1. That all questions are underlain by still deeper ones? That all complexity can be accurately reduced to simplicity?
2. That it seems so crucial to have your home spotless when guests are coming over, to give a good first impression; but once they have arrived, not the slightest attention is paid to the appearance of the place? In fact, it's better that there's a mess to verify that everyone is enjoying themselves.
3. With this my sister agrees: we are getting dumber, and there is concrete evidence for it. Our communication is getting shorter, simpler, and shallower. Novels have given way to novellas, which will become novellinas, which will become micronovellinas, perhaps nanonovellinas, we have speculated. At the next poetry or book excerpt reading, there will be only monosyllables uttered, and these will receive standing ovations and sticks beaten on rocks. Eventually, she says along with her husband, we will be reduced to grunts, having effectively devolved into our primordial beginnings. If you want to read a truly exceptional book using the short form including micronovellinas, check this one out: http://www.amazon.com/Micronovellinas-Philosobytes-Rita-Randazzo/dp/0970827989/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330902202&sr=1-4
4. That we are getting closer to understanding the brain's response to traumatic events, which may lead to better treatment of PTSD and other maladaptive responses? Oh yeah, it has recently been noted in the literature that the experience of having been suddenly, unexpectedly dumped by a lover can result in the same symptomatology as the traumas we commonly associate with PTSD. I coulda' told you that a long time ago.
5. That I am now officially an old man, capable of saying outrageous things in public and getting away with them, on account of my age and all.
6. That if you have a single good friend, the kind who is there for you no matter what, who isn't out to exploit you, who wants to spend time with you, that you are doin' just fine?
2. That it seems so crucial to have your home spotless when guests are coming over, to give a good first impression; but once they have arrived, not the slightest attention is paid to the appearance of the place? In fact, it's better that there's a mess to verify that everyone is enjoying themselves.
3. With this my sister agrees: we are getting dumber, and there is concrete evidence for it. Our communication is getting shorter, simpler, and shallower. Novels have given way to novellas, which will become novellinas, which will become micronovellinas, perhaps nanonovellinas, we have speculated. At the next poetry or book excerpt reading, there will be only monosyllables uttered, and these will receive standing ovations and sticks beaten on rocks. Eventually, she says along with her husband, we will be reduced to grunts, having effectively devolved into our primordial beginnings. If you want to read a truly exceptional book using the short form including micronovellinas, check this one out: http://www.amazon.com/Micronovellinas-Philosobytes-Rita-Randazzo/dp/0970827989/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330902202&sr=1-4
4. That we are getting closer to understanding the brain's response to traumatic events, which may lead to better treatment of PTSD and other maladaptive responses? Oh yeah, it has recently been noted in the literature that the experience of having been suddenly, unexpectedly dumped by a lover can result in the same symptomatology as the traumas we commonly associate with PTSD. I coulda' told you that a long time ago.
5. That I am now officially an old man, capable of saying outrageous things in public and getting away with them, on account of my age and all.
6. That if you have a single good friend, the kind who is there for you no matter what, who isn't out to exploit you, who wants to spend time with you, that you are doin' just fine?
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