Have you ever said or done something you later regretted simply because, for a moment, you let yourself be ruled by your emotions? Source: When You Need to Regain Emotional Balance – Emotionally Resilient Living : Emotionally Resilient Living

One of the most useful things you can do with Siri on your iPhone is dictate a text message and send it to a friend, but that can also reveal one of the most annoying flaws about Apple’s software assistant: Siri really sucks at pronouncing uncommon names. Thankfully, there’s a solution if you’re tired of hearing Siri mispronounce the same names over and over. Source: How to Get Siri to Pronounce Your Friends’ Names Right

What do military guys do when they have time to kill and they’re on the same side? Easy––things like this. Enjoy this one-on-one game of tug of war between USA and Canada. Source: One-on-one game of tug of war between USA and Canada – Holy Kaw!

Outlander nailed the big reunion between Jaime and Claire! Source: The smartest sex scene on television

A new study by Ohio State University found that employees who started the day with a good mood rated customers more positively and felt happier and more productive as the day progressed. The study also found that when employees start the day on a high, they were 83 percent less likely to lose that mood no matter what happens later during the day. Source: 7 Steps to Have a Great Morning — Purpose Fairy

Every relationship has trials and tribulations. Yes, we all discuss our relationships with a few close friends, but hey, there is a limit to it. Source: 11 Things You Should Never Tell Your Friends About Your Relationship

The cooler temperatures of autumn incite us to go outdoors and be more active. Source: Warm fall season can counteract tension of stressed-out world

When you hear only what you want to hear, you’re not really listening. Listen to what you don’t want to hear too. That’s how you grow. Source: 40 Hard Things You Need to Hear

There are cases in history where many people have agreed that a certain person was evil. Through our agreement, we reinforce the view that there are indeed evil people, but it is important to realize that a person and his or her actions are always in relationship to relative causes and conditions and that no person is inherently bad. Source: How can some people be basically good and actively try to do harm? – Lion’s Roar

There are two ways to understand dependent origination, teaches Ajahn Buddhadasa. But only one leads to liberation. Source: Karma: The Choice Is Yours – Lion’s Roar

Unlike actors and Ashton Kutcher, cartoon characters can’t decide what products or ideologies they endorse in their off-time. Snoopy has no say in whether he sells MetLife. The Ninja Turtles most definitely get high—they are pizza-eating sword collectors named after artists—but they have to warn kids off drugs anyway. And Popeye, the cursing, brawling sailor man, had to learn a whole new vocabulary in the 1970s, to teach kids about their career options in a series of educational comic books. Source: 1970s-Era Popeye the Sailor Is Here to Give You Career Advice

The leaves are changing. They are taking on their autumn colors…before they fall. These have a nice red glow about them with a slight hint of their former green. I know I’ve been complaining about the lack of autumn colors in our area.  Still, I’ve been able to find a few spots.  Also, the colors… Source: Twigs in Transition – Autumn Foliage Photography – Pops Digital