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Sunshine and buttermilk
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
“As far as the eye could see, strips of linen, hemp, and cotton stretched over the fields. Dull gray from the loom, the fabric had been drenched repeatedly in stale urine, sour buttermilk, or sulfuric acid. Now it was being ‘grassed’ on racks to bleach in the sunshine. In the eighteenth century, it took six [...]
Enhancing my brand: Why, really we’re just not the gossipy kind.
Friday, September 26th, 2008
You know what’s running through my head now? This: “Now, we’re not ones to go ’round spreadin’ rumors, Why, really we’re just not the gossipy kind, No, you’ll never hear one of us repeating gossip, So you’d better be sure and listen close the first time!” The good news for those of you who have [...]
Where Are Ann’s Shoes?
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Who cares? A friend sent me the following link and I immediately had school flashbacks and had to go lie down in a dark quiet room until they passed. Reading Proficiency Test in English It isn’t difficult. It’s just boring. This was always a problem for me with school and standardized tests of any kind, [...]
A change in hormone levels may alter the way we perceive social cues.
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
You don’t say? Actually, this study of white-throated sparrows is quite interesting: “The findings suggest that the perceived meaning of a stimulus may be related to the activity in the entire social behavior network, rather than a single region of the brain. ‘The same neural mechanism may be operating in humans,’ Maney says. ‘In women, [...]