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What happens to an actress in the course of her career that she would choose plastic surgery, which is often just a synonym for disfigurement, over aging gracefully?

There may not be a magic formula for keeping love and commitment alive in a relationship, but there are a few factors that strengthen the ties, according to an article in the January edition of Psychology Today (which is now online).

If it seems to you like lately American politics are a bit of a joke, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity this past weekend likely did little to remedy the situation. The Comedy Central mock-news anchors hosted the Washington D.C. rally this past Saturday in an effort to restore some sanity to the American political system and the media that covers it. The event was part comedy shtick, part rock concert, and part serious bipartisan plea for reason in the face of the extremist ideologies that are dividing the country. Various news sources estimated the crowd at around 200,000, thought Colbert was more generous, claiming via Twitter that it was somewhere in the ballpark of “six billion.” Check out an amazing gallery of the many creative and hilarious homemade rally signs here.

The prehistoric notion of newborns as blobs of clay solely dependent on externals--people and events--to shape them into something roughly akin to human beings with their own distinctive set of characteristics and proclivities, good and bad, has essentially gone the way of the eight track.

Feeling blue? Don’t cry about it—that may just make you feel worse. Instead take the passive route to getting over a rough day or week or month: get a good sleep.