Wednesday, December 18, 2019

White Christmas

Breaking Off

To Leave Or Not To Leave

Inverse: Why people want to stay in their relationship is based on this economic mod. https://www.inverse.com/article/61626-breakup-economic-model-holiday-season: "So it is unsurprising that some people are afraid of being single. This can leave many people settling for less than what they want or deserve in a relationship when they do not have clear alternatives available to them. This is closely linked to a fear of regret, which makes us biased towards sticking with the status quo even if our reasoning or intuition says we shouldn’t."

Additional reading
psychologytoday.com: “I don't understand” as a buffer for intimacy.

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Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Car Hacks You

Signs Of A Girl's Interest




Warren Buffet's Choices - Intelligence. Driven, Integrity

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Places To Eat In Chennai - Inexpensive 31

Must Try in Chennai if you are a Food lover: (Pocket Friendly) 1) Samosa - Ritchie St. of Mt. Road Behind India Silk House ( Rs.10/- for 2 samosas) 2) Kachodi/ Kachori: After noon & Evening time at Kasi Chetty St and Patni Plaza on NSC Bose rd. Amazing Kachodi with corn flakes and chutney. 3) Idly : Thattu idly at Vaishnava Idly kadai - Ormes road kilpauk 4) Badaam Milk: Kakda Ramprasad at Mint St. Sowcarpet 5) Bread Bajji: Govindapanaickan St (Near Transformer) Sowcarpet 6) Paya Appam: Golden cafe early morning at 4 AM at Waltax Road. 7) Chola Battura: Loiee - Tambaram 8) Bun Butter Jam : Mount Road Buharis 9) Bhel Puri : Ajnabi's Egmore Fountain Plaza 10) Set Dosa Vada Curry: Dasa Dosa counter - Express Avenue 11) Dal Pakwan : Sidhi Vinayak Sweets Kilpauk 12) Molaga Bajji (Chilly Bajji - North Indian Style) : Ajab Mithai Ghar - Alagappa Road 13) Veg Upma : Woodlands canteen - Nardagana Sabha - TTK Rd. 14) Veg Meals ; Madras Hotel Ashoka - Egmore 15) Beeda/Paan : Nitya tambool - Besant Nagar - Near eden Restaurant 16) Aloo Paratha: Pait pooja - Thoraipakkam 17) Pizza: Superstar Pizza Perungudi 18) Paav Bhaji : Novelty - Mint St. Sowcarpet 19) Rasam Vada near Athipattan Street next to Zimson for Rs. 10/- 20) Pyaaz Kachori for Rs. 18/- at Elephant Gate Corner. 21) Bread Bhajji 2 Nos at back to Mint Big Temple at Rs. 20/- 22) Mayonnaise Vada Pav at General Muthaiah Street at Rs. 30/- 23) Andhra Punagullu 8 Nos Rs. 20/- at Pondy Bazaar. 24) Spl. Bhelpuri next Bata Showroom at Usman Road Rs. 25/- 25) Mixed Fruit Juice With Badam Milk Next to Mylapore Isabel Rs. 10/- 26) Chenna Samosa at Venkatnarayan Road next to TTD at Rs. 25/- 27) All Time Mango Juice at Rs. 10/- at purasaiwalkam next to Abhirami Megamall. 28) Nanari Sharbat Soda Rs. 20/- outside of Chetpet Railway Station. 29) Rose Milk near Karpagambal Mess next to Gandhi Mandapam at Mylapore Rs. 10/- 30) Badam Milk Rs. 50 big glass opp to Kakada better than kakada. 31) Agarwal Bhojnalaya unlimited Rajasthani Thali at Rs. 120 next to patni plaza. 32) Crispy & Hot Medu Vada outside chetpet Railway Station. 33) Samosa with Spicy Chutney Rs. 10 for 2 at Tambaram Sanitorium. 34) Sambar Vada & Rava Upma for Rs. 25/- at T.Nagar Railway Station 35) West Mambalam Venkateshwara Medu Bonda & Jeera Boli for Rs. 10/- 36) Granita for Rs. 60/- next to pondy bazaar petrol bank 37) Spl. Kerala Chips near loyala college at Rs. 30 for 250 grams 38) Any Flavoured Juice at Rs. 5 at Kodambakkam. 39) Veechu Parotta Rs. 70 at Bakya. 40) Nainappa Naicken Street entrance Chinnappa Chettiar Spicy Sandwhich after 4pm only available Rs. 20/-

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Alzheimer's - Signs /Symptoms, "Going Home", Dementia



Asking to go home: 









Additional reading

Caregiver Syndrome

"Many exhausted, ill caregivers today don't seek help because they don't realize that they have a recognizable condition. According to a report from the National Consensus Development Conference on Caregiving, the most common psychological symptoms of caregiver syndrome are depression, anxiety and anger. Peter Vitaliano, a professor of geriatric psychiatry at the University of Washington and an expert on caregiving, said that the chronic stress of caring for someone can lead to high blood pressure, diabetes and a compromised immune system. In severe cases, caregivers can take on the symptoms of the person that they care for, he said. For example, a person caring for someone with dementia may develop progressive memory loss. Worse still, this syndrome can lead to death. Elderly caregivers are at a 63 percent higher risk of mortality than noncaregivers in the same age group, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh researchers Richard Schulz and Scott Beach reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association in December 1999."

Additional reading

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Deception Correlation With Extraversion And Intelligence

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0176591: "The novelty of the work presented here is the finding that the effect of extraversion on lying frequency depends on intelligence (or, conversely, effect of fluid intelligence on lying frequency depends on extraversion level). This finding links the well-established relationship between personality traits and deception frequency with cognitive aspects of lying. The role of fluid intelligence here is unclear. It might have an indirect effect on lying frequency by making the person a more successful liar, which in turn reinforces the use of deceptive behaviors. Alternatively, one might speculate that in the context of current studies that higher fluid intelligence made the participants pursue deception, realizing it to be the most successful strategy."

Intelligence, Education, Smoking, Caution And Parkinson's


  1. https://bloggingwithparkinsons.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/intelligence-and-parkinsons/
  2. https://www.livescience.com/20008-parkinsons-disease-personality-risk-avoidance.html "Since the early 1900s, there have been reports that Parkinson's patients tend to be industrious, punctual, cautious and risk-averse." If one includes lack of social networking, then we have I**J (as in MBTI) as a good candidate. "The results showed that participants with Parkinson's had higher levels of neuroticism — a personality trait associated with experiencing more negative emotions such as anxiety — and higher levels of harm-avoidance compared with healthy participants. In general, participants' willingness to take risks tended to be stable over time, and Parkinson's patients tended to report they took fewer risks." Neuroticism (5 factor) is very similar to J (MBTI).

Additional reading

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Dog Is Mad

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/04/no-wonder-jonathan-turleys-dog-is-mad/ - "“I get it: You are mad,” he testified. “The president is mad. My Democratic friends are mad. My Republican friends are mad. My wife is mad. My kids are mad. Even my dog seems mad — and Luna is a goldendoodle and they don’t get mad. So we’re all mad.”

Damn right we are! But nowhere in the Constitution does it state that a president shall not be impeached if people — or their dogs — are mad."

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