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!

Ugh. On Friday, Con Ed shut down the power on our block (“Only for a few hours”) for repairs. No matter that it was sub freezing and our heat is electric. On Saturday, a crazy snowstorm (they said 1-2 inches and we got 8!) On Monday, my phone somehow fell out of my pocket into a snowbank, causing the whole family to stop our frolicking and dig around on hands and knees till we found it. In short, Mercury is in retrograde. Here are some survival tips.

And, while we’re on the topic of the cosmos, what color is the universe, anyway?

Can British fashion mag Dazed and Confused really help bloggers start to make a decent living?

Unicorns really do exist. Under the sea.

Want to know where you were, say, 2 years ago at 6 pm on February 18th? Chances are, Google can show you. Because it’s keeping track.

Turns out your WiFi router is probably killing your houseplants. But it’s totally safe for humans, so no need to worry. Oh no wait…

And, apropos of nothing, here’s why you might want to rethink going gluten free.

Imagine our surprise when we all woke up in NYC this morning to discover that 30 inches of snow had NOT fallen. Turns out the whole winter blizzard thing was a vicious hoax.

All this snow makes one feel like the end is coming. But it turns out, we’ve been feeling like that for just about as long as we’ve been keeping track of anything. Here’s a somewhat ridiculous but nonetheless amusing list of some of our predictions of the apocalypse.

Speaking of hoaxes, is it true that we don’t really need to drink 8 glasses of water a day?

More proof that the world is teetering on a ledge? People are now saying that orange juice might not be good for us at all.

Just in case you were wondering how the apocalypse might actually happen, here’s one version of the end of the world. In simple animation form.

But wait, there’s hope. There are people like Kim France directing our attention towards Gary Card’s drawings of Prince’s every last hairstyle (from 1978 on up)

And Tess Giberson served up such a badass down jacket in her Fall 2014 show this past Friday, that I may have to clear out some room for it in my closet next winter. If that’s not reason to go on living, I don’t know what is…

In the late 90′s film Bowfinger, Eddie Murphy plays a celebrity who is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. His one hope is to repeat the mantra K.I.T. Keep it together. Over and over again. In the desperate hopes that he doesn’t do something rash. I’m not worried about doing anything rash, but there are days, and today is one of them, when I find myself muttering the letters K.I.T. over and over again under my breath.

The Atlantic has done a nice piece on Philip Seymour Hoffman, if you are looking for something to read beyond the NY Post headlines.

Perhaps instead of thinking about sad stuff, we should all consider painting our floors.

Or maybe go shopping for ridiculous movie props on eBay?

We so often describe less-than-optimal moments of our lives as “a nightmare” but what are nightmares actually made of, anyway?

I saw this link about the search for absolute silence on a cup of Jo and I had to click on it.

And at the end of the day, I suppose the most important things is just to remember that it’s alright to cry.

It is freezing outside. Yesterday was some kind of storm they are calling a bombogenesis. Whatever. We did not get the 12 inches of snow that were promised. It’s just really really cold, with enough snow to make walking laborious. Both because it’s slippery and because your kid, should you choose to travel with one, will insist on jumping into every snow bank she (or he) sees. Cute, but time consuming.

Here are a few things to do to stay warm on the inside when it’s like this outside.

Eat soup. I made a butternut squash soup with coconut milk and miso that I found on Food52. I’m planning on making it again in about 5 minutes.

I might also heat up one of these delicious chicken pot pies that came to my doorstep via the ever fabulous Good Eggs.

Exercise always gets the juices flowing, and nothing I have ever experienced makes a person sweat like a 45 minute indoor cycling class at your friendly neighborhood SoulCycle.

Pretend it’s springtime and go buy yourself some strappy sandals at Bird.

Or this dress at Zero + Maria Cornejo.

Rent this breathtaking Academy Award winning animated film version of Peter and the Wolf and watch it over and over.

Make yourself a nice hot cup of Emotional Detox tea and feel the worries, and the shivers, melt away.