he vicariously experiences their suffering

I do not ask a wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person

some workers have managed to dodge the affordability crisis.

family and interests outside work,

"As an associate, you're really doing the work,"

flexibility. 

shows these lawyers are consistently more satisfied than their counterparts at larger or smaller firms.

Autonomy becomes more significant for workers in their 40s and 50s as they begin valuing having control over their work projects and the flexibility of their schedule. About 20% of these workers rank it as the second most important factor behind pay.

Workers in the 18–24 bracket and 25–34 bracket were the least likely to cite meaningfulness of work as the key to professional satisfaction.

meaningfulness

No. 1 Unhappiest Job: Security Officer

Software Developer

Database Administrator

unemployment

we see that self-employment is generally associated with lower levels of happines

We look at this rating

Happiness at work is all about taking initiative

People need to know and direct themselves much more

The classical stance is that the organization (or the unions) should take care of your job satisfaction

Einstein is matter, his power does not spontaneously draw one towards the spiritual, it needs the help of an independent morality, a reminder about the scientist's 'conscience' (Science without conscience, * they said...).

now had lost 132 pounds

Obesity Week.

fat phobiaand weight bias

t was a behavior-modification program

‘Dieting’’ was now consideredtacky. It was anti-feminist. It was arcane.

we’re not going to stay fat for one more day

you blast one in the brain from point-blank range

Zombies are just so easy to kill.

Roughly 5.3 million people watched the first episode of “The Walking Dead” on AMC, a stunning 83 percent more than the 2.9 million who watched the Season 4 premiere of “Mad Men.”

we set about making modern life more hospitable to pets?

the barriers to dog ownership are larger than simply having the disposable income to feed another mouth

we’re the first generation to do worse than our parents

That dogs’ roles are changing isn’t itself so surprising. Humans and canines have been molding themselves to each other’s needs for tens of thousands of years,

Every day, she climbed up the back of the couch to snooze atop its rear cushions, her face pointed toward mine at eye level while I worked at the kitchen table.

Like Charlie Ravioli, we hop into taxis and leave messages on answering machines to avoid our acquaintances, and find that we keep missing our friends.

who’s always hopping into taxis

“I spoke to Ravioli today.” “Did you have fun?” my wife and I ask. “No. He was busy working.

but Starbucks is able to convince us that the drink should only be consumed during the fall months, thereby increasing demand.

“an unctuous, pungent, saccharine brown liquid, equal parts dairy and diabetes, served in paper cups and guzzled down by the liter”