Relaxed Focus: Today's Internets

RIP.

Legendary Comic Book Artist, Former DC Comics Publisher Carmine Infantino Dies: "Vanguard Productions publisher J. David Spurlock has reported on his facebook page that comic book legend Carmine Infantino has died today at age 87. Spurlock was a close friend of Infantino’s and author of the book The Amazing World of Carmine Infantino. Infantino was born in 1925 in Brooklyn, attending the School of Industrial Art in Manhattan. His earliest comic work was in Marvel/Timely’s USA Comics #3 in 1942, but he is best known as a creator for designing the updated version of the Flash and his new alter ego Barry Allen with Robert Kanigher and Julius Schwartz in 1956, which would become a key impetus in revitalizing super-hero comics for what is now known as the Silver Age. Among countless other characters, Infantino also co-created the Barbara Gordon version of Batgirl."

Target apologizes for accuracy.

Target's Dress Apology Over 'Manatee Gray' Plus Size Description | Contactmusic.com: "Supermarket powerhouse Target have found themselves in a sea cow-sized PR disaster, after the supermarket chain re-branded the 'Dark Heather Gray' dresses being sold on their website as 'Manatee Gray' once the dress sizes reached the XLs. The ill-mannered mix-up has unsurprisingly placed Target in quite the predicament and in a bid to avoid any further action potentially being taken against the company by irked would-be shoppers, the company has already issued a full apology and removed the item from the website."

WTF, ladies?

Human rape: revising evolutionary perspectives. | Melissa Emery Thompson - Academia.edu: "Among college-aged women,approximately 40% of rape victims report continuing to date theirattackers (Wilson and Durrenberger 1982;Koss 1989)."

Building Your Control Model: Where Do You Spend Your Time?: "Focusing on variables beyond your control can be a drain on your time, your thoughts, your emotions and your clarity. Fulfilled, happy people are aware of what’s beyond their control, and they don’t allow it to create stress. When an outside event affects their lives, they quickly discern, “Is this something I can control? Is this something I can influence? Or, is this truly something I cannot control and cannot influence?” Many of us try to control the events around us. Although we can influence many events and maybe control some, the only things we have absolute control over are ourselves and our emotional responses."

Article discussing reactions to lifelong bachelorhood, but this applies to every decision you make outside the norm. And you get the greatest judgement and resistance from those closest to you. In my experience.

Don’t Be Ashamed For Being A Bachelor: "I have often wondered why it annoys people so much, and while there are many reasons for it and it varies from person to person, there is one common theme that seems to ring true for all of them: People are terrified by the fact that they may be doing the wrong thing. When you have invested so much into the socially expected life path that would be considered safe and desirable, anything that contradicts that life path is going to question the validity of their life choices. It stings them even more when the person rejecting that lifestyle is showing signs of significant success or happiness."