Articles in Gentility
Melanie Pinola — Coffee is great, but even die-hard coffee lovers might want to give tea a chance. The other beloved warm beverage, tea imparts to its drinkers some formidable health benefits, an extra boost …
Americans love our flag. We display it at concerts and stadiums to celebrate, and at times of national tragedy to show our resolve. We have our schoolchildren pledge allegiance to it; we have consecrated it …
What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain.
By Daniel Engber
The fourth-graders were unanimous: Quicksand doesn’t scare them, not one bit. If you’re a 9- or 10-year-old at the P.S. 29 elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., you’ve got more pressing concerns: …
8 productivity experts give their productivity messages for 2010 – written by Jack Kinsella
At the start of the year I emailed a number of famous productivity writers and bloggers asking them what their productivity message …
Etiquette Everyday ~ Holiday Etiquette – Emily Post’s Guide to Holiday Tipping 2009
The holiday season is traditionally the time Americans choose to thank those who provide them with year-round services. In these tough economic times …
THE MAN dangles on a cable hanging from an eight-storey-high tower. Suspended in a harness with his back to the ground, he sees only the face of the man above, who …
By Patrick di Justo Email 09.21.09
Photo: Tim Morris
Caffeine
This is why the world produces more than 16 billion pounds of coffee beans per year. It’s actually an alkaloid plant toxin (like nicotine and cocaine), a bug …
Photo courtesy of Photocapy.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle
Our daily lives are often a series of habits played out through the day, a trammeled …
Tube map pastiches have been around for decades. We take a look at a few of the best.
The London Underground Tube map, designed in 1931 by Harry Beck, is among the most …
