April 21, 2010
A report published on the BBC website today shows a research carried out by scientists at the University of Edinburgh analysing celebrity Twitter messages in a bid to find out how happy the senders are.
The researchers believed the study could provide insights into the emotional well-being of the general population as they looked at word patterns in the tweets of 13 celebrities.
Basketball player Shaquille O’Neale ( woo hoo!!! I love Shaq) was said to be the happiest tweeter, followed by cyclist Lance Armstrong and television presenter Jonathan Ross (one of my favourites although the Andrew Sachs episode can’t be easily [...]
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February 4, 2010
This post was inspired by watching the Prime Minister Gordon Brown crack a joke on question time today. Not that I have so much interest or knowledge in politics, but Gordon Brown hardly smiles (well at least the times I have seen him on television lol!!). It was fascinating to see him throw a wisecrack at David Cameron and laugh while doing so.
At that point my perception of him changed because his laughter brought out the human side of him despite his political controversies.
You may be going through tough times or experiencing difficulties, I dare say a dose of laughter [...]
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