New year, this cat is keeping an eye on you. Start the decade out well.

Thank you, New Years Card, for being the fallback position from the onslaught of the end of a fall semester. You give me a way of sending good wishes to beloved family and friends while only looking moderately like a holiday lump.

May you have a Christmas day as filled with warmth and joy as this cat.

[Gerd Kempermann and his colleagues at the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden in Germany] found an additive effect: exercise alone was good for the hippocampus, but combining physical activity with cognitive demands in a stimulating environment was even better, leading to even more new neurons. 

Link: Why Your Brain Needs Exercise

I wonder how games like Beat Saber fare for helping neuron-formation. It seems like it would be right in the intersection of cardio and thinking.

The Knight Before Christmas is clearly propaganda funded by Big Hot Chocolate.