Social Life

What should white people be called? Is Caucasian a scientific classification? What is the origin of the term? Read More

Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn did it in a movie. Jen and Brad Pitt did it in real life. I may not be Jen and you may not be Brad, but "breaking up" with people is a normal life event.

Here follow suggestions for disconnecting from categories of select people when you've determined it's the appropriate time to do so. All cost-reward ratios have been thoroughly determined, and it's simply time to take action.  Read More

Another Role for Consciousness

If we don't have to do something, it drops out of our minds. We forget. Consciousness needs incentives to work, and this is true as much in paying our bills as it is in guarding national borders - or protecting consumers.

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It's awards season. No need to limit yourself to movies. Living Single readers offer Oscar and Razzie nominations for fitness clubs, gyms, restaurants, hotels, car insurance companies, grocery stores and supermarkets, employers, and neighborhood shops and businesses. Add yours.

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Chat roulette is a terrific idea for a web-site. Spin the wheel, meet a stranger. Instant intimacy, like an interesting seat-mate on a train or plane. Only the most curmudgeonly wouldn't occasionally want such chats with strangers from someplace else. But "ChatRoulette," the current web-fad grabbing headlines, as well as Jon Stewart's satiric attention? Well, sad to say, the site is really dumb. It's only saving grace, besides serving as fodder for Stewart's hilarious bit, is that the site is dumb in psychologically interesting ways. Read More

When it comes to social stress, people aren't the only ones who can suffer. This study with monkeys show that when Hannah Banana feels less than, she might just turn to cocaine too! Read More

Hundreds of people have told me why they don't, or wont dance. Here are the top two reasons why people don't dance. Read More

When a couple breaks up, there may be a division of property and money, and if there are children (or pets), there will be a custody arrangement as well. The final thing to be divvied up will be your mutual friends. This process can be unsettling for everyone involved. Read More

When the honeybee queen leaves the hive she is closely followed into flight by the studly, powerful male drones. The queen, over a 2 - 3 day period, will mate with 10 - 15 drones and will carry their sperm for her lifetime. Efficient to be sure. But the real value lays elsewhere. Read More