Fascinating stuff on NPR this morning.

First they talked about Freud and how, thanks to some of his insights about how people are not quite as rational as they thought, we now have a public relations industry. Apparently, back in 1905, the general feeling was that the best way to convince people was to present a proper argument with proof and ( Read more... )

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I stopped by mcdonalds this morning because I still don't really have any food in the house and wanted some breakfast to tide me through the day. I'd been to this one several times in the past couple of weeks and was puzzled as to why they always asked over the intercom whether you were paying in cash, instead of just waiting to see what you handed ( Read more... )

There's a couple of bugs that keep copulating on my window. Several times a day, I see them, their loins linked, vibrating in an insect's orgasmic frenzy, jiggling their little wings in ecstacy, mindlessly sticking out their probosci and tapping it against the window in some copulative rhythm, leaving little droplets of fornication-induced bug ( Read more... )

I had a horrible nightmare last night. It was one of those very vivid ones where you are certain it's real.


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It's a fine day. The snow graced us last night with a few inches of fluff, and today's clear skies bring the sun's glimmer down to shine off the melting crystals. The trees outside my window are evergreens, happily sharing their colours with me year round. My random music picker is being mellow this afternoon, fitting ( Read more... )