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...Those are fighting words to John Derbyshire, a proud pessimist crusading against America's penchant for smiley-faced self-deception. The National Review writer and self-described "conservative gloominary" leads readers on a bleak tour of modern life, bemoaning the state of our society and culture (the '00s are the first decade without a living novelist featured on TIME's cover, he laments). Derbyshire's no fan of liberalism, but his main targets are the utopian fantasies of both parties and the notion that humanity can patch the flaws that led us to this woeful state to begin with. Embracing...
Well, FlyBy's was intrigued, so we did some searching around on Wegame and it looked pretty harmless. Next to the "Name" field on the registration form, Wegame.com writes "Welcome to WeGame! What is your name? Keep it real :) " Smiley face = harmless. Just think Hannibal Lecter...
...during a meeting or lunch," she writes. "The people with whom you're talking need to have 100 percent of your focus." The author is not a fan of texting ("Unless the situation is extremely urgent, text-messaging is not an appropriate way to communicate in a professional setting"); smiley-face emoticons; overly familiar salutations or sign-offs (forget "ciao" and "cheers"); or ungrammatical, unproofread messages. Jones warns that getting too frisky on social websites like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter can be career suicide: "Job candidates across any number of industries--from bankers to police officers--have been weeded...
...very quiet, very smiley." - Nayyar Imam of the Islamic Association of Long Island, where Vinas worshiped (New York Times, July...
...There are unhappy lottery winners, but generally if a poor person wins the lottery, they are a little happier with their life," noted Diener, who is known as "Dr. Happiness" for his foundational work in the field and who holds the aptly named Smiley chair in psychology at the University of Illinois. As for paraplegics, "there is a big drop for those who became 100% disabled, meaning they can no longer do any work." In general, Diener noted, people do adapt to a major life change but not completely. "We have to be careful when we cite these studies," warned...