Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Insent, Robin! I had to uncross my fingers to type this, since it was otherwise awkward, but I am otherwise very bouncy.
My Excedrin kicked in! Yay! I feel like I just finished my homework and can go play! Also, I've talked to Robin more in the last 24 hours than I have in months! Also, I have bored the dogs, and they've left me alone! Triple yay! Plus, I am currently winning my bidding war at eBay. Who else envies me right now?
I'm looking at the Apple Store. I don't need a PowerBook, but apparently I really want one.
I envy you--well, except for the talking to me part, because that would be weird and arrogant and insane.
A study published this week in the scientific journal Evolution and Human Behavior claims that while men might appreciate witty women, they don't want long-term relationships with them.
So, I went and read this paper (or at least a paper by this author in the current issue of this journal) and the description is a complete misrepresentation of what they found. Both men and women preferred partners who were funny and who appreciated their own humor, although women thought both were more important than men did. There was nothing about men not wanting a long-term relationship with funny women. Men preferred funny women.
Here is where they are getting all of that crap. If men are forced to choose between "someone who is funny" and "somone who thinks you are funny" they choose the one who thinks they are funny, and they are especially prone to do this if they are thinking of a long-term relationship. If women are given the same choice, they choose the partner who is funny over one who thinks they are funny. But both men and women would prefer to have someone who is funny AND who appreciates their humor, so the whole thing is a slight of hand.
that would be weird and arrogant and insane.
But funny!
Well well well. [link] I'd like to see the demographics on the areas in question.
Also, very interesting take on the Cheney thing from Molly Ivins. But dammit, I didn't want to feel bad for the guy. (Not that guy, the other guy. The one who doesn't go around shooting people willy nilly.)
"The idea that men are more interested in having an audience rather than sharing banter doesn't really surprise me," British comedian Meera Syal told the Independent. "Women see men with a sense of humor as dangerous and sexy, while men see it as threatening. Basically, what it comes down to is that humor is a mark of intelligence."@@
Oh, and make sure I don't sound weird.This is where I need the serious help were I to try online dating. Or an dating really.
Also? Today can piss off. My tummy is all sorts of IBS unhappy, meds have made me stupid but combined with the migraine meds it's not as unpleasant as it usually is.
And I am having a fabulous hair day on a day when no one will see it and I didn't put one second of effort into it. What the? Last night I tried to get it into lovely cascading curls and it just refused. This morning? Washed with a not fabulous shampoo and no product. And the curls are exactly what I wanted last night.
I think a nap is in order, just to reset the last few hours of my day back to the beginning of today which was much nicer.
So, I went and read this paper (or at least a paper by this author in the current issue of this journal) and the description is a complete misrepresentation of what they found.
I suspected as much.
Jesus is biting cats on the ass now?My cat bit me on the ass once. I think she liked (or disliked) the smell of the salve I was using for a busted up muscle cluster. We don't have BioFreeze in the house now. It's Theragesic all the way.
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Who else envies me right now?
I do. I envy your chipper phone manner, slight OCD and ability to order pink office accessories.
Alibelle, did you see that Phil the Gambler is sending me and JZ to the Bellagio this April?
In Gary and Dancer!Nicole news, they continue to dote on their baby girl and Gary has decided that he'll have to homeschool her personally because she can't be trusted to others for her education. She's not a toddler yet, so this position may change.