I've been watching what I do, whenever possible. I think I'm going crazy, so I have to be careful, not to get too, well..., crazy. I'm not handling stress well. I'm not taking steps to make it better. I'm feeling helpless, not knowing whether there really IS anything I can do to make it better.

I saw a picture of this zombie ant with a little tiny mushroom hat. Only it wasn't really a hat. It was a mushroom growing out of the brain of this poor unsuspecting ant whose very existance was being remote controlled by a fungus attached to its brain. This picture disturbed me for a number of reasons. It was an exquistely lit and incredibly sharp photomicrograph with bright colors.

Here's an interesting study that equates fast food, instant gratification and time efficiency with the increasingly impatient world we have created.

http://www.physorg.com/news188746282.html

"Are people who travel in town cars and on corporate jets different—on a psychological level—from you and me? Does the availability of luxury goods "prime" individuals to be less concerned about or considerate toward others? The answer from new research seems to be yes."

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6324.html

Came across this article in New Scientist (from Meg Rivers' post). I think it is worth reposting :

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527441.500-horizontal-and-vertic...