LJD01: Lightbulb Joke of the Day

Here's my lame attempt at a light bulb joke. An inside-joke for the Fringe crowd! (it's a show on Fox):

Q: How many characters from Fringe does it take to change a light bulb?

A: 4. One to recognize that the light bulb was manufactured by Massive Dynamic; one to remember where he hid the replacement bulb in another dimensional reality; one to storm various houses in the greater Boston area, removing light-bulbs that were about to spawn a genetically altered trans-dimensional electricity monsters; and another to stand by with a very serious expression on his face and watch, with complete credulity, as the action unfolds.

LJD00: Lightbulb Joke of the Day

Q: How many women with PMS does it take to change a light bulb?

A: One. Only ONE!! And do you know WHY it only takes ONE? Because no one else in this house knows HOW to change a light bulb. They don't even know the bulb is BURNED OUT. They would sit in this house in the dark for THREE DAYS before they figured it OUT. And once they figured it out they wouldn't be able to find the light bulbs despite the fact that they've been in the SAME CUPBOARD for the past SEVENTEEN YEARS. But if they did, by some miracle, actually find the light bulbs, TWO DAYS LATER the chair that they dragged from two rooms over to stand on to change the STUPID light bulb would STILL BE IN THE SAME SPOT!! AND UNDERNEATH IT WOULD BE THE CRUMPLED WRAPPER THE STUPID @*!#$% LIGHT BULBS CAME IN! WHY?! BECAUSE NO ONE IN THIS HOUSE EVER CARRIES OUT THE GARBAGE!! IT'S A WONDER WE HAVEN'T ALL SUFFOCATED FROM THE PILES OF GARBAGE THAT ARE 12 FEET DEEP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE. THE HOUSE!! IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY TO CLEAN THIS... I'm sorry...what did you ask me?

Adolescence Is Real, Dude...

For those who argue that adolescence is an invented category-- something that we came up with in the 50's along with car-culture and diners and Elvis-- this new research provides a subtle rebuke: Hormonal Effects Reverse During Puberty, Causing Anxiety.

Basically, the article shows how certain receptors increase in number during puberty, causing different effects from the same hormones we all have swimming around in our brains. These effects are less present in childhood and diminish in adulthood.

This explains a lot of adolescent behavior (especially female behavior), but also neatly makes an argument for the reality of a developmental period called adolescence.

It's not all in their heads! They can't help it-- their BRAINS are changing.

Any other divergent thoughts out there?

Jay Hanson's most excellent essay-- "The Society of Sloth"

Jay Hanson, of www.dieoff.org notoriety, wrote an essay titled "The Society of Sloth."

You can read it and some broad-ranging commentary here: http://campfire.theoildrum.com/node/5377