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[jinian]

Modern pinup babe sadly does not appear to be hyperintelligent or anything.

OmniWeb displays <ul type="circle"> with dashes instead of circles, and I missed a point on my quiz for it. Hmph.

I'm really pretty sure that I saw a bus with a factually impossible Amfar ad on it today, but the ads on their site don't say what I saw. (Thought it said, "1 in 250 Americans is HIV-positive. 1 in 500 of them know it." The "of them" isn't on their site, but why would the ad have set off the edit-detector otherwise?)

Did people always wish each other a nice day? I have this idea that it'd make more sense to wish someone a good harvest, or something, if their lives were spent more on longer-term goals like that. Are we as a culture strangely focused on the immediate? (Well, the answer to that last one is pretty clear.) Maybe I am just obsessing about goals because I'm starting to grow some. (Still inchoate, will share eventually.)

And back to smart-and-beautiful: Love is a Fallacy.

Now, how much homework do you suppose I got done this afternoon? *whistle*

Comments

[mittelbar.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the story. :-)

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

there are bus signs around here talking about how 92% of women carry chap prevention (i think that's what it says; it's a lip goo reference, anyhow) and about how only 10% of women carry hiv prevention. my thought is: hello! yes! no carrying! latex doesn't handle heat or cold or aging well! yeesh.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

I liked that one, actually. But you have a good point.

[supergee.livejournal.com]

Good old Max Schulman. "Benjamin Fraklin had so many illegitimate children they called him Old Lightning Rod."

well,

[roobug.livejournal.com]

did you have a nice day? ;)

In old rome, people apparently used to forward speak with regards to the person (fare thee well) as opposed to the environment (a nice day). Kind of interesting, certainly.

[kitty-scarboro.livejournal.com]

i love that short story!
i signed by emails for a while with "love other fallacies" inspired by that short story.