I enjoy hearing him rap; can't stand hearing him talk.

America: World, why are you so obsessed with me? I don't even know you...

I fought ebooks for all the reasons stated above for a long time. Now I almost exclusively read ebooks because I can read with the lights off, I can easily have multiple books with me, and I can get them instantly.

Uhm, yeah. Not actually a criterion of any actual mental disorder.

It's good practice for the future. That's what full time jobs are like.

...advantages that come with being a straight, white, male. I am one of the ones in power in this society. This is not something I earned, but that was granted through birth. It is my duty to be aware of the power and to use that for the benefit of my fellow human beings. I can't do that if I put my head in the sand and say sorry about all that shit in the past, we're cool now righht?

If I may suggest an experiment to understand white privlege: Go to your local middle class drug store and compare the the greeting cards expressing actual emotions and have images of people. Notice the ratio of cards featuring white people compared to minorities (assuming there are any with minorities). Now imagine being of a minority race and having to search a such limited supply of products to help you put feeling in words on cards with people who resemble you (and for those that say it wouldn't bother you, when is the last time you actually sent a card to a loved one that featured a minority, hmm?). We rarely know the feeling of being the odd one out in a group, feeling out of place or different on a regular basis, or having to "overcome" a minority status just for equal opportunity. Yes, I am white. No I don't bear any responsibility for slavery or other injustice. I do have a responsibility to ensure injustice is not repeated, and I can not do that if I am not aware of the innate

This is based on neurolinguistic programming (NLP), which is largely considered to be a pseudoscience. That being said, it does work some of the time, with some people. It is not reliable though. As for detecting lies, the most effective tool is most likely instinct/gut feeling. This is frequently based on microexpressions which we pick up on with out realizing what is making us suspicious. Look at Paul Eckman's research if you really want to dig into it.

Two books that do a good job of discussing the psychology of how a relatively normal culture can commit atrocities are The Nazi Conscience and The Roots of Evil. (Claudia Koontz and Ervin Straub, respectively )

My five year old daughter has "Teddy," who I received over 45 years ago. I swear I sometimes still see the light in his eyes.

The National Institute of health (us) just announced yesterday that they are no longer giving grants for biomedical research on chimps.

Not original to me, but: Saying the terrorists represent Muslims is like saying Westboro Baptist represents Christians

^ unwell! Nice