http://you-unplugged.com/blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:32:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ShareThis http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/08/27/some-facebook-fun/ Most of my blog regulars know that I'm deeply concerned about the state of the world. Like Eckhart Tolle, I'm calling for a New Earth. Because I aim to be the change I wish to see in the world, I'm starting with my own country and running for President of ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/08/24/important-news-im-running-for-president/ Has Mother Nature programmed us to be allergic to our closest kin? Does the nose know a good mate when it smells one? Is the ability to smell out the good ones from the bad ones impaired in women who take oral contraceptives? According to one of my male neighbors, birth ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/08/19/speaking-of-the-immune-system-and-noses/ My chest feels like an electrified elephant is sitting on it. It's heavy. It's twitchy. It's hard to take a deep breath. I thought it was stress and dehydration, my constant companions here in the desert. Well, technically it is due to stress, but stress from an allergic response to weeds. ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/08/13/weeds-r-us/ I received an email from Tony Wright, author of Left in the Dark, letting me know that the book is now available to view online in its entirety. If you enjoy pondering the mysteries of human development, especially those that seem to make no sense outside of supernatural or mystical ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/08/03/left-in-the-dark-now-available-to-read-online/ FDA faulted over unapproved uses of medications http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080727/ap_on_go_co/fda_off_label_drugs The review that Grassley requested by the investigative arm of Congress found that the FDA is ill-equipped to catch even blatant marketing abuses by drug companies. The agency does not have any staff exclusively assigned to monitor whether companies are following the rule against ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/07/27/too-busy-dissecting-the-fine-print-of-drug-ads/ Check out this weekly Scientific American podcast, 60-Second Psyche. Everyone has a minute to spare. For example, learn about studies that show that the left brain makes up stories out of thin air and that serotonin levels affect perception of fairness in social situations.  A study featuring men watching women ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/07/12/60-second-psyche-podcast/ TED is celebrating 50 million views of its online TED talks by releasing "a never-before-seen list: the Top 10 TED talks of all time, as of June 2008." On tap now here. Watch the highlights video. ShareThis http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/06/27/top-10-ted-talks/ WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE! JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road. HILLARY ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/06/13/wwys/ I've been rereading the book Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution. The first time through, I found myself having some heavy-duty reactions and resistances to the spiritual underpinnings of this worldview. I put the book away and went about my business (which means, I continued reading more books, Web ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/05/17/philosophy-unplugged/ Thanks to Thingy, I'm now in the possession of the provocative, ground-breaking, eyebrow-raising, heretical book Left in the Dark: The Biological Origins of the Fall From Grace, by Graham Gynn and Tony Wright. Here's an excerpt from the foreward by ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna (download the foreward for free here). I can't ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/05/15/our-biological-fall-from-grace/ I'm constipated. A lot is goin' in, but not much is comin' out. I'm literally full of information after days of gorging on books, Web sites and blogs. It's like I've been going to a mile-long buffet table and going back for seconds, especially piling my plate with dense protein foods. ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/05/04/need-some-ex-lax/ Just having some fun with the headline. And grabbing your attention. I mean, who wants to be known as a stupid pessimist? On second thought, don't answer that! What I really want to talk about is Ode, the Magazine for Intelligent Optimists. I received a brochure inviting me to send for ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/04/19/smack-the-new-magazine-for-stupid-pessimists/ I knew the time would come. I needed to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress for security reasons. I think someone's been messing with my blog. Somehow all my plugins got deactivated, my pages won't display, I couldn't create new pages or posts, and who knows what else. I've ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/04/16/upgrading-my-blog-today/ I'm always thinking about the human condition, life on Earth and where we're headed. Many believe we're in a global crisis, with the health of the entire planet hanging in the balance. This may be true. I don't know. We now hear the call, from many quarters, for a great shift ... http://you-unplugged.com/blog/2008/04/12/getting-my-arms-around-the-puzzle/