Word: coolers
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...That's because we are a social creatures and we crave human contact and connection. Psychiatrist Edward Hallowell calls this Vitamin C. If we have a deficiency, we wander the hallways seeking human connection at inopportune times for ourselves and others. The answer: schedule a coffee break or water cooler rendezvous. Schedule some lunches. You need it. It will fortify you for the less social parts of the workday...
...live. Never saw her on television. But Barry Manilow sent me these songs, and I was really kind of stunned. In my excavation of cool--like Miles and Chet and the beatniks--she never came up. The women never came up. It was always the men. And she was cooler than any of them...
...cultural experience. The fanboys who camped outside of theaters to be first in line for the “Star Wars” prequels, the teenaged girls who watched and re-watched “Titanic” with their friends, and the office workers gathered around the water cooler all illustrate the social importance of the blockbuster; though the form may fall in and out of favor, it is too socially vital to ever go extinct...
...Once you’re done for the day, you’re a civilian again,” says Wheeler of his life in El Paso. “The new freedom is nice.”Far from the isolating cubicles and awkward water-cooler conversations of corporate America that his former classmates are now experiencing, Wheeler reflects on his decision to pursue his patriotic dream. “I’ve been given so many opportunities, and I just wanted to give back and improve on the gifts I’ve been given...
...Calling for Cooler Heads I am still saddened by the events unfolding in various Muslim countries following the undesirable and unnecessary publication of cartoons of the Prophet [Feb. 20]. That mess could have been avoided if there had been sensible restraint and mutual respect. Although the delirious arrogance and insolence of the West have long perturbed me, the violence and vehemence whipped up by my fellow Muslims have caused me many sleepless nights. While people generally don't take religious insults lightly, we have overreacted, intensifying the long and undying conflict between two faiths of similar origin. Those tensions...