Talk with your mate!

What about that perfect partner that waits for you somewhere, that just has to be found sometime, soon, or sooner, or later.. or what??

We all know that the high ideals we put into our relationships are partly exaggerated by romantic notions of the perfect connection, and the astonishing concept of everything just working smoothly, without any glitch, yet so exciting, and all without us putting any effort or thought into it.. What we might not realize is how much we are influenced by the romance culture put forth by our media - and how much it might interfere with us actually leading good, romantic but realistic lifes..

Check out this article on BBC about how watching romantic comedies leads to more people believing in fate and destiny and may result in couples communicating less - because it should be all obvious if you love each other, no? Shouldn't he just KNOW what I want..?

A follow-up questionaire to the reported study can be found here, fill it out, help research, help yourself, and: talk with your partner!

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Find Waldo.. ehh.. the toolbox

The endeavour has landed, and with it one toolbox less, as you might have heard or read. It is, truly, lost in space. But we can find it!

Check out this link to figure out how to track the toolbox in space, using simple binoculars, telescopes or digital cameras..

In case that is too much effort (I won't try, that's for sure...) here is a video from BBC showing the flight of the toolbox & how it can be that it can be tracked despite being just briefcase sized and 212 miles away from earth:



Have fun!

Health at work

This is a random post, stealing - pardon me, borrowing from BBC - they just got sometimes real good stuff... anyway, think about your work life - is it stressful? Are you in charge of your project, whichever that is? Do you feel like your work and contribution is appreciated? Or are you one of those poor souls that have the worst, most critical, never satisfied boss, themselves?
Read this and figure out how you can empower yourself, clean up your work relations to have a healthy environment and not die young and frustrated from a heart attack...
and, most importantly: drink more red wine!
(okay, maybe not that much more)
:)