The saddest day of the year?
This week is the third week of 2024. It began with ‘Blue Monday’. In 2005 Sky Travel, a UK company, labelled the third Monday of the year as the saddest day of the year. There’s no science behind it but it might have some validity it the Northern hemisphere and being at the start of year.
Continue readingA power of the brain not fully understood
For over 365 days, almost three years ago, humans were told to stay away from each other and cover their face if they were near another, to distance. Anyone who was there then will know and not forget. Today some people are being told to role up their sleeves again for “Booster”. Many have seen mental health problems; for some it was being apart from others while for others it was being forced to accept a new normal, a quick change in routine that may not change. Turns out there’s a connection to this and what we sometimes don’t think about: the laugh.
Continue readingTorontonians; the Canadians that love to vote
There’s still some time but soon Canada will see it’s largest by-election: vote for mayor of Toronto. John Tory won the mayor’s vote in October 2022; mid-February 2023 he returned the keys and the keyholder. Officially he said it was because he slept with a City worker during lockdown but many gossip and suggest other reasons; some suggest he’s going on a trip to Uranus. The question for Torontonians now: how many by-elections are going to be held in the city this year?
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The Nova's Rays 