How Many "Happy Genes" Do You Have?

Is Happiness in your DNA?

Study finds the genes that affect mood 

and why some of us are prone 

to depression and neuroticism

--Daily Mail

"Researchers have isolated the parts of the human genome that could explain the differences in how           human experience happiness

"They found that three genetic variants for happiness and two for depression

"Study also found eleven that account for varying degrees of neuroticism

"Genetic variants are mainly expressed in the central nervous system"

"For the first time in history, researchers have isolated the parts of the human genome that could explain the differences in how humans experience happiness...These findings are from a large-scale international study in over 298,000 people, conducted by VU Amsterdam professors..."

Read more here!

Speaking for myself, my own "happiness genome" tells me that this article is fun!  What do you think you've inherited?

More articles on the subject:

"The Genetic Reason Some of us are Happier" -- Huffington Post

"Psychologists discover ocytocin receptor gene's link to optimism, self-esteem" -- Science Daily

"How Your Genes Make You Happier"  -- The Chopra Center

There are even more...search it!

Periodic Table of the Elements

in Pictures and Words *

Loaded with mnemonic devices! 

 This great poster--and more great science aids--can be purchased and viewed HERE! 

* (I stole the link from McFarland Unified School District's own Instructional Tech TOSA, Monica Daniel.  Shhhhh...)

 Tattoos and Teenagers

--Your MHS Librarian, Mrs. Meier

Mrs. Meier's blessing:
"May you live long enough to regret your tattoos."
Mrs. Meier's OTHER blessing:
"Wishing you 'best regrets'!"

None of us wants to think that we're "not old enough" for something:  This implies that we're not smart enough, but that's just not true.  To BE smart is to KNOW to NOT make decisions until you're ready.  

The truth of biology is that the teen brain is at the beginning of an amazing growth to maturity.  A senior is much more mature and ready for decisions than a freshman, and a twenty-year-old is ahead of a high school senior.  In fact, science believes that when you reach about 25 years old, your brain (prefrontal cortex) is usually ready for more serious and life-long decisions.  ("Are Teenage Brains Really Different from Adult Brains?") Be the wiser person, and wait for that full, filled-in wisdom.



 



I doubt that anyone denies that tattoos are a personal decisions--and they're permanent.  They're bumper stickers for your body; but bumper stickers go on cars; and when  you grow and change, cars come and go.  Your ONE body will be with you forever: The message you want on this "vehicle" when you're seventeen is NOT the message you want to display when you're 20, or 30, or 40, or 50.  

The  rock singer's logo that you advertise on your arm may rocks today, but it may be an embarrassment down the line (People really DID love Justin Bieber and New Kids on the Block!).  

AND...what if you're allergic to the ink?

Also, someday--when you have a great career--that skull or marijuana leaf on your arm may hold you back and make you miss promotions.  It might make your girlfriends parents convince her to not stay with you. 

And do you really want to  embarrass your grandchildren when they have to admit that "grandma has a tattoo." 













 Certainly, it is now possible to have tattoos removed.  It's costly. It's painful.  It leaves ugly, permanent scars.  This librarian has even seen a YouTube video in which an unstable fellow tried to remove an old girlfriend's name, HIM-SELF.  OUCH!!  Wise thinking tells us that "I'll just have them removed" is not a good fall-back.  One way, or another, tattoos make a permanent statement. 

A wise young person recognizes that his or her brain is working hard right now to build the best decision-making machine it can.  Give it a chance to finish that job before you cover yourself with permanent regrets. 



Everyone gets to have their own opinions, and this is mine.
Here are the ideas of others on the subject of tattoos:


 "Don't Get One, Stay Unique:  A Surprising Piece of Advice From Legendary Tattoo Artist Lyle Tuttle"  ("Tattoos are a fading fad...")

                               "'I was hotter than a pistol at one time,'" chuckles 84-year-old Lyle Tuttle."

 This article covers some very interesting history of tattoos.  Lyle was featured on the cover of The Rolling Stone Magazine, and he even tattooed Janice Joplin!  Don't let the title fool you:  It's an article for everyone.

"Who Owns Your Ink?  Tattoo Artists Turn to Lawsuits to Protect Intellectual Property" --ABC News, Australia

"Tattoo Prejudice in the Workplace"  -- AllBusiness

 "How to Avoid STUPID Tattoos" --YouTube Video

The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics: Dramatic Growth of Open Access September 30, 2016

The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics: Dramatic Growth of Open Access September 30, 2016