Shadow Of My Life

1:43pm: Things I would do to you.....

12:52pm: Argue Much?

We all know that arguments cause stress, and that too much stress is bad for your health. Now, a new study from Penn State University has found that the way you argue might actually be more harmful than the argument itself or at least for your partner.

It all has to do with a type of protein called cytokines. Stress causes an increase in cytokines, which impair the immune system and increase a person's risk of getting heart disease, diabetes and even certain cancers.

But when people argue using words that reflect thoughtfulness, it limits the rise of cytokines. So which words should you use when you argue?

"Think"

"Because"

"Reason" and . . .

"Why"

A woman named Jennifer Graham led the study. She says these are all words that "suggest people are either making sense of the conflict or at least thinking about it in a deep way." In other words, they demonstrate you're really thinking about the problem, and not just being mean for the sake of being a jerk. And that's better for your health.

 (ABC News)

12:29pm: Make your picks... We're close to the end of the LJ Football Challenge

10:53am: Fridays Guy

10:52am: Quote of the Day

1:24pm: Make Your Picks for Week 12 of the LJ Football Challenge

1:10pm: There's a guy in England with a remote controlled sphincter.

55-year-old Ged Galvin is from South Yorkshire, England. Two years ago, Ged was riding his motorcycle when he was hit by a car and nearly killed. Miraculously, his doctors were able to repair all of his broken bones and other injuries, except for one: The damaged sphincter muscles in his backside responsible for controlling bowel movement. So Ged underwent an experimental procedure called Electrically Stimulated Gracilis Neosphincter . . . or ESGN for short.

Basically, it involved cutting a muscle from Ged's leg and wrapping it around the inside of his back-side. The idea was that the leg muscle would perform the same function as the damaged sphincter muscles. The only problem is that leg muscles and sphincter muscles don't work the same. See, the muscles in a person's legs only work in short bursts before returning to their normal, relaxed state. But sphincter muscles never relax.

So, in order to simulate their rigidness, Ged's doctors placed an electrode on his "replacement" sphincter. The idea is that whenever Ged is feeling a little too loose "down there," he presses a button on a remote control, which shocks his sphincter muscle and causes it to tense. In other words, Ged has remote-controlled bowels.

Ged says, "I've been through immense pain and suffering. And here I am with this bionic bottom now. I feel great. I feel fantastic . . . It just gave me my confidence back and basically gave me my life back."

(ABC News)

1:03pm: Thursdays Guy

12:14pm: Computer Problems
I've been having computer issues the past couple of days, so posting will be light. I really fucking hate dealing with my computer when it fucks up. I can never get it back to where it was before I take it to be serviced.

11:38am: I'm somwhat surprised by this.

Admit it, after your parents split up, it was your idea for your mom or dad to try online dating. Well, it worked. And now your parents are total sluts.

That's according to a new study, which found that people over the age of 55 are the most active group of online daters.

Nearly TWO in THREE single men and women over the age of 55 have joined an online dating website. That's compared to just ONE in FIVE people between the ages of 18 and 24.

People over the age of 55 have gone out with an average of 8.2 online dates. They've also had an average of 2.1 relationships with people they met online. Those figures are both higher than any other age group.

And contrary to what we'd like to think, they aren't just holding hands.

According to the study, the average over-55 online dater has had sex with an average of 2.4 people they met online.

The only other group that's freer with their genitalia is the 45-to-54 demographic. They've done it with an average of 2.6 partners.

(Daily Telegraph)

8:02am: Tuesdays Guy

7:49am: Quote of the Day

7:12pm: Pretty Cool

3:06pm: 5 things you should have done differently while you were still single

Even if you're happily in a relationship, you have to admit there are things you'd do differently if you were single again. With that in mind, here's a list of five things you should have done differently while you still had the chance, according to a website called TheFrisky.

#1.) End bad relationships sooner: The simple fact is that life's too short to waste time on relationships that aren't going anywhere. Just think of all the nights out with friends and random hookups you missed out on while you were sitting at home with your loser ex.

#2.) Date outside your race: What can I say, variety is the spice of life. Too bad you didn't partake when you had the chance.

#3.) Cry less: When you get dumped or you're stuck in a bad relationship, it's tough to think long-term. But the truth is that most of the people who come in and out of your life are not worth agonizing over.

#4.) Travel more: You don't have to be in a relationship to plan a great vacation. And having a fling when you're travelling can be a lot of fun. But once you're tied down, you can't do that anymore.

#5.) Trust your gut: This is especially true when you don't like what it's telling you. Like when it tells you to end the fourth lame relationship in a row. You might start to wonder if you'll ever meet anyone cool. But don't second-guess yourself. All your gut really wants is for you to be happy.

(CNN)

2:19pm: Only 2 more weeks of the LJ Football Challenge.....Make Your Picks

8:48am: Mondays Guy

8:45am: Quote of the Day

Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
-Charles Caleb Colton

5:41pm: News from Iraq
The Afghanistan mission has been aborted. B received word on Friday that they would not be deploying to Afghanistan for now. B told me that the Army is playing very reckless with personnel and putting them in life threatening positions. That's about all I can say right now, but I'm very thankful that a certain commander decided to investigate the mission and call it off.

5:34pm: I need rest
I've come down with some type of cold that is reeking havoc on my sinuses. The past two nights I haven't been able to sleep due to nasal congestion. I don't know how I could have possibly caught anything because I pretty much have wet wipes with me 24 hours a day. I used the steam room at the gym to try to ease the congestion after my workout. It helped but didn't clear it up. So, now I'm going to have to resort to self medicating with my over the counter drugs. I really want to shake this cold by Monday.

12:01pm: Results and Standing to Week 11 of the LJ Football Challenge

11:50am: There could be child porn on your computer and you don't even know it.

Over the past few years, there have been several court cases involving child pornography downloaded off the Internet. And in several of them, it was eventually proven that the owner of the computer couldn't possibly have downloaded that filth.

But if that's the case, then how did it get onto their computer?

The answer is both horrifying and simple: There are computer viruses that can actually infect your computer with child pornography. Here's how it works.

#1.) The owner of the computer will accidentally open an infected email or pop-up ad, allowing the virus to access their hard drive.

#2.) Once the computer is infected, the virus can force the computer to surf illegal websites, collecting pornographic images of children along the way.

#3.) And some viruses will even allow tech-savvy pedophiles to use another person's computer as a warehouse to store pictures and videos, which they can view remotely when the computer is running. Now, the upshot is that in several of these court cases, the innocent have eventually been exonerated. Of course, that's only after the accusations have ruined their good names, and caused them all kinds of stress.

But the flipside is that when actual pedophiles are caught with child pornography, they can claim the material was downloaded onto their computer by someone else.

Or, as an official from Harvard University's Cyberlaw Clinic puts it, "It's an example of the old 'dog ate my homework excuse.' The problem is, sometimes the dog does eat your homework."

(ABC News)

11:45am: Sundays Guy

11:41pm: Another Bama Victory.......10-0 Bama 31 Miss State 3

8:13am: Last Chance....Make Your Picks

7:59am: Items you should never pay full price

Times are tough right now, and everyone's trying to save a few bucks wherever they can. With that in mind, here are five items you should never pay full price for, because you can almost always get them at a discounted rate:

#1.) Cars: Most car dealers get incentives for selling a certain number of cars each month, so there's a good chance the sales team is trying to meet quotas. That can translate into a great bargain for you, especially if it's near the end of the month.

#2.) Large appliances: New models appear in early fall, so that's when you can usually get a pretty good deal on last year's model. And seasonal appliances like air conditioners and gas grills generally go on sale in the opposite season.

#3.) TVs: Every year, TVs go on sale before the holidays and right before the Super Bowl. In other words, you should wait to buy your new TV in December or January.

#4.) Jewelry: The only time of the year you can't get jewelry on sale are the two months leading up to the holidays. But you should be able to snag a pretty good deal the other ten months of the year.

#5.) Bicycles: New bike models typically arrive in February and March. So if you wait until January, so you'll be able to buy last year's model on the cheap.