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September 11, 2014

Life Lessons from Robotech: Get regular blood tests to avoid awkward situations

How Marlene’s outing as an alien demonstrates you should get regular blood tests. If there was one thing as a kid that gave me hopes that there would be spaceships…..

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April 17, 2014

Life Lessons from Game of Thrones: Look after your direwolf (or your dog) for good health

The Stark family – everyone is barracking for them, yet it is so difficult for them to go a whole season or book in Game of Thrones without one of…..

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February 21, 2014

Life Lessons from Mass Effect: Love, xenophobic stalkers and nuclear explosions

An insight into the mind of an obsessive stalker with Ashley Williams and her unhealthy attachment to Commander Shepard. In Mass Effect, Ashley Williams was obsessed with My Shepard to…..

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August 3, 2013

Life Lessons from Mass Effect: You can’t control everything and that’s ok

How the story of Mass Effect shows us that being a control freak goes against the laws of physics – and that Tony Abbott’s stance of refugees prove he is…..

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July 8, 2013

Life Lessons from the 80s: Cool kids ride BMX. Rage-quitters stay at home.

A generation of obese kids with poor social skills. As well documented over at Not in the Kitchen Anymore, the online gaming experience can be pretty abusive if you are a…..

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May 4, 2013

Life Lessons from Iron Man and Batman: Being rich won’t make you happy

Batman and Iron Man, Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark – two very wealthy men, four personalities and a whole lot of unhappiness. Being rich is a goal sought after by…..

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April 4, 2013

Life Lessons from Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Beware of bunnies bearing chocolate

Anyone who knows of Buffy the Vampire Slayer should also know that Anya, the 1000-year-old-former demon-turned-mortal-turned-demon-turned-girlfriend/wife of Xander was also not a big fan of rabbits, particularly in bunny-form. While…..

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February 22, 2013

Life Lessons from Star Wars: How emotional eating killed Jabba the Hutt

If the mountain won’t come to Jabba, Jabba will get a bounty hunter to go to the mountain and bring it back frozen in carbonite. Jabba the Hutt, a riddle…..

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