For what it's worth - which is very little - I had Gopnik's mother for a couple of courses when I did my undergrad in linguistics at McGill and although she was occasionally entertaining, she was just as unbearable as he appears to be and in very similar ways. Is this an argument for nature or nurture? We'll never know.
Brian, thanks for introducing me to her. Not only do I love her love her voice and find her music intriguing. I could not care less about pumped up lips and management teams. It's the tunes I'm after and, unless she's a mass-murderer or pedophile, if there are considerations other than music for judging a musician I am very happy to be excluded from any kind of cool music loving clique. Moreover, the fact that I'm not "supposed" to like her makes me like her more. The blogs are doing her management team's work excellently! Thanks!
What instances of negative portrayals of Jesus are there in Judaism? There are no portrayals of him whatsoever. He's a complete non-entity in Jewish theology and liturgy. The only thing we might say about him is that he wasn't the Messiah.
That's a good point. Nevertheless, the fact remains that not 100% of the birds entered into same-sex relationships, so environment still can't be the only factor.
Yet 50% of them did not end up in same-sex relationships, indicating that if environment had an influence, it could not have been the only influence on the finches' "lifestyle choice". It's what happened after that is the most interesting. Even self-identifying straight convicts who pair off with other guys in prison go back to women once freed. Not so with the majority of these finches, who remained in their same-sex relationships.
But yes. Their birds, not people. All that to say that the nature of sexual and romantic attraction are far more complex than some would have us believe.
But yes. Their birds, not people. All that to say that the nature of sexual and romantic attraction are far more complex than some would have us believe.
Why did I read this?
In Canada we also have $2-dollar coins. It's nice to be able to reach into your pocket and pull out $20 bucks in odd change (and before you make the Canadian money joke, the Canadian dollar has on on par with or worth more than the US dollar for a few years). We call it the Great Canadian Treasure Hunt and are confused by Americans' hatred of dollar coins whenever we visit for cheap shopping.
But still no return of Lois Habiba :(
It's not just about simple calorie conversion. Carbohydrates (basically, anything with sugar or starch, which is more or less a kind of sugar) that aren't used to power motor functions or converted to glycogen for storage) are turned into triglycerides. Western culture tends so consumer an excess of carbohydrates (on the form of fritos and coke) as well as an excess of high-fat content food, so there's a double whammy right there.
Fruits contain essential nutrients and most contain fiber, but their sugar content can turn into triglycerides with very sedentary individuals, especially those who don't pay attention to their food consumption in other respects.
Fruits contain essential nutrients and most contain fiber, but their sugar content can turn into triglycerides with very sedentary individuals, especially those who don't pay attention to their food consumption in other respects.
The Event gets (may get) a miniseries but SGU is still canned. I protest!
Well yes. And the changes made to Lord of the Rings. for example, worked. I was just wondering if my memory had failed me.
I haven't read The Hobbit in a long time, but I don't recall Saruman being in it. Am I mistaken?
I would have bolted.
I might also require that all times in the dressing room, even while empty, that instrumental versions of Nirvana's entire discography be played softly in the background by a live ensemble of lute, zither, hurdy gurdy, and theremin.
Ceramic bathtub? Think bigger! A bathtub made from a mix of platinum and sanded moon rocks (so they don't scrape my tushie), thank you very much!
Painful as this is to watch, I had fun watching Kirsten Dunst gradually lose her composure and was trying to imagine the thoughts going through her head.
I suppose that when you first become famous, it must be fun to make all sorts of ridiculous requirements just to see what you can get away with (No brown M&Ms! Seven assorted Framed pictures of Marylin Monroe on the dressing room walls (except the east-facing wall) but NOT the one with her skirt blowing up! Precisely 43.8 grams of distilled water in a stainless steel steiner with a glass bottom and inscribed with the words "It is an ex-parrot"!). But It's more than a little pathetic when it actually gets serious.
Yes, but did you notice that he appears to be wearing socks with sandals? Not to mention the fact that he stabbed a woman repeatedly and then cut off her head.
Real people also have lips. Kissing is not just tongue twirling. This guy clearly does not know how to kiss. Also, ew!
Your original comment came off a little like "Oh those cute Canadians think they're all grown up with their 'right-wing' politicians! Adorable!" We get this attitude fairly frequently from Americans so maybe we look for it where it isn't. I guess you were really trying to make a comment on your own government rather than ours?
