9/19/2006 04:54:00 PM - Posted by dmaismith - 2 comments
BFF

Dear Abby,

I read an article on BFF (Best Friends Forever) in Discovery Girls, "a magazine created by girls, for girls."

Now I can't name one BFF I've ever had! The last person who wanted to be my BFF was a little psychotic, and that is how I tend to view girls who want a BFF relationship.

Am I normal?

Yours truly,
Little Miss Independent
Utah


9/13/2006 10:27:00 AM - Posted by dmaismith - 0 comments
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." --Socrates

Apparently the work to unravel the mystery of the adolescent brain is a fairly recent investigation. I'm reading a book about the teenage brain and am fascinated at how complex this organ is. I think its safe to say that we can apply the same principle to any science that we can apply to life in general: just when we think we know something, we find out we really don't.

I wonder if part of the brain has been reserved for learning things not yet revealed to man.


9/05/2006 02:09:00 PM - Posted by dmaismith - 0 comments
Cyrano De Bergerac

Some animals are so ugly they're cute (kind of like newborn babies). Take for instance the Proboscis Monkey:

My personal favorite is the Naked Mole Rat (hey it has "rat" in its name!):


The Naked Mole Rat in Kim Possible, named Rufus, is really cool, although traditionally cute: