Sometimes it’s all I can do to keep my sanity in a world of the perpetually insane. And while there may be those who would argue that I’m the crazy one, I challenge you to prove it, especially in light of the results of this study, which appeared in the Washington Post.  I’m telling ya – I don’t make up this stuff. In fact, I’m not sure even I, with a creative mind extraordinaire, could manage to concoct such madness. Enter the first sentence of said article: “Loneliness is like a disease — and what’s worse, it’s contagious.” Not only is it contagious, these researchers declare, it can be passed on indirectly – as in to a friend of a friend of a friend. Or maybe even to a friend’s uncle’s parrot, … Read entire article »