making brains freeze since 1966
I’ve been thinking a lot about the mainland. I have discussed this many times with the Red Queen. I think it is time to move back and perhaps (choke, cough, gasp) get back to working for the man.
I will give myself 365 days in which to find a way to avoid the mainland. Through crook or by hook, if anyone can find a way to avoid something, it is I (or is it me?).
So perhaps I will detail my struggle to avoid the mainland over the course of the next 365 days.
What do I know about relationships? I know what works for me… will what I do work for you? Probably, but chances are you’re going to do whatever it is you have learned to do and ignore anyone or anything that goes against what you believe to be true. If I am asked, here is what I have to offer anyone looking for relationship advice.
1. Be confident. Confidence is infinitely more valuable than looks or intelligence. Looks fade, intelligence is relative, but confidence will open more doors than a valet at a steak house.
2. Be honest to a fault. Honesty is possibly the only real value you can bring to any relationship. Never lie, even to spare someone’s feelings. And remember that there is a difference between being honest and being mean. One is done with malice, the other is free from malice.
3. Never be vague. Ask for what you want from your sig other and you’ll usually get it. Of course, that said, a little mystery goes a long way toward attracting people. Be enigmatic but don’t take it too far by being evasive. Remember the three T’s… Tempt. Titillate. Tantalize.
4. Don’t change anything about yourself to attract or keep the opposite sex. If you are a woman, this is especially true of your hair color. Just remember that god made blondes so that beer commercials wouldn’t be boring. True story. Anyway, the attraction of blondes isn’t really the hair… it’s a perception that they are usually fun and open minded. Any woman, regardless of hair color, can pull off that attitude.
5. Don’t argue with your heart. Ever. If you must, don’t cry or get emotional because that will just give them the impression that you’re hysterical if you are a woman, and effeminate if you are a man. Be logical, concise and run mental circles around them. Considering that the human body’s largest sexual organ is the brain, it is easy to see why people like people with big brains!
6. Always follow your instincts. If someone seems too good to be true, they usually are. Run. Run fast and far away.
7. Women should have curves not angles. Men should be men and act accordingly.
8. Sometimes people don’t know what they want until the don’t have it anymore. Be patient and don’t expect your sig other to realize anything if it isn’t spelled out in terms than can understand.
9. Always be yourself. If you pretend to be something your not, you’ll get whatever was meant for the person you pretended to be.
10. Say whatever is on your mind the moment you feel it. If you say I love you before your sig other does, it just means that you’re living in the moment. Don’t play games… people get enough of that from their ex’s… how do you think they got to be ex’s?
If one was to really dig through all the data, and poll all voters, I would imagine an interesting theme might rise up. The major differences between Obama’s campain and McCain’s was simply how negative McCain was and how negative McCain’s supporters were.
For the most part, both campaigns based there platforms on change. Obama wanted to change the world, starting with the US. McCain wanted to remind people that change would be the order of the day if Obama was elected, most notably negative change (higher taxes especially).
I think this vote was a vote on how Americans want to move forward. They want positive change, not negative campaigns. Hopefully, even the most devout Republicans can rally around the flag and support the new president for at least half a year before they start looking for ways to impeach him.
I like to argue with people. Not because I enjoy arguments as such, but because i truly enjoy hearing why people believe what they believe. I can totally disagree with someone on any topic, but I won’t make it personal. I can even change my mind based on a person’s argument, if their evidence is compelling enough, I have no problem switching my perspective.
It is said that two topics you should never talk about in polite company are religion and politics. Mostly because both those topics are more likely to stir the passions than any other topic. People believe what they believe and woe to those who think they can change their minds.
Unfortunately, religion and politics are two topics that are really fun to debate.
A long while ago, I used to enjoy debating with some other bloggers about a variety of topics. Lately though, those arguments have been few and far between. There are a lot of reasons behind this lull in the action. Some of it is my fault, but some of it rises from the simple fact that as we get closer to an election, people stop arguing intelligently and start making personal attacks instead of arguing issues. While I can easily trade tit for tat, I really don’t enjoy calling people names when they disagree with me. I don’t get any satisfaction when I point out the flaws in someone’s argument and in return, I get called “moonbat,” or “unpatriotic,” or “demonazi,” or just simply, “moron.”
It is unfortunate that sometimes some of the most intellectual people resort to demonizing whole groups of people simply because they don’t share their ideology. Whether you are christian, mormon, pagan, muslim, republican, democrat, independent, white supremecist, black powerist, or anarchist, the easiest way to quell dissent is to start making attacks personal rather than focus on the issues.
When some of my favorite bloggers started to make name calling the structure from which they based their beliefs, I started to lose interest. Perhaps when the election is over, people will become more rational and less inclined to call people names in place of arguing issues. For now though… I just say, bleh.
I had a post, all nice and spell-checked. Then I read this article and now I need to include this information into what I know about evolution and how it fits with my worldview. I’m not overly concerned with the question of whether or not man has really stopped evolving. Instead, I am more interested in the idea that some scientists are so sure that we’ll never be faced with a situation that will require humans to adapt to their environment. Adaptation is usually the evolutionary pre-cursor to actual mutation. Anyway, stay tuned.
