Trisha wrote:Yes!

I knew you'd trip over that listing, Timo!

One wonders if the canapes served at that house would've suited, say, Renfield? (teasing, running like mad. . .) All that's missing would be authentic rat-tail demitasse (mouse-tail?) spoons!

The twin spouts do look like dripping fangs ...

A recent article in Scientific American suggests that intransigence is built in to human nature. The report details a study where partisan subjects were presented with items that either confirmed their existing beliefs or that contradicted them. MRI testing pinpointed areas of the brain that were activated when these pieces of information were presented.

Magnetic resonance imaging showed that the part of the brain that is associated with critical reasoning - the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex - was not active when presented with material about which the subjects already had an opinion. In other words, the partisan brain is almost incapable of reasoning.

http://www.blogscanada.ca/egroup/PermaLink.aspx?guid=cbb5ef57-d448-43d3-a91c-0852ca4db8a6

timo888 wrote:snip
Magnetic resonance imaging showed that the part of the brain that is associated with critical reasoning - the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex - was not active when presented with material about which the subjects already had an opinion. In other words, the partisan brain is almost incapable of reasoning.

The story of my wife. ex!
richard

espressme wrote:The story of my wife. ex!

Who would've thunk the comment "Your brain just shuts off .... " could be literally true!

Regards
Timo

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Oh, can you feel the love!

I recommend "Do stupid things twice as fast!" for their next ad...

While human taste receptors are limited to the tongue, the receptors in flies are mounted on bristles scattered all over the body, including the legs, the wings, the food-sucking proboscis and the egg-laying ovipositor.

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/06/25_flies.shtml

Lu-u-u-cky

ok.. this is strange.

a japanese doctor found out that by putting written messages on a water bottle like "i love you" can change the structure of the water.


"you make me sick"



"love and gratitude"


"listened to heavy metal music"


"listened to mozart symphony"

the page with these images - http://www.whatthebleep.com/crystals/

dr emotos website - http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/entop.html

i am thinking of experimenting with this using messages on my tank of water. i wonder if a similar message like "jonR10 rules" on my water tank will improve my triple ristrettos?

i need all the help i can get.

oh yeah people are made of water also.
there are theories that this can change the structure of your body as well as others. makes me think about how i talk to and treat others in a new way.

jon

The good news is that water is literate; the bad news is that it has really corny taste.

Creation(ism) Science Fair

An oldie but goodie.

Elementary School Level
1st Place: "My Uncle Is A Man Named Steve (Not A Monkey)"
2nd Place: "Pine Cones Are Complicated"

Honorable Mention:

"God Made Kitty"
"The Bible Says Creation"
"Pokemon Prove Evolutionism Is False"


Middle School Level
1st Place: "Life Doesn't Come From Non-Life"
2nd Place: "Women Were Designed For Homemaking"

Honorable Mention:

"Mousetrap Reduced To Pile Of Functionless Parts"
"Dinosaur & Man Walked Together"
"Rocks Can't Evolve, Where Did They Come From Mr. Darwin?"


High School Level
1st Place: "Using Prayer To Microevolve Latent Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria"
2nd Place: "Maximal Packing Of Rodentia Kinds: A Feasibility Study"

Honorable Mention:

"Geocentrism: Politically Incorrect"
"Young Earth, Old Lies"
"Thermodynamics Of Hell Fire" [my favorite]

Regards
Timo