Cool video. Makes me sad for the tree though. Maybe not the case here - but often when a tree puts that much energy into reproductive structures, it is becase it is distressed. Methinks the tree is dying.
Great Neato post and a very interesting discussion.
First off - I'm a big homo.
@Jdoozie - I agree with you about the devaluing of the heterosexual male.
I think men are turning into pussies en masse. All sensitive, emotional, and whipped, these men are far too soft.
Perhaps this is why the show "Mad Men" is popular, because it shows men at a time when they had nads, and had control over their workspace as men.
In the Candadian Education system there is a "crisis in boys education" where the fact that boys learn different than girls, and the fact that a school is a corporation run by women (my opinion), has somehow left boys out.
As well, humans are turning into pussies. I read somewhere that a Greek battle was re-inforced by all the soldiers of a neighbouring city rowing a boat to the battle in record time. A re-creation was attempted with modern Olympic level rowers and we could not do it. As well, we can't throw javelins anywhere near as far as ancient Greeks.
Perhaps this ad is playing to some zeitgeist that women want their men to be more like the homos (my opinon). Most gay men I know follow their own path, think for themselves, take action quickly, are independant, macho, and think "boobies are for babies". Lol.
Seducing a man can get you killed, and that is waaaay tough.
No way this would "make a kid gay". Gay kids are always gay. Everyone knows it - they just don't yet have anyone to be gay with.
I once did a cost/benefit analysis of the "burden of smoking" on the health care system. Mind, without the time factor. I found that smoker's contribution to the taxes far outweighed any cost of increased heath care costs associated with smoking.
I like that Peta is promoting this idea, but agree that that is not much money. Vat grown ground beef is just around the corner from what I read in Sci Am.
Questions - If you grew a steak from your own stem cells and consumed it, would you still be a vegan? Would you be a cannibal if it was grown from your own cell-line?
What is the term "rubbernecked"? I couldn't find it anywhere on Google as a car accident term, as in the above "Dymaxion was rubbernecked by another car".
Estes is beautiful. I especially like the Overlook Hotel, the inspiration for the book "The Shining".
I live in Alberta too, and like Agricola says this happens often.
I have a photo of a line of tourists hiding behind a lamp-post from a gigantic Bull. The Bull moves and they move all in a line, just like a windsock or something.
I am reminded of Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a man who survived two atomic bombs in Japan. He watched the Hiroshima blast, and then returned to Nagasaki to go back to work. The part of his story that is relevant is that he took the train out of Hiroshima - the next day. That's right, the trains of Hiroshima were running the next day.
First off - I'm a big homo.
@Jdoozie - I agree with you about the devaluing of the heterosexual male.
I think men are turning into pussies en masse. All sensitive, emotional, and whipped, these men are far too soft.
Perhaps this is why the show "Mad Men" is popular, because it shows men at a time when they had nads, and had control over their workspace as men.
In the Candadian Education system there is a "crisis in boys education" where the fact that boys learn different than girls, and the fact that a school is a corporation run by women (my opinion), has somehow left boys out.
As well, humans are turning into pussies. I read somewhere that a Greek battle was re-inforced by all the soldiers of a neighbouring city rowing a boat to the battle in record time. A re-creation was attempted with modern Olympic level rowers and we could not do it. As well, we can't throw javelins anywhere near as far as ancient Greeks.
Perhaps this ad is playing to some zeitgeist that women want their men to be more like the homos (my opinon). Most gay men I know follow their own path, think for themselves, take action quickly, are independant, macho, and think "boobies are for babies". Lol.
Seducing a man can get you killed, and that is waaaay tough.
No way this would "make a kid gay". Gay kids are always gay. Everyone knows it - they just don't yet have anyone to be gay with.
Interesting article, thanks!
Questions - If you grew a steak from your own stem cells and consumed it, would you still be a vegan? Would you be a cannibal if it was grown from your own cell-line?
I live in Alberta too, and like Agricola says this happens often.
I have a photo of a line of tourists hiding behind a lamp-post from a gigantic Bull. The Bull moves and they move all in a line, just like a windsock or something.
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2011/01/29/january-29-2011/