise to Ourselves," the 50-year-old actor discusses his bitter custody battle with ex-wife Kim Basinger and the infamous phone message he left to his daughter last year.

According to a popular handbook for managers, a good manager motivates others by "encouraging ambition, the desire to achieve and a wish to contribute to the collective good of the business".

world of warcraft now has become one important part of my life, to be honest. After a long day wearing job, playing wow is the only thing I can think of to do to release my tense. It is like my second life really.

Much of my life has been spent in education. The teachers with whom I have come in contact, which are many over the years, are the most diligent, hardest working professionals that I know.

Yes, it can, but it is unlikely to do so for two key reasons: our own emotional evolution and a lack of reciprocity.

Think of where you're sitting now. Besides just being aware of the room you're in, or the chair you're on top of, you have access to years of biologically stored pathways of information that maps sensory motions, experiences, feelings, and memories.
She dove 314 feet - with one breathSource: msnbc.com
British freediver Sara Campbell, broke an underwater world record by diving 314 feet under water in 3 minutes and 36 seconds - all on one breath. That's almost five yards more than the length of a football field and nine feet more than the height of the Statue of Liberty.
McCain's daughter to write book on politicsSource: msnbc.com
Sen. John McCain's daughter Meghan McCain is planning to write a book that examines what it means to "love the Republican party, while not always fitting in," as well as how the party can change its image, attract younger voters and get them involved.
Patrick Swayze's 'deeply personal' memoir due in fallSource: msnbc.com
The actor will "write from the heart" about his childhood, career and marriage, as well as his fight against stage-four pancreatic cancer. Swayze says it would be wonderful if people "garner inspiration from it."
Patrick Swayze's 'deeply personal' memoir due in fallSource: msnbc.com
The actor will "write from the heart" about his childhood, career and marriage, as well as his fight against stage-four pancreatic cancer. Swayze says it would be wonderful if people "garner inspiration from it."
Travellers 'disgusted' by Australian hotelsSource: Australian News Network
TRAVELLERS disgusted at Australian hotel standards have found used condoms, pubic hairs and a dirty tampon in their rooms.
And in many cases, their complaints have fallen on deaf ears.
Troubled Minds and Purple HeartsSource: The New York Times
When I was in Iraq, the most common wound behind the many Purple Hearts we awarded was the "perforated eardrum," an eardrum punctured by the concussion of a nearby explosion...