madness is different for us

For most, the definition of madness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.

For a software developer, the definition of madness is changing 400 lines of code and re-architecting a significant component to fix a bug, and then expecting the bug to actually be fixed.

And yes, "We're All Mad Here".

do you know how much you eat without looking? no!

Self-refilling bowls: An idea whose time should never come : Cognitive Daily:

One "trick" dieters often use is to put their food on a smaller plate. The idea is to fool yourself into thinking you're eating more food than you really are. But doesn't our stomach tell us how full we are?

Actually, it doesn't. Brian Wansink has devoted his career to studying how perception of food intake relates to actual eating behavior. Together with James Painter and Jill North, he's come up with a dramatic demonstration of how wrong our stomachs can be.

Photos from California: Hotel Del Coronado, May 14