According to an article in the Scientific American I just got, reciting poetry is beneficial to your health. The study in question used epic poetry such as The Iliad with its hexameter lines (which incidentally really only works for this in German or Latin). Basically there are several nice affects such as a probable endorphin boost, slowed and deepened breathing, and a sort of calibrating of breathing and heartbeats. So, um...yay!

-photography by Karim Ramzi

-Nicaraguan Sign Language - the kids have the skillz

-I knew math was evil

-my holy grail-type quest is now to find this pepper for my mom

-mmmm...folklore goodness