Poll of the Day
The Allure of Low Monthly Payments: Why It Can Be a Costly Mistake
In the realm of personal finance, the allure of monthly payments is undeniable. From cars to homes, to the latest gadgets, the promise of acquiring what we desire with seemingly small, manageable monthly payments can be incredibly tempting. However, this approach, while popular, is fraught with pitfalls that can have long-term implications on one’s financial health.
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Picture of the Day
Choi Eun-hee and her husband, director Shin Jeong-gyun, who were kidnapped in 1978 on his orders and were forced to make North Korean films. In two years they made 17 films, some of them were well-received outside North Korea
Choi Eun-hee and Shin Jeong-gyun were once the golden couple of South Korean cinema. Choi, a leading actress of her time, and Shin, a prolific director, were both instrumental in shaping the South Korean film industry. Their collaborations in the 1960s produced some of the country’s most iconic films. However, by the late 1970s, their personal and professional lives had hit a rough patch. They had divorced, and Shin faced financial troubles.
Mindfulness: Achieving Peace and Clarity in Everyday Life
In our fast-paced modern world, it’s easy to get caught up in the busyness of each day and lose sight of the present moment. We get so focused on checking tasks off our endless to-do lists, answering emails, and keeping up with social media that we often end up feeling stressed, scattered, and disconnected from ourselves and others. This is where mindfulness comes in.
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Linkage
Michael Irvin Says His Son, Rapper “Tut Tarantino,” is Lying in His Raps: “You Grew Up In A Gated Community Your Whole Life” – Sports Illustrated
She Played ‘Deb’ in Napoleon Dynamite. See Tina Majorino Now at 38 – Wanderer
A water flosser is absolutely worth it and your mouth will never feel cleaner – Amazon
Whatever Happened to Jill Whitlow From ‘Night of the Creeps’? – Ned Hardy
Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot charged with attempted murder after trying to shut down plane engines midflight – NBC
Which Frozen Fries Are Worth Buying? A Blind Taste Test of Ore-Ida, Trader Joe’s, and More – Bon Appetit
What is the Average Net Worth by Age? [The Comprehensive Guide] – Of Dollars and Data
How to Tell What Kind of Procrastinator You Are (and What to Do About It) – Life Hacker
How to Not Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck – John Hawkins
Why Wong Kar-Wai’s ‘In the Mood For Love’ Is One of the Greatest Romantic Films Ever Made – Wanderer
Did the Baby Boomers Ruin the Housing Market? – Wealth of Common Sense
Browser Extensions Are a Privacy Nightmare – How To Geek
Paul Rudd, 54, Finally Reveals the Secret Behind His Superhuman Youth – Bright Side
The Science Behind Bloating on Planes—and How to Avoid It – Traveler
6 Dangerous Relationship Patterns All Couples Should Know – Fatherly
Here’s How to Answer the Trickiest Job Interview Questions – Ladders
Las Vegas woman left U2 concert to take $50K from ‘sugar daddy’s’ hotel safe: police – 8News
Family sues Panera Bread after college student who drank Charged Lemonade dies – NBC
Dwight Howard Admits Meeting Man on Instagram to Hook Up, Denies Lover Was Assaulted or Forced into Threesome – Reddit
The Dumping Grounds
The Backstories And History Of 10 Famous Paintings
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918): Death and Life, 1910, reworked in 1915, oil on canvas, Leopold Museum, Vienna
Gustav Klimt’s large painting ‘Death and Life’, created in 1910, features not a personal death but rather merely an allegorical Grim Reaper who gazes at “life” with a malicious grin.
This “life” is comprised of all generations: every age group is represented, from the baby to the grandmother, in this depiction of the never-ending circle of life.
Death may be able to swipe individuals from life, but life itself, humanity as a whole, will always elude his grasp. The circle of life likewise repeats itself in the diverse, wonderful, pastel-coloured circular ornaments which adorn life like a garland.
Gustav Klimt described this painting, which was honoured with a first prize at the 1911 International Art Exhibition in Rome, as his most important figurative work. Even so, he seems to suddenly no longer have been satisfied with this version in 1915, for he then began making changes to the painting—which had been framed for long by that time.
The background, reportedly once gold-coloured, was made grey, and both death and life were given further ornaments. Standing before the original and examining the left interior edge of Josef Hoffmann’s frame for the painting, one can still discern traces of the subsequent over-painting, which was done by Klimt himself.
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How Do Police Know When A Suspect Is Lying?
Law enforcement can tell when suspects are lying, usually beginning with an initial 911 call or first interview.
“The 911 call and initial statements are among the most important pieces of evidence should a case go to trial,” said Stacy Dittrich, a former Ohio police detective, crime expert and author. “The entire case can build from those few sentences.”
Here are the most tell-tale signs, revealed.
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22 Years Old and Already Burnt Out…
Every single goddamn day is just the same thing. Wake up early, battle through rush hour traffic, sit at work rotting away behind a desk for 8 hours, killing your eyes staring at a screen until they’re in pain and sore, then battle through rush hour traffic again to get home. I feel bad even asking for a single day off, so I have to keep working. All I ever do is work. One single day off for a holiday and then it’s back to work. My entire day is gone. The weather is so beautiful nowadays and I can’t even be outside to enjoy it. The best part of my day and the best years of my life are being sucked away from me before my eyes.
I’m only 22. I’ll never be this young or have this much energy again. I’ll never be in such good health again. And I have to waste it all away stuck behind this desk in this shitty 5 day in a row 40 hour work week. Did I mention I’m also taking classes at the same time. 4 days a week I have to go to class for 3 hours right after work and I have another class on Saturday morning. So there goes the rest of my free time. The weekend is way too short and doesn’t even feel like a weekend.
I’m supposed to be enjoying my life. I’m supposed to be making memories to look back on when I’m old and weak and dying. Instead I’m wasting everything away working myself to death and killing myself with these goddamn classes. I haven’t had a break for months. I never get to do anything fun anymore. I’m completely isolated and alone here. I have no friends in this shitty city. All of my college friends forgot about me even though I only graduated 10 months ago. I have no time for fun and no time for anything. What the fuck is the point of this life? I can’t even remember the last time I was happy. It’s just work work work work study study study study day after day after day after day, no break ever. I’m so fucking sick and tired of it. I’ve bought a rope and I’m just waiting for the day I can take this all away. I’m so fucking tired. I’m so fucking done.