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More reason to Act Local: Avoiding the binge

By Art Markman, Ph.D. on November 8, 2008 in Ulterior Motives

The holidays are coming. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukkah, Kwanzaa. They're all on the way. And with them come office parties, holiday parties, family gatherings, and stress. If you are trying to keep to a diet or to avoid alcohol, the holidays can be a real nightmare. Every party has a huge spread of food. Read More

And here's an idea

Submitted by Writing Frontier on November 8, 2008 - 2:23pm.

One way for us all to reduce the stress of the holidays is to cancel them. Cancel them? See

http://writingfrontier.com/2008/11/07/shop-till-we-drop/

Nice article

Submitted by Joe on November 8, 2008 - 10:41pm.

Nice article

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Art Markman, Ph.D.

Art Markman, Ph.D., is a cognitive scientist at the University of Texas whose research spans a range of topics in the way people think.

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