asides – 10/11/05

The World According to Kurt Vonnegut “Where is home? I’ve wondered where home is, and I realized, it’s not Mars or someplace like that, it’s Indianapolis when I was nine years old. I had a brother and a sister, a cat and a dog, and a mother and a father and uncles and aunts. And there’s no way I can get there again.” I just remembered that I had the pleasure of seeing him speak several years ago at Trinity University in San Antonio.

Exercise amount more important than intensity “In journal CHEST, researchers from North Carolina report that people who walk briskly for 12 miles per week or for about 125 to 200 minutes per week will significantly improve their aerobic fitness and lower their risk of developing heart disease.”

Addicts’ own stories confirm neuroscience “Research has shown that stress is a major contributor to addiction. People who repeatedly take drugs may end up with an exaggerated response to stress, so minor stressors become major ones, says Frank Vocci, director of NIDA’s Division of Pharmacotherapies and Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse.” Great article.

Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia (or Build a Website for No Reason)

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