A fun little article on an economic/psychological study of dating. I have no insights to offer, but this is the most interesting part to me: Women of all the races we studied revealed a strong preference for men of their own race: White women were more likely to choose white men; black women preferred black men; East Asian women preferred East Asian men; Hispanic women preferred Hispanic men. But men don't seem to discriminate based on race when it comes to dating. A woman's race had no effect on the men's choices.Two wrinkles on this: We found no evidence of the stereotype of a white male preference for East Asian women. Full story...
I just found an article discussing a book of presidential doodles (Reagan: hearts with "NDR + RR" inscribed in them.
There's an excellent historical essay up on Slate about the obnoxious, self-congratulatory tone the media has taken regarding the election of a black president.
I know, I know, I didn't blog about the election at all! That's because I'm still bitter CNN didn't turn me into a hologram.
Richard Trenton Chase was the Vampire of Sacramento, a serial killer who put human and animal blood and viscera into his blender to make a delicious smoothie intended both to stop his heart from shrinking to an infinitely small size and to re-energize his blood, which was turning to powder.
Ummm . . . what the fuck is up with the title to my most recent post?
I'm always delighted by listening to Lyndon Johnson's secretly recorded telephone conversations, mostly because I find LBJ such a fascinating, engaging, funny, depressing sort of guy, but also because it's almost invariably true that at some point either the President or his interlocutor will say something mean about somebody else.
I know this is hardly news, but I have to say that I'm delighted by the latest sex scandal to befall the beleaguered voters of the Sixteenth Florida Congressional District.
As most of you probably know, I'm addicted to Wikipedia. I can spend hours hopping from link to link.
This year's Nobel laureate is Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio of France, an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization.
Listen, I happen to like Governor Palin. Sure, her interviews were embarrassing. But I blame that on some poor, Professor Higgins-inspired strategy devised by McCain's operatives than on Palin.
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