+1 for Coffee

According to researchers at Harvard's Medical School, "compared with women who drank one cup of caffeinated coffee or less per week, those who consumed two to three cups per day had a 15% decreased risk of developing depression." This sounds totally obvious. Caffeine in the brain increases dopamine, which leads to feelings of energy and well-being. They would find similar results after administering a small dose of amphetamine. Oh, and "coffee must have caffeine to have the effect," say the researchers. No, seriously.

What was interesting about the study was that regular coffee drinkers were more likely to smoke and drink alcohol and were less likely to be involved in church, volunteer or participate in community groups. These are factors that might make a person more susceptible to depression, however, when controlled for the trend of increasing coffee consumption and lower depression remained. Interesting.



BBC News article here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15059266

Time to clean the cube.

One of my favorite things to do is daily cleaning with Cubex Brand Cube Cleaner. Fresh, Clean, Lemony.

ugh. dumbest building ever.

So it's noon and all of the elevators are broken. All 6 of the elevators are out. And we already know that no one can use the stairs or you get locked in the stairwell. So no stairs, no use elevator.

ties ties ties

Cubebot shared his extensive tie collection today and I got to play with all the colors. I tied a Windsor knot. Yay fun time!

From the MTA to the DOE

Riding the subway this morning (something I do as infrequently as possible because Sheliah hates the train)

I see that the MTA does not promote recycling but in fact, seems to encourage simply throwing away trash into one receptacle, especially if it is a cup (see pictured top left.)


I am not surprised by anything, however. My building has demoted fitness for years (see bottom left).

The girl who spits on clothes

So this lady walks into the cubespace to enroll her daughter in home schooling. I find her to be particularly odd. She literally bounces off the walls and won't take verbal instruction, i.e. Please remain seated, please sign in, please fill out the office visit form, please don't chew the table, etc. It turns out she is Elisa Jimenez, perhaps better known as "the girl who spits on clothes" from Season 4 of Project Runway. She actually identifies herself as both. Ugh. The people we see in here.

Is that Jesus on your Poncho?

Woman walked into cubespace, turned around and as she began to remove her poncho, I viewed a most holy light. Alas, the Lord.
Then she folded said poncho and rested it gently in the trash (view right).