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In my teen years, Jackie Wilson’s Lonely Teardrops and  Elvis’ Are You Lonesome Tonight?  would judder through my whole thorax region – more than just my heart – lightning striking, delivering  a customized message sent directly to me from the Universe. It was sweet pain, exhilarating, isolated. Buddy Holly’s Think It Over line, “A lonely heart grows cold – and old” would recycle through my mind as I struggled to understand the remarkable changes new hormone imbalances were enforcing on me, my friends, and the entire opposite sex.

Dr Billy Ralph wrote a letter in response to a feature article (below) by Kathy Sheridan in the Irish Times this weekend. “In many ways, this is the story of how a family with two teenage children negotiated a devastating diagnosis and chaotic illness together.” “It could also be read as a 300-page rebuke to those who contended that the CMO and head of the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) didn’t live in the “real” world.

Dear community, Here’s a conversation with the wonderful Dr Jessi Gold — on workplace mental health, how to achieve a prevention focus over doling out interventions, and reflections on her own mental health journey — including recently uncovering and shedding self-stigma she didn’t realize she carried. 💫 Spread the light with Dr Devika B. Conversations that dispel stigma and stereotypes and instead, spread hope and light — also on YouTube, Apple, Spotify

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel is a classic in world literature. Because of its strong psychological orientation, it is regarded by many critics as the first modern novel in English literature. I feature it here because the opening words describe something readers had never before seen—a book dedicated to the author’s enemies. For nearly 2,000 memorable opening lines from every genre of world literature, go to www.GreatOpeningLines.com. And if you’d like to receive a daily dose of awesome openers, follow me on Facebook.

Hi Friends I wanted to share a video I've watched several times over the years featuring Dr. Zuming Feng, former International Math Olympiad coach, during a parent/guardian talk at the "Math Prize For Girls" competition. Dr. Feng was the US IMO Team Coach for years (1997- 2013) and a faculty member at Phillips Exeter Academy (one of the top U.S. High School Boarding schools) for 25 years before recently moving to the St.

We’re less than a month away from the 2024 NFL Draft and we know the Washington Commanders are going to take a quarterback second overall. We don’t know which one exactly they will take yet, but we know they’re almost certainly going to pick one. So the biggest question besides which quarterback are they taking is what they do after they pick the quarterback. The Commanders have a huge need at left tackle so it’s widely anticipated that Washington will look to draft a left tackle with one of their two second round picks.

Capcom's ambitious open world action-RPG is out today after receiving some really rave reviews. Built on the back of its beloved but often overlooked Xbox 360/PS3-era predecessor, Dragon's Dogma 2's director, Hideaki Itsuno, recently said the franchise has managed to break out of "cult-hit" status having finally "sold its way and made its way into many gamers' hearts." Now the sequel is already being described as 2024'spossibleElden Ringmoment thanks to its deep build crafting, dynamic fantasy sandbox, and rewarding exploration.

the heavily anticipated rap collab of the year is here, and so is its divisive cover. Drake & 21 Savage Loading... Her Loss is Drake’s first collaborative studio album, and technically his eighth studio album. it's 21 Savage’s third collaborative studio album and third studio album. lets look at this cover in context of the last three covers from each artist— drake’s recent covers (barring Dark Lane Demo Tapes really) and the music attached to them have been almost completely critically and publicly panned.

I must have been living under a rock, but up until a few days ago, I had never heard of this meme, “draw the rest of the owl”. A few days ago, I was watching a Youtube video called: “This Simple Productivity System Got Me Into Harvard and Yale.” The video was excellent and well-done, and laid out some high-level strategies for productivity. However, as I was watching the video, I couldn’t help but shake a certain throughout the entire video… “these suggestions are good, but they don’t really show how the Youtuber used them in practice to get into Harvard and Yale.