Writing Backward or Upside Down: It Doesn't Really Matter To Your Mind

Can you read the phrase above?

It is presented backwards as well as upside down.

A few years back there was a meme about an university research study showing how misspelled words and scrambled word order don't impinge reading comprehension. Well, the example above falls along those lines. Sadly, the research regarding the university study seems to be an urban myth .

BUT the mind DOES have a fantastic way of taking indistinct stimuli and morphing them into something that makes sense to us. Whatever the reason this word-order-thingy occurs, research based or not, it's totally cool.

Here's an upside down/backward writing generator for you to enjoy.

¡unɟ ǝɯos ǝʌɐɥ oƃ puɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ ɹǝʌo uo pɐǝɥ ʍou

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Aromatic Therapy Bear

I found this Therapy Bear and thought it was a wonderful item. It can be heated in the microwave to activate the healing aromatherapy ingredients within: Lavender, Thyme, Peppermint, Rose Bud, Hyssop, Eucalyptus, Lemon Balm, Rosemary and Flaxseed.

This could be helpful for anyone, any age, who's in need of some TLC, who's lost a loved one or may be ill. The relaxing warmth lasts for up to four hours, by the way.

Now that's one awesome teddy bear.

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Are You A Happy Face or Angry Face Car Buyer?

Over at Livescience is an article about a small study that was done to see what kind of cars people favorite. Seems that those who took part preferred cars that appeared dominant and angry as opposed to happy and friendly.

I don't really care what four-wheeled-vehicle gets me around as long as it's in good working condition. Maybe that's because my first car was an AMC orange Hornet. It looked just like this one. I thought it was great because I never had trouble finding it in a parking lot!

What about you?

Do you find this marketing trend has a psychological pull on your buying styles?

Are you more likely to fancy the silver BMW on the right or the silver Prius of the left?

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Helping Your Moods With Color Therapy

I'm a big fan of color. Bathing yourself in colors can offer many healing effects . In fact, Color Therapy has been an alternative approach to helping with physical and emotional issues for centuries.

The above picture is a mood light created by UK Industrial Artist Shiu Yuk Yuen . It is a soft cube that allows you to create a colorful atmosphere by your own choice - or by letting the cube move through the full spectrum of colors on its own.

I totally want one, but it seems that my exhaustive search has led only to the artist's email. Maybe I will get a response to find out where, when, and of course, what price this will cost.

Do you use colors in your life?


Update: 10/6/2008: Artist Shiu Yuk Yen answered my email and said that production and marketing of Mood Lights are ongoing - and will let us know when they are available. Hooray!

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Oh You Bring

This is one of the songs I have learned to play on the piano this year, and the words have really ministered to me, how the Lord gives hope the hopeless, light to those in darkness, how He finds us in our weakness and brings healing to our wounded hearts.



Oh You Bring

Oh you bring hope to the hopeless
And light to those in the darkness
And death to life
Now I’m alive

Oh You gives peace to the restless
And joy to homes that are broken
I see You now
In You I’m found

And You opened the door for me
And you laid down
Your life to set me free
All that I am will serve You Lord

And You opened my eyes to see
All the wonder and awe of Christ in me
Jesus You’re everything I need

Oh you fill those who are empty
And rescue those in the valley
And through it all You calm my soul

Oh you find me in my weakness
And heal the wounds of my heartache
I worship You in spirit and truth

All honour
All glory
All praise to You

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Getting The Cold Shoulder

Ever feel a chill when someone rebuffs you?

Well, psychologists Dr. Chen-Bo Zhong and Dr. Geoffrey Leonardelli - from the University of Toronto - tested the idea if social isolation really generates feelings of coldness.

They designed a study where volunteers had to estimate the temperature of a room on the pretense that the building's maintenance staff wanted that information.

Those who were told to think about a socially isolating experience when entering the room gave colder temperature estimates. In other words, recalled memories of being ostracized actually made people experience the temperature as colder than those who were not instructed to imagine such experiences. "We found that the experience of social exclusion literally feels cold," Zhong said.

Check out more about this interesting study in the journal of Psychological Science

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Laughter is Good Medicine: Lego Miniatures

Many things make me laugh. Clever wit. Silly things. Stupid Humor. Even really bad puns.

I'm a good audience.

File these new pop culture Legos (Madonna, Amy Winehouse, Victoria and David Beckham, and Angelina, Brad and Kids) under "silly things". I really got a good chuckle as I checked them out.

Hope you do too.

Laughter is very good medicine for your body, mind and soul.

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