Birthday Party - Staying in Touch with Family

On Sunday we went to a birthday party for Gary’s uncle Bob in Cottonwood, AZ. I had a great time reconnecting with some family members we don’t see often. I found it quite joyful. Some live out of state, some in the next town over from us. One gentleman said to me, “I have not seen you in a while”.  When I remarked that we live within a 30 minute drive, he said his brother lives a mile from him and they only see each other once a year. Everyone agreed it was wonderful to have a family gathering that was not a funeral. Gary’s mom was one of eight siblings of which 3 are alive. The family went through a period where we were attending one funeral after another.

Gary and I decided that we will make a real effort to get out of the pattern of not visiting family. There’s something deeply primal and natural about being with family.

Here are a few photos:

Are You a Psychopath? Take This Test

Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result.

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her dream guy so much, that she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister.

Question: What is her motive for killing her sister? [Give this some thought before you answer], see answer

Answer below …

Answer:

She was hoping the guy would appear at the funeral again. If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test by a famous American Psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer.

Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the question correctly.

If you didn’t answer the question correctly, good for you.

If you got the answer correct, please find another blog to read

Caffeine Optimization

Developing Intelligence : Caffeine: A User’s Guide to Getting Optimally Wired via kwout

Here’s a scientific (or at least it appears to be :-)) article on how much caffeine to take and how often to optimize your brain function.

I have long called caffeine vitamin C. Have a cup of tea or coffee, vitamin C is good for your brain!

New thing in mortgages: walking away

Should You Walk Away? - Educate Yourself On Your Rights If You Face Foreclosure. Our Website Can Help You. via kwout

There’s a web site called youwalkaway.com that tells people how they might benefit from mortgage foreclosure. Strange what one can stumble upon on the web, isn’t it? My own take is that people who were trying to get something for nothing by flipping houses and are now in financial difficulty earned what they’ve received. And for lenders who loaned money to those they should have known could not pay it back, well, these lenders are not going to be paid back.

I hope that these losses are not socialized to those of us who were honest and responsible. But I suspect some kind of federal bailout is coming our way, at our expense of course. This is even more likely if we wind up with a Democratic president and a Democratic congress. I’m glad I own gold

Medical Student Saves Tiger Cub

Student’s mouth-to-muzzle saves tiger cub - Yahoo! News via kwout

The zoo named the saved tiger cub after the medical student’s 1 year old Johann.