Monday, September 9, 2013

Balloon Race in Reno

A fantastic time-lapse video (link) of the dawn take-off of the 2013 Great Reno Balloon Race...



Thursday, September 5, 2013

Thinking About Stress

Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal in a recent TED talk urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.