Word: mad
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...Kardashian decides to give up the “drinking all-day” and “playing all-night” to settle down with Lamar Odom of the LA Lakers. Khloe, I gotta say, your wedding was cute—especially the part where Bruce got mad about your nine-day engagement, and then Kris got mad at him for screaming at you, and then Rob got mad at her for leaving Bruce out, and then you got mad at Rob for hesitating about walking you down the aisle, and then Kim said something like she always...
...comes to parenting [Nov. 30]. I have a 3-year-old girl and a boy on the way, and the barrage of what not to do is daunting. (Don't eat deli meat! Don't color your hair! Don't even look at wine!) Love your kids like mad, provide boundaries, be consistent, listen and laugh and occasionally let them be. I worry that in parents' desire to be the best parents, they forget it is also supposed to be fun. I worry more that we are creating narcissistic kids who believe the world orbits around their every whim...
...professors. Lecture is heavily visual: Students sit and observe, as an audience. Otherwise, we could all listen to recordings in our rooms. Practically speaking, a professor’s image can enhance—or erode—the individual academic experience. Stereotypes of intellectuals range from the mad scientist to the bearded philosopher. In “A Beautiful Mind,” John Nash is the absent-minded eccentric, focused on game theory rather than his wrinkled clothes. And who but the venerable, bespectacled Dumbledore could have watched over Hogwarts? Many ideal forms of the academic exist...
...also helps the brain figure out how much pleasure it can expect from future experiences and, therefore, influences virtually any decision you make about what you might like or not like: whether you should buy the red shirt or black one, whether you'll enjoy watching Top Chef over Mad Men, whether you should leave your job or whether you should move in with your boyfriend...