“Goddess Hera” by Odysseus Glaucos Osborne. Of course she’s not smiling. Look what she has to deal with…

I may be mortal, but being immortal has it’s downsides, too. Especially if you are married to Zeus (who’s kind of a jerk, lets be honest) and most people think you are a raving bitch. But I’ve always loved Hera, and this wonderful graphic novel by George O’Connor helps to cast her in a more well rounded and positive light.

Also, the fact that somebody actually took the time to transform our most iconic movie quotes into charts gives me hope.

Look at how complex and beautiful our brains are. And we are only just beginning to understand how it all really works.

So once we understand how our brains work, maybe we can figure out, once and for all, if any of the increasingly popular brain exercises and games actually work to improve brain function. The jury is still out, but that doesn’t stop me from being tempted to try them all.

Is this my new mattress? Because I’m definitely in need of one… And so is my brain.

And while we’re on the topic of brainiacs, a recent Harvard study shows that good looking men do better in business. No f-ing kidding. I bet they spent millions of dollars to come to that conclusion. Clearly I am in the wrong business.

Good looking or no, average lifespans are increasing at an almost alarming pace. We’re all in for a longer time here on this Earth. I guess we’ll just have to make the most of it.

Photographer Cristina De Middel’s multi-media piece on the Afronaut project, a 1964 Zambian space program that aimed to put the first man on the moon.

So many things to complain about when speaking of the airline industry… evidently much aviation technology is stuck in the 1960′s.

And while we’re on the topic, here is an entire section of a website dedicated to complaints about Delta. Which is, in my personal experience, the Worst. Airline. Ever.

But who cares about airplanes when our galaxy is colliding with our neighbor and there’s almost certainly life on other planets?

Speaking of other planets, meet the people who have signed up to go settle a colony on Mars and never come back.

All of this sounds very technologically advanced. So why is American internet so damned slow? (“We’re #31!” is not a slogan to be proud of…)

Maybe we just shouldn’t bother with travel at all, be it air, space or internet. Perhaps the answer is just to get this book and look at the lovely pictures photographer Mikael Kennedy shot on during a week of road tripping in California.

The Atlantic has been kind enough to post an in depth article on why writers are the worst procrastinators. Which I will read maybe two or three times before going on to write, or do, anything else today. Thanks!