links.mimuki.net

Thanks, TAFE. Very cool.

Early Christians [...] "considered the celebration of anyone's birth to be a pagan custom."

Don't mind if I do, then. ;)

The study concluded "it is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals" and also illustrated the dangers of dehumanization and suggestion in psychiatric institutions. It suggested that the use of community mental health facilities which concentrated on specific problems and behaviors rather than psychiatric terminology might be a solution

...nom. todo: find recipe

[Some people] are raised to think that touch must be either aggressive or sexual," and thus [are] hesitant to openly engage in positive physical contact with anyone other than sexual partners.

According to Turkish belief, blue acts as a shield against evil and even absorbs negativity.

[...]

The mythology behind it says that if one of the beads breaks down, it means a very strong nazar has hit the wearer, and the bead stored it all up and broke down in order to protect them.

Stop me not, but let me jog,
For I am Bob, the drivers dog