Sprites

This article just goes to show that there is still a lot about our own world that we don’t know.

The Science of Love

On this supposed day of love, nearly every outlet is concentrating on love.

Here is an article about how science is trying to learn about attraction and love.  For instance, a study asked “Which of these is more attractive?”

I say the one on the left is “prettier”.  But, “attraction” to me is not just about whether someone is pretty or not.

The article is at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11328026

Man Bashing, Yet Again.

I saw an interview on Fox News with Georgia Witkin, PHD, who wrote a book called, “It’s Not You, It’s Him!”

A couple of points she made in the interview:

• Women have a big checklist of things they want in a man.  “Men have basically two things.  They want a woman who likes them and want her to initiate sex and they are happy.”
• Women have much deeper feelings, while men don’t have as deep feelings, but fall in love quicker and out of love slower.  “First in, last out,” as she put it.
• “Surprisingly,” men are more romantic than women.  Women like to read about romance, watch chickflicks and such but don’t really (want to?) live it.  Men want the romance and want to make the women happy.

Supposedly, she has the “studies” to back up her claims. So, men are once again getting a bad rap from the misandrist, sexist females who call themselves scientists.  Even if it’s partly complimentary to men — as in the third example above — the compliment is a backhanded one.  If a man were to say, “Surprisingly, women are smart,” he’d be excoriated.   If a man were to make derogatory claims about women like she does about men, she would be furious and calling him a misogynist. She would be berating him and making him out to be a horrible human being. But, misandry is just fine anywhere at anytime. Why is it always acceptable in society to make the man out to be defective, less than women, and stupid?

I tell people that my days are subject to changing at any given moment.  I normally will make appointments at least a few days ahead, but sometimes they are scheduled as far out as a couple of weeks.  I had two appointments scheduled that were to have me driving about 40 miles one way in the morning and then about 30 the other way in the afternoon. Early this morning, my appointment for the afternoon was cancelled.  So, I did the morning appointment, then came home thinking I could get some work which I brought home done.

I soon was paged and headed out to solve a problem for a client.  I was almost at the client’s location when I came upon a 3 vehicle accident which had just occurred.  I pulled over and stopped to see if I could help.  A young man was in a car which was hit by two pickup trucks.  It appeared as though one had entered the road (4 lane) across traffic and hit the car in the side, which resulted in the the second pick which was following the car to then hit the car in the rear.  The driver of the car was a young man who appeared to be about 17 or so.  He was bleeding from the head and the car was severely damaged.  Even before I was out of the car, I was dialing 911 to get help.  I reported to the 911 dispatcher what the scene looked like and then checked to see if I could help him. There was another man standing by the car.  As I was approacing the car, I said, “Help is on the way,” to which the man stated, “He wants to call his parents.”  He had a phone in his hand and appeared to have also called 911, but the dispatcher didn’t seem aware of the call.  I talked to the boy and he was able to talk, but with difficulty.  He was having trouble breathing and was in obvious pain.  I asked his name, his phone number, and his parents names; then dialed.  I spoke with his father and informed him of the situation; then turned my attention back to the boy.  About that time, a woman arrived and asked if she could help because she was an EMT.  She leaned in the car to help him and held his head still to keep him from hurting himself further.  About that time, another woman arrived and offered help because she was an RN.  Then, the police and rescue started arriving.  So, with the proper help there, I went about the rest of my day.

Watched  tonight.

OK…. it’s SCAREY!  It has a couple of niggling little things in it that detract from it being a great, classic horror movie.  But, it’s pretty good.  I like that it had a little bit of a feel of the horror movies of yore…… before the slasher film epidemic.  Even with the new special effect scare techniques, it feels like a real horror movie.

And….. it has always been claimed that it’s based on a true story. Scarey!

Caring For Your Introvert

Here is an article on Caring For Your Introvert.

Love and the Lonely Man

Do other people go through their entire lives never being in love?  Never being loved? Is it just me? Don’t get me wrong….. I have loved.  I have loved deeply, fully, completely.  But, I have not been loved.

30 Books of The Bible.

There are 30 books in this paragraph.  Can you find them all?  I found 28 with not much trouble.  Two of them took some extra time.

“There are 30 books of the Bible in this paragraph. Can you find them? This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu , keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends…One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his banjo, Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to spot. That’s a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. Truthfully, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or a scholar to see some of them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, “The books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight.” Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus, there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found. God Bless.”