WHAT DOES YOUR E-MAIL ADDY SAY?
About you, that is.  I use gmail---let's see:
"What doesn't Google do?  The search giant/e-mail provider/phone system and map maker vies with Facebook for "king of the internet" honors. And its e-mail system, with 193 million users, is one of the reasons.  Gmail, its supporters point out, is free, boasts tons of storage, has a strong chat feature and acts as a portal to many of Google's other services.  The Oatmeal says a Gmail user "most likely knows their way around a computer" and "when the internet stops working, actually tries rebooting the router before calling a family member for help."  Only one problem, really.  "Too bad it will probably gain free will some day and kill us all," Ehrlich said."

And what if we all wind up switching to Facebook????

OH, THOSE TODDLERS
They know more than you think:
"Understanding another’s intent is an important skill for lawyers, and perhaps politicians and businessmen as well, but according to a new study, it is an ability that even toddlers have.   Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany report that children as young as 3 are less likely to help a person after they have seen them harm someone else — in this case adult actors tearing up or breaking another adult’s drawing or clay bird.   More intriguing is that the toddlers judged a person’s intention. When one person tried to harm someone else but did not succeed, the youngsters were less likely to help that person at a later time.   But when they observed a person accidentally cause harm to another, they were more willing to help that person.   “It had been thought for a long time that it was at a later age, only around age 5 or 6, that children become conscious of other people’s intentions,” said Amrisha Vaish, one of the study’s authors and a developmental psychologist at the Max Planck Institute. “To help those who help others is actually a very sophisticated ability.”

Sort of reminds one of Moebius Syndrome, doesn't it?  Many may assume toddlers can't judge others.  Just as they assume that those with Moebius, because of our lack of facial expression, have a hard time with social interaction and with understanding others.  But it's dangerous to assume...

BEWARE OF BEING SAD
Feeling a bit down lately?  Might have to do with the time of year:
"The weather is getting gray and cold, and that summer sense of excitement has melted away. It's dim dark in the morning when you get up and dark in the evening when you come home. And it's all making you feel downright blah, maybe even teetering on depressed.   Sounds like the wintertime blues.

"It doesn't necessarily mean you're sad or down, you're just lacking in the push that all people need to get through the day," said Norman Rosenthal, a Maryland psychiatrist who studies seasonal conditions such as the winter blues. In the mid-1980s, Rosenthal and his colleagues at the National Institute of Mental Health coined the term "seasonal affective disorder," or SAD, for an extreme form of the wintertime blues.

About 20 percent of Americans start to feel down as the days get noticeably shorter, Rosenthal said. Some people start feeling their mood change as early as July, when daylight begins to grow shorter after the summer solstice on June 21. Most, however, first notice the change after they move their clocks back into standard time, which this year occurred on Nov. 7 . It's a little lighter in the early morning for a few weeks until the days shorten even more, but it's nearly nighttime for the post-work commute home.   Psychiatrists and chronobiologists - scientists who study organisms' internal rhythms - say exposure to light, morning light in particular, is what makes the difference to mood.....Regardless of location and for reasons that are unclear, women are three times as likely as men to develop the seasonal symptoms, says Rosenthal."

So know you're not alone.  Now, what can one do about this?
"With several months ahead of short days and long nights, what can you do about the winter blues?
Experts say the best place to start is by exercising and limiting your carbohydrate and sugar intake. Although people may crave serotonin-boosting carbohydrates, bingeing on high-caloric foods will lead to the winter weight gain common to blues and SAD sufferers. The added pounds often take a toll on people's self-image and self-esteem.   Brighten your environment: Add extra lights to rooms, and open your blinds. Take a walk in the sun at lunchtime. If you have the resources, take a winter vacation somewhere tropical."

There's other things you can do, too.  Take the initiative.  Feel better!  Don't be, er, SAD...