Ok, I’m REALLY feeling my age after reading through Wanna Feel Old. It’s amazing how much time has passed in pop culture. How old? Try this factlet: Ghostbusters came out a Quarter of a Century ago. How can so much time have passed?? Jeez…am I really that old?? I seem to remember Ghostbusters as if [...]
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Today’s depressing web site: Wanna feel old
Posted in Culture, Life, tagged aging, Culture, nostalgia, pop culture on April 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
What if you said hello to everyone in your path for a month?
Posted in Culture, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, tagged Culture, pyschology, society on December 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
There’s a fascinating article at Reader’s Digest about a guy who decided to try saying hello to everyone in his path for a month. The results, although probably predictable, are quite interesting. He notes that it’s not as easy as you’d think, and I’m right with him there: I struggle to be friendly to strangers [...]
Window into elephant culture
Posted in Animals, tagged behavior, Culture, elephant, emotion, family, herd, memory, stress on June 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Slate lead me to a dramatic 2006 New York Times article on the similarities between post traumatic stress disorder as seen in victims of civil wars in Africa and that seen in young elephants who have witnessed the murder of their parents and elders. Long but deeply intruiging. [ Link ]
A world apart — love and marriage in Saudi Arabia
Posted in Culture, Insanity, tagged Culture, dating, Islam, men, relationships, religion, women on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Salon directed me to a series of articles at the New York Times on love, romance, marriage, and gender roles among young men and women in Saudi Arabia. It’s an interesting read, a real eye opener and I have to say quite scary too. Also it makes me think that if you were subject to [...]
On mammaries
Posted in Culture, Questions, Sex, tagged Culture, Food, Sex, women on March 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Sameer and I went to the Field Museum – a natural history museum in Chicago – yesterday. The exhibits were fantastic. After oggling Sue the T-Rex for a bit, we went off and looked at the Ancient Americas exhibit. While in the Ancient Americas exhibit, I noted the pictures and models of women from ancient [...]
On aging consumers
Posted in Advertising, tagged Advertising, Culture on March 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Picking up from the idea that the kiddies who once played videogames are now productive, adult members of society who still play video games, see this Slate article about the rebranding of Chester, the Cheetos mascot. Recent surveys found that over 60% of the people eating Cheetos are adults. This surprised the execs who realized [...]
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