Bit of an overreaction, wouldn't you say?
Check out "A Month of No Nagging," fascinatingly instructive for any men who have had to put up with female nagging (that would be all of us) and any women who have been frustrated to the point of hysteria by their need to nag men (that would be all of them). Call it sexist if you will, but that is the way it breaks down:
"The little things that count" department:
Scientists say giving a stranger a small smile or even just making eye contact as you pass can have a huge impact on their feelings. To find out how tiny gestures affected people, researchers at Purdue University conducted tests on hundreds of students and found even the smallest amount of eye contact made them feel connected to others.
It isn't "equal pay for equal work" in the military. Serving in combat speeds up your promotions and the accompanying salary boost, and women aren't allowed to serve in combat. A couple of female soldiers are in federal court asking that the ban be lifted:
I was thinking about doing a post about how silly the fuss is over the percentage of babies born to "minority" parents being greater than those born to "majority" parents for the first time. But Ronald Bailey at reason.com did a much better job that I could:
"Things that just had to happen sooner or later" department. In Rhode island, a bill of rights for the homeless:
Poor Barack Obama -- he wasn't able to be the first black president because Bill Clinton took that title. But, now, thanks to Newsweek magazine, he gets his own title: "The First Gay President":
I have always sensed that he intuitively understands gays and our predicament—because it so mirrors his own. And he knows how the love and sacrifice of marriage can heal, integrate, and rebuild a soul.
Haven't done a post lately about well-duh research into the obvious. Here's a marvelous candidate:
Awww, shoot, Ange, Goober's gone:
George Lindsey, the Alabama-born actor and comedian best known for playing the good-natured if none-too-bright gas station attendant Goober on three television series, died on Sunday in Nashville. He was 83.
