It’s Saturday morning and the full moon is out.
>> Dr. Drug Rep. Dr. Carlat, who maintains both a blog and a newsletter, has an informative piece in the New York Times Magazine about psychiatrists essentially working as pharmaceutical reps. It is comparable to Elliott’s “The Drug Pushers” (which is arguably more provocative).
>> Pride and Prejudice (the BBC miniseries). If you (1) have six hours to spare, (2) enjoy Jane Austen’s writing, and (3) are a big mushball, go forth: The entire series is on YouTube. While I doubt I could tolerate Mr. Darcy if I actually met him (haughtiness is not hot—in this I identify with Miss Lizzie), he is wonderfully endearing in the story and, of course, Colin Firth does a fantastic (and handsome!) job of bringing him to life. (I much prefer the BBC series to the 2005 movie.)
>> On Short Hair. Clearly the webpage was designed early in the internet age, as few people now elect to put green text on a black page (prepare your retinas for an uncomfortable visual experience)… though the content is noteworthy! To see women with short hair is a not common and I appreciate the ode to those of us with exposed necks.
>> The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs, and Body Language Cues. Learn about eye contact, lawn displays, and tongue-show, amongst other things.
24 Nov 2007 |
1. Noooo first you tell us you’re tall, and now you have short hair. My imagination has failed dismally!
2. A lady at the park has made a number of references to my dog not knowing how to read body language because Pooka always tries to play with her dog. This dog is apparently emotionally fragile and is traumatised by my dog. Although I am yet to see evidence of this.
I maintain that a) she is a puppy… just a large one; b) the other dog does not use normal dog body language; c) maybe Pooka can read body language fine but just doesn’t like the other dog much.
At any rate, I will have to read Pooka excerpts from the nonverbal dictionary before bed each night, in the hope that she may learn that Snow does not want to play.
Comment by yay | 24 Nov 2007 @ 4:22pm