Well…
…the polar ice caps are melting, it’s 27 degrees outside and my heater is broken. As I type this, the only heat in my apartment is coming from a 6-inch tall space heater perched on my desk and as close to me as possible. But, hey, it’s the holidays. As they said on Community last night (in another hilarious episode), “Happy Merry”!
Speaking of typing at my desk, the NY Daily News cites a poll conducted by the Institute of Medicine that found Americans sit an average of 56 hours a week. Even more disturbing is that going to the gym every day won’t help to erase the damage done by a 10-hr work-day spent in front of the computer. Their advice? Get up from the computer every couple of hours and walk around. You can always bring your iPhone along with you if you’re afraid you’ll miss a tweet.
While I’m on the subject of work, a new study shows that those of us that get paid hourly are happier at work than those who are salaried employees. As a freelance, I’m just happy ifwhen I get paid. Period.
If you’re attending any holiday parties this weekend (and I hope you are!), you may not want to drink coffee to sober up. I read in the Telegraph about a Temple University study showing that coffee and even alcoholic beverages with caffeine in them may make you more drunk. Caffeine gets rid of any remaining inhibitions you might have had regarding things like driving a car, or dying your hair.
It turns out that people can identify, pretty accurately, personality characteristics just by looking at someone. A new study shows that the way you stand, the expression on your face, your mannerisms, all of these things can tell someone whether you are nice, open and emotionally stable, for example. Guess it’s not just what’s on the inside that counts?
Have a great weekend,
Amber
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