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Tuesday, October 29, 2002
Study finds: Crankiness leads to Immortality
The usually unreliable New York Times seems to be on target here:
In Search of Good Health?
Try a Bad Attitude.
...anger can help some people manage anxiety, too. "One of the things that makes anxiety so awful is that you feel out of control," said Dr. Norem, the author of "The Positive Power of Negative Thinking" (Basic Books, 2001). "Anger is an energizing emotion. With anger you feel more in control."
Whether venting anger or maintaining a generally glum attitude has actual health benefits, however, is an open question, Dr. Norem said, although she pointed to one study that showed a correlation between cheerfulness in men and earlier mortality.
"You don't want to make too much of it," she said. "But for cranks like me, it was encouraging."
[More]
posted by Andrew Hazlett at 10/29/2002 12:09:00 PM
Thursday, October 17, 2002
Meanwhile, on the East Coast
While Ernie was eating Chicago, Henry was soiling Middletown. He thought Wesleyan was fantastic...to poop on. Don't worry, Henry's fine; this is as close as we got to the house.
posted by Henry Basenji at 10/17/2002 03:39:00 PM
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
WOW!
Hey, here's something about Mike Pappas of the Eighth Air Force.
posted by Andrew Hazlett at 10/15/2002 04:10:00 PM
Monday, October 14, 2002
The Honeymoon is Over
Last night, Geetanjali and I returned to Baltimore from our week-long foray to exotic London. British food is not underrated. British beer is not overpraised. We managed to get to quite a few historic sites, including the Cabinet War Rooms and Sir John Soane's Museum.
And we visited with Lauren Glotzer around pub closing time--an uncivilized eleven p.m.
Thanks to all the Crankonians who went to great lengths to attend the wedding and related activities. I hope you all had something approaching the amount of fun we had. I've already seen a several dozen photos--a tiny fraction of the total--and I look forward to seeing more and hearing about all the stuff that happened when Geetanjali and I were off getting more photographs taken.
Just got hit by another wave of jetlag/postponed-exhaustion. More later...
posted by Andrew Hazlett at 10/14/2002 06:43:00 PM
Wednesday, October 09, 2002
Cranky Ranch Caption Contest
A new feature. Awards and award criteria are random, and based exclusively on cranky whim. Enter early and often. There are no restrictions.
The first photo for your consideration:
Enjoy.
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