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Medieval Times Weren't Miserable, Huh? -  Medieval England was not only far more prosperous than previously believed, it also actually boasted an average income that would be more than double the average per capita income of the world's poorest nations today, according to new research..."By the late Middle Ages, the English people were in a position to afford a varied diet including meat, dairy produce and ale, as well as the less highly processed grain products that comprised the bulk of the bare bones subsistence diet," he added...Even on the eve of the Black Death plague, which first struck in 1348/49, the researchers found per capita incomes in England of more than $800.

I'm going to call bullshit here.  Obviously the people in Medieval Times had a decent amount of cash, they all lived in enormous castles according to everything I've ever learned.  The people of this study need to realize money doesn't equate to happiness. 

In all the tv shows, movies, and illustrated books I've seen clearly prove the Medieval times were a time without sun, just grey and dreary, 90% chance of rain.  Men not having enough money to buy a proper pair of pants and having to resort to tights , kings and queens running around beheading each other and everyone else, people solving any and all disputes with over-sized swords and on top of that they had to live in constant fear of a disease simply known as "Black Death".  Yea sounds like its was a real frigen hoot back then. 

Normal People Ignore Celebrities on Twitter, They Start Freaking Out - Celebrities were so frustrated with the time it took to raise $1 million for Keep a Child Alive's "Digital Death" campaign, they persuaded a wealthy savior to give them $500,000 so they could get back on Twitter...The boldfaces agreed to "kill" themselves on social media until they raised a $1 million for the charity, which helps fund HIV/AIDS relief in Africa and India. But it took longer than expected, and insiders say the celebs became frustrated.

Hysterical, you know why no one cared? Because some of the so-called celebrities were the Kardashians,  Alicia Keys, something called Swizz Beats, Lady Gaga and Ryan Seacrest.  First off, I don't have to follow Seacrest on Twitter if I want to know what he's up to, the guy is literally on every television and radio show, no need to keep me posted.  For the rest of you? I can only imagine the only people who cared about your tweets are in high school.  And last I checked high schoolers tend to have a hard time coming up with $1 million in change.

Which reminds me, you can follow CW @thealttab (or by clicking the black bird in the right column).

 Rebel Buddhist Monk Being Evicted - He’s New York’s crudest Buddhist.  Instead of emptying his mind, Xiao Dan Wu has been emptying his bladder into a washbasin used by his fellow monks at a Canal Street temple, according to a new lawsuit. The nervy Nirvana-seeker, who was living without permission at the China Buddhist Association, then intimidated a female monk by leaving cat feces on her prayer cushion, the group alleges in court papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court. 

I think these other monks have to take a good hard look inward and think about if this is happening to them because of bad Karma.  This isn't any everyday annoying monk, the kind that maybe meditated too loud or something.  This guy is a clear rogue sent to them as a message.  They'd be wise to heed that message, who knows what Karma will give to them next if they evict its offering.