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Your Personality Is Controlled By Your Immune System, According To New Study

Posted on August 9, 2016 by johnt

As animals evolved to become increasingly social, their chances of coming into contact with pathogens and catching infections from their companions increas

No, but seriously. I’ve always wondered about the correlation of a person’s personality to various aspects of their being. This is pretty cool. Does this mean you become more of an ass if you don’t take care of yourself?? I’d love to see more studies on this!

Source: Your Personality Is Controlled By Your Immune System, According To New Study | IFLScience

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Stop using Santa as an excuse

Posted on March 11, 2016 by johnt

So you’ve wanted to do it for a while and have been thinking about it a lot lately. Haven’t you?

In fact, it’s been pressing against the inside of your head so hard that any other thought that you have or are forced to endure causes frustration.

What is it exactly??

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A Meeting of the Minds

Posted on March 9, 2016 by johnt

Written Sept 23, 2013.

There are very few people that I have met personally that I see travelling the same road that I am. No. That’s not right. I think we each have our own road. However, I mean people whose road runs parallel to mine. Each of us with our own obstacles, speed bumps, diversions, and eventual run from the cops (figuratively speaking, completely figuratively), but whose direction is the same as ours, whose goals are the same as ours, and whose geography (metaphorically speaking) is the same as ours.

I’ve known such a person, a Rennaisance Soul, for 12 years. Last night I was able to meet him for the first time.

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