As the proud mom of three terrific daughters, and a third daughter myself, I am always a little dismayed by people who have strong preferences for children according to sex–they usually want boys. So it was with some trepidation that I read a new article by Fiona Mathews, Paul Johnson, Read more…
Thanks to a very alert student, I was turned on to a terrific video source with the very plain sounding name of “TED.” According to the About TED website, TED stands for “technology, entertainment, and Design.” The group started in 1984 and began offering conferences where speakers were challenged to Read more…
Sweeping legislation passed the French parliament’s lower house today that would make it illegal to “publicly incite extreme thinness.” Fines up to $47,000 and imprisonment might await offenders. Fashion magazines, advertisers, and web sites would all be subject to the law, which will be taken up by the French Senate Read more…
April 14th is Mr F’s birthday, and he wanted to celebrate with a very non-Jenny Craig meal of cheese fondue and cheesecake…do we see a trend here? I guess for those of us with Swedish genes, cheese is one of the major food groups. I mentioned in my matching hypothesis Read more…
Beginning with Goffman in 1952, psychologists have been convinced that people have a strong tendency to choose partners whose physical attractiveness is equal to their own, leading to the so-called “matching hypothesis.” Many people think Sting and his wife, Trudi Styler, look a lot alike. The couple has been together Read more…