craschworks / 2009 / December

‘Yes Sweet Can’: Circus arts-based theater

31-Dec-09

Intimate, surprising and humorous, Sweet Can Productions offers more than the average circus – and “Yes Sweet Can” promises not just to entertain, but also to help dispel the doom-and-gloom of modern life with some magical thinking.

via sfgate.com

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Ten Psychology Studies from 2009 Worth Knowing About – David Disalvo – Brainspin – True/Slant

31-Dec-09

6. If you’re preparing for a specific challenge, make sure you prep for that challenge and not just ones like it. A study published in the journal Cognitive Science found that chess players who practice specific moves in preparation for a match—as opposed to practicing general chess skills—not only performed better in the match, but actually performed better than they were expected to given their general skill level. In other words, specialization trumped general problem solving and made the players better than anyone thought they were.

via trueslant.com

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Chicken John Is Selling His Legendary San Francisco Warehouse

30-Dec-09

via laughingsquid.com

Wish I could buy this…

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The Happiness Project: Quiz: Are You a Moderator or an Abstainer?

30-Dec-09

I’ve come to believe that this is good advice for some people: the “moderators.” They do better when they try to make moderate changes, when they avoid absolutes and bright lines.

For a long time, I kept trying this strategy of moderation – and failing. Then I read a line from Samuel Johnson: “Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.” Like Dr. Johnson, I’m an “abstainer.”

via happiness-project.com

When it comes to food, I’m definitely in the abstainer camp. It’s much easier for me not to eat something at all, than to try to moderate my intake.

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