I have to agree with Kristin. In fact, full moons were so notorious that if things started going crazy on the news desk at night, we'd make the clerk check to see if it was a full moon. Especially on nights when we had one breaking story after another. One way or the other, we rarely had a quiet full moon.
Made me curious, though, as to whether there was any proof. Here's a Psychology Today article that discusses two different studies of the phenomenon; neither of which was able to make a connection:
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I have to agree with Kristin. In fact, full moons were so notorious that if things started going crazy on the news desk at night, we'd make the clerk check to see if it was a full moon. Especially on nights when we had one breaking story after another. One way or the other, we rarely had a quiet full moon.
Made me curious, though, as to whether there was any proof. Here's a Psychology Today article that discusses two different studies of the phenomenon; neither of which was able to make a connection:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20050217-000001.html
I guess I'll buy that, but not before I point out that "lunacy" is based on luna, the Latin word for moon....
January 16, 2009 - 9:45amThis Comment
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