Word: friending
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...fought even harder as an executive producer of Freaks and Geeks, the critically acclaimed high school series created by his friend Paul Feig, which lasted only one season. When Apatow's next show, the sitcom Undeclared, was canceled, he sent a messenger to the Fox executive responsible - the same guy who canceled The Ben Stiller Show - with a copy of a positive review from TIME and a note expressing his disbelief in extremely graphic terms...
...life gets some screen time. The movie starts with 20-year-old clips Apatow shot of Sandler, his then roommate, making prank calls. "It was like the old days when we lived together, except my trailer smelled better," Sandler says. The story is about an experience with a friend's sickness that Apatow, usually so open about his life, refuses to talk about. In the movie he has something very clear to say, which in its Shel Silverstein essence is that happiness comes from selflessness and living in the present, not from burying yourself in work...
...food and sex. These rewarding experiences trigger the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine - the brain's "do it again" signal. Over time, addicts' brains become narrowly focused on drug-related pleasures and hypersensitive to cues associated with them, such as seeing an old drinking pal. Hanging out with that friend would prompt a rise in dopamine levels in the brain's reward system. Researchers think that's where baclofen cuts in: by binding to the GABA-B receptor in the brain, it modulates this system and prevents the release of dopamine in response to cues. That appears to short-circuit...
...once asked a Spanish friend how this kind of nocturnal lifestyle was sustainable. Do these kids have summer jobs, or internships, or volunteer work, or anything at all that they have to do during the day? For the vast majority, the answer is: not really. Young people here are generally expected to focus on only one thing at a time. During the school year, academics alone occupy a student’s time. Given that entry into university is solely dependent on one’s grades and exam scores, extracurriculars, sports, community service, and work experience are of relatively...
...behind the wheel is a really bad idea. Two recent examples: two months ago a Boston trolley driver slammed into another trolley just after text-messaging his girlfriend, injuring 62 people. In September, 25 people were killed when a California train engineer struck a freight train after texting a friend. And a video of a Texas bus driver apparently striking a car while texting has been making the rounds on YouTube. It's hard to argue against banning the practice for drivers - 14 states already do - though it remains an open question whether motorists would heed that restriction any more...