Behold the power to make annoying teenagers go away!
What's the Buzz? Rowdy Teenagers Don't Want to Hear It : "The device, called the Mosquito ('It's small and annoying,' Mr. Stapleton said), emits a high-frequency pulsing sound that, he says, can be heard by most people younger than 20 and almost no one older than 30. The sound is designed to so irritate young people that after several minutes, they cannot stand it and go away."
Romantic love 'lasts just a year': "Some couples may disagree, but romantic love lasts little more than a year, Italian scientists believe. . .
In those who had just started a relationship, levels of a protein called nerve growth factors, which causes tell-tale signs such as sweaty palms and the butterflies, were significantly higher."
According to those signs, I am in love with my classes and upcoming finals. Good to know the feeling won't last.
On Thanksgiving, my sister and I were browsing on-line for a maroon cardigan or v-neck sweater for her. Props to BananaRepublic.com for organizing the clothing by color. Alas, we did not find what she wanted.
We did find things she did not want--namely, shrugs and capelets (especially with faux fur trim), or, as I prefer, the shruglet. I just knew I would miss a trend if I moved to New Hampshire--perhaps I am better off.
My mother is not a fan of caffeine and pays little attention to her coffee. I, on the other hand, live and die by the stuff. As a result, I was not surprised that the coffee she made this morning tasted mostly like water. I made a new pot of coffee as a higher concentration YET IT STILL TASTED LIKE WATER. Did she neuter the grinds? Does her hatred of caffeine have no bounds?
Charlize may think she's all cool with her black latex outfits in Aeon Flux trailer before the new Harry Potter film, but I prefer to think of her wearing a small animal backpack like this.
Does anyone know an iTunes script that sets all the column views the same? I flipping between playlists and seeing different columns.
Finally, Amazon.com and Safari seem to have a disagreement. When clicking through on item links, the message "TypeError - Null Value" appears. Huh, I did some recent upgrades recently. . .
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Summer came and skipped past without a mix and autumn nearly slipped into winter without one. That would have been a shame. Please note the emphasis on new music. My fave track may be Metric--it seems to concern the 4th (and my favorite) Constitutional Amendment.
"Red Receiver" Sons And Daughters "Love In A Trashcan" The Raveonettes "The Negatives..." Hood "E.M.P.T.Y." The Clientele "In State" Kathleen Edwards "Modern World" Wolf Parade "Police And The Private" Metric "America's Boy" Broadcast "A Joy" Four Tet "Shake Our Tree" The Rosebuds "So Much Trouble" Matt Pond PA "Walk Away" Franz Ferdinand "Just Like The Rain" Richard Hawley "Missing Persons Bureau" Saint Etienne "Nothing But Green Lights" Tom Vek "Black and White Town" Doves "Fake Palindromes" Andrew Bird "Hammer and Nails" Laura Cantrell
In France, Artists Have Sounded the Warning Bells for Years : "So life often imitates art. Yet with the recent uprisings in some French immigrant neighborhoods, this cliche came with a new twist: art, in the form of movies and rap music, has long been warning that French-born Arab and black youths felt increasingly alienated from French society and that their communities were ripe for explosion.
Certainly anyone who saw Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film 'Hate' had no reason to be surprised by this fall's violence. At the time, Mr. Kassovitz's portrayal of a seething immigrant Paris banlieue (or suburb), even his choice of title, seemed shocking and exaggerated. Today, the movie could almost pass for a documentary."
And as a sidenote, Kassovitz also starred in the sugar-coated Paris of Amelie. I'm not drawing any conclusions--just picking the strands from the knot.
Top 10 worst toys for 2005: "What do dolls and ponies have in common with crossbows and energy beam blasters? They're all toys that have the potential to cause childhood injuries, or even death, according to an organization advocating toy safety."
See also the handy picture chart. Some of the suspects are surprising, but perhaps Anti-Gravity Boots, as a rule, are not a good idea. Or, get the kid a book.
I Vant to Drink Your Vatts: "Households across the land are infested with vampires. That's what energy experts call those gizmos with two sharp teeth that dig into a wall socket and suck juice all night long. All day long, too, and all year long."
The most exciting electricity conservation lead ever! Also worth a click-through to the article to see the graphic of the wall socket's eyes being gauged out.
The music industry is suing the Main Street restaurant and lounge for letting its musicians play songs without paying royalties to the writers. . .
In the meantime, musicians like Chris Child . . . have to cut the songs from their repertoires. Child, 34, of Keene, said losing Simon's 'Cecilia' is the worst."
On the upside, busking acoustic troubadours may stop playing. On the downside, they may play more of their own songs.
Yesterday morning I took Alice the cat to the vet for her glucose check-up; she has the diabetes. And I am pleased to say that her weight is back up to 9 lbs and 2 oz with an acceptable glucose level.
But I am less pleased that she woke me up on this morning by having a hairball on my paper research. (Not to mention licking into oblivion the corner of my Martha Stewart Holiday Cookies special issue that I keep at my desk for "inspiration").
I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy: "It all comes down to the song 'Peanut Duck.' . . . here it is, along with 119 other songs, on the Rhino collection One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds--Lost & Found, and 'Peanut Duck' can stand for the spirit of this flabbergasting collection: the desire of the anonymous to use rock 'n' roll as a means of making themselves heard. You've never listened to anything like Marsha Gee. [She] takes off, snorting and yelling and jabbering: 'Quack, quack, quackgiggy, quackgiggy, brrrrrrrrr, quack, quack, giggy, giggy, gi-gi-gi-giggy-gooma, gi-gi-gi-gi-gi quackgiggy, quackgiggy, gi-gig-goom, gi-gig-goom, gi-gig-goom-goom' . . . Whoever Marsha is or was, she fulfilled her earthly destiny on 'Peanut Duck.'"
I tried singing rave up section of "Peanut Duck" this evening, but it's not the same if you aren't teen-age girl during the 1960s. The full review does not even have a chance to mention all the outstanding tracks on the collection. My (current) favorite is by the Fabulettes in "Try the Worryin' Way" where the singer extols the weight loss benefits of getting a man who'll treat you wrong so you lose weight worryin' about him. It's true! If I were more well versed in the intricacies of the girl group sound or eloquent I would write the tribute this deserves. (Greil Marcus' quote--"for the gods, and the girls' bathroom"--may be as close to perfect as possible). I will not, however, compare this to a girl in a white dress with a parasol because that doesn't really fit.
Both of my classes today were cancelled and Bri began working so I had a free day at the apartment. Free, aside from writing a paper. Evie helped me by sitting on all the pages. I do not, however, listen to her comments and criticism.
Vatican: Faithful Should Listen to Science: "A Vatican cardinal said Thursday the faithful should listen to what secular modern science has to offer, warning that religion risks turning into 'fundamentalism' if it ignores scientific reason."
When That Old Feeling Creeps Up on You: "[Alex Kuczynski on Gap store spinoff Forth & Towne (aka F-A-T)]: They brought us cold bottled water. They told us to come back for tea on Tuesdays, when some items are 10 percent off. It was chatty and intimate. One of the women told us her husband had left her for a younger woman. Why, we asked. Gesturing toward her waist, she indicated that her bosom sagged. 'And hers are here,' she said, pointing at her chin and lifting her shoulders as if to say whaddayagonnado? "
From the evidence of the above exchange and the picture of the dressing room, the store is apparently where one can act out their fantasies of living in the Women. And that is not necessarily a bad thing. (Also, shout out to Chico's!)
Methodists Defrock Lesbian Minister: "A church panel decided in December that the Rev. Irene 'Beth' Stroud, 35, by being in a lesbian partnership, engaged in practices that are incompatible with Christian teachings. The panel's decision was overturned by an appeals committee, but the Judicial Council has now backed the original ruling."
