I would fly someplace sunny every time the forecast looked like this:
7 day migraine, coming up
If I were rich
Restraint
Nine West - Beth
This Saturday, these shoes were 62% off, and I almost bought them. As adorable as they are though, I know I’d probably only wear them once or twice a year. I’ll just look at them for a few days and sigh a bit.
Why we create
E.O. Wilson in Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Early humans invented [the arts] in an attempt to express and control through magic the abundance of the environment, the power of solidarity, and other forces in their lives that mattered most to survival and reproduction. The arts were the means by which these forces could be ritualized and expressed in a new, simulated reality
What I’ve Been Listening To
What I’ve Noticed
Very cool new medical device invented at a fraction of the usual cost.
What is music and can non-human animals enjoy it?
The people who make the least get cheated the most by their employers.
Verizon is sponsoring the Friends of America Rally, a big coal event to kill climate change legislation. Tell them that’s not ok.
We kill a lot of innocent people in America.
Knowing history keeps you from being manipulated by idiots like Buchanan.
Organ trafficking is much bigger business than we thought.
Doing well in college has more to do with $$ than brains.
The Sri Lankan government is looking worse and worse.
Did you think the Bible was against abortion? Guess you haven’t actually read it.
I really love apple butter:
All hands on deck by interrobang
Sometimes I Worry
Tradeoffs: Knowledge for Bliss
E.O. Wilson in Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
The most distinctive qualities of the human species are extremely high intelligence, language, culture, and reliance on long-term social contracts. In combination they gave early Homo sapiens a decisive edge over all competing animal species, but they also exacted a price we continue to pay, composed of the shocking recognition of the self, of the finiteness of personal existence, and of the chaos of the environment.
These revelations, not disobedience to the gods, are what drove humankind from paradise. Homo sapiens is the only species to suffer psychological exile.