Soccer Mom Zing- March 31, 2008 I'm supposed to be taking time off here, but I couldn't resist this shot taken at Soccer Moms by my hero, E.O. Wilson:In what he calls the soccer mom syndrome Wilson said the worst thing a parent can do for a child is to take him or her to a botanical garden where all the trees are marked and labeled. Instead, Go to the seashore and give them a pale and bucket. Let them experience natureand then come back and ask questions, Wilson said, admittedly paraphrasing Rachel Carsons advice. Carson...http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/03/soccer-mom-zing.html SpringBreak- March 27, 2008 I wonder if anyone has named the phenomenon in which a patient pushing their call light frequently will have it answered less and less promptlyIf not, then I will call it "The Call-Light Conundrum".Anyhoo, it's Spring Break and I'm outta here for a few weeks.Now here it is, your url of the day:http:www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com (hilarious!)http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/03/springbreak.html Childhood's Beginning- March 19, 2008 Arthur C. Clarke.See you in the stars..http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/03/childhoods-beginning.html The Laws- March 17, 2008 At some point along the chain of making, putting energy in, storing, and delivering the hydrogen, we will have used more energy than we can get back, and this doesnt count the energy used to make fuel cells, storage tanks, delivery systems, and vehicles. When fusion can make cheap hydrogen, when reliable long-lasting nanotube fuel cells exist, and when light-weight leak-proof carbon-fiber polymer-lined storage tanks and pipelines can be made inexpensively, then we can consider building the...http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/03/laws.html How To Be A Good Wife- March 12, 2008 Hey kids, guess who said this:When the wife does not focus in on the needs and the feelings, sexually, personally, to make him feel like a man, to make him feel like a success, to make him feel like her hero, hes very susceptible to the charm of some other woman making him feel what he needs.I'll give you a few clues. It's a woman who once spread her legs to seduce her current husband away from his previous wife. It's also a woman who has a doctorate in physiology but wants you to think it's..http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-be-good-wife.html Interesting Job- March 11, 2008 Q: This job is unbelievable.A: I know. I used to tell people at parties that I knock people over for a living and no one believed me. Every now and then, after a team meeting, I would be struck by how absurd it was that we'd just spent 30 minutes in a brainstorming session on new or better ways to make people fall down.Knocking People OverMcSweeney's Internet Tendency - Interviews With People Who Have Interesting Or Unusual Jobs.http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/03/interesting-job.html Clean Toilet America- March 10, 2008 As usual, while watching a commercial last night I suddenly realized all of society's ills can be summarized by, yep, toilet cleaning.The toilet must be thought of as a thing of terror, lurking there in your bathroom, its hidden bacteria monsters ready to leap out from deep below and grab your innocent child, dragging her down into its dark, dark abyss.You must act! You must buy an expensive, special gelatinous toilet bowl cleaner that clings! Also, you must use a disposable toilet bowl brush..http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/03/clean-toilet-america.html My Reality Show- March 5, 2008 For the longest time I thought my hospital nursing job was hell because of a nursing shortage combined with reckless short-staffing by the hospital in order to save money. Then I realized it is intentional. Yes, that's right, intentional!You see, it's all a game. There are hidden cameras and people, somewhere, are watching us for their own amusement! It all makes sense now.My unseen audience places bets on things like how fast can the nurse get from the bronchospasmic blue patient in room 2.http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-reality-show.html Spank Me- March 3, 2008 New research by a University of New Hampshire domestic abuse expert says spanking children affects their sex lives as adults. Professor Murray Straus concludes that children who are spanked are more likely as adults to coerce partners to have sex, to have unprotected sex and to have masochistic sex.-from physorg.comI guess my kids' wedding gifts will have to be whips and chains.Let's balance that fun-with-correlating research with this from the Washington Post: Narcissism and entitlement among..http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/03/spank-me.html Amateur Surgeon- March 3, 2008 If you can't sleep at 3am and turn on Adult Swim you'll see an ad for their website flash game Amateur Surgeon.And then you will stay up the rest of the night playing it.And then you'll groggily post a link to it on your lame blog.http://cosmicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2008/03/amateur-surgeon.html |