Posted on 03/14/2007 11:20:55 AM PDT by Mo1
That doesn not look like New England Fish Chow-da.
Mornin', Gran. Beautiful here the past couple of days, too. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming and all the trees are budding. Spring has always been my favorite time of year.
I'm with you. I think Cardy scared everybody off with that concoction.
Good morning Libby. Glad to hear that you're finally getting some spring down there too.
I hope Global Warming gives us an early warm one in NH too. (I have my doubts tho, lol.)
Another month and we'll be home again, and I'll have to tackle the garage and do some more unpacking....sighhhh....;)
Between that concoction and the Dimensions thing. He can do a good yob when he wants to. DOM!
Hello Doggie, I was wondering if you were still visiting the family.
Great pic of you all, and your step-dad must have been around you for a long time, as he looks like the rest of the family to me..lol.
Great mural there, and I bet you just love being on the family farm again.
Have a great time with them all, and keep in touch, ok?
Keep sending Pics...I love them. ;)
*shrug* I might give it a try...
He checked into my hotel at the tail end of another three-week business trip to Eastern Europe. He was lonely, and he'd been on the road a long time, so he thought he'd hire one of those girls you see advertised on the back of the cab receipts. You know, from one of the escort services.
He grabbed a card on his way in. It was an ad for a young woman calling herself Eronique, a lovely woman in the photo. She had all the right curves in all the right places, beautiful long hair, graceful legs and a friendly, inviting smile - You know what I mean. So, he's in his room and figures, "What the hey, I'll give her a call!"
"Hello?" the woman says - Wow, she sounded sexy.
"Hi," He said. "I have your massage advertisement, and I'd like to have you come to my hotel room for a massage -- no, hold on, let me behonest with you. I'm in town all alone, I've been traveling for weeks, and what I need is sex. I want it hard, I want it hot, and I want it now! I want hinky-dinky the whole night long. You name it, we'll do it. Bring your toys, we'll do everything in your bag of tricks. We'll drink champagne all night! Tie me up and whip me! Strap me on! Cover me in chocolate, whip cream and cherries -- we'll do anything you want, baby! Now, how does that sound?"
"That sounds terrific, sir," the woman replied, "But for an outside line you first have to press 9."
The Shining?
I can't believe that nobody here seems to have been following "Grease: You're the One That We Want." With all the live threads on FR, and nothing about it, except in passing. It was awesome, from beginning to end...well, at least if you're a Grease fan. It concluded tonight and I am happy to say that the two I have been voting for all along won. They are fantastic. Actually makes me want to see them on Broadway, and I never had that desire before in my life.
Today I Will Improve Your Sex Life
I’m reading a great book called “Influence: Science and Practice” by Robert B. Cialdini. It’s full of research and anecdotes about how to influence people. It’s a real eye-opener.
One of the most potent forms of persuasion has to do with people’s innate need to be consistent. Studies show that people will ignore logic and information to be consistent. (In other words, we are moist robots.) According to the research, humans are hardwired for consistency over reason. You already knew that: People don’t switch political parties or religions easily. What you didn’t know is how quickly and easily a manipulator can lock someone into a position.
For example, researchers asked people to write essays in support of a random point of view they did not hold. Months later, when surveyed, the majority held the opinion they wrote about, regardless of the topic. Once a person commits an opinion to writing – even an opinion he does not hold – it soon becomes his actual opinion. Not every time, but MOST of the time. The people in these experiments weren’t exposed to new information before writing their contrived opinions. All they did was sit down and write an opinion they didn’t actually have, and months later it became their actual opinion. The experiment worked whether the volunteers were writing the pro or the con position on the random topic.
Most of the truly stupid things done in this world have to do with this consistency principle. For example, once you define yourself as a loyal citizen of Elbonia, you do whatever the King of Elbonia tells you to do, no matter how stupid that is. And your mind invents reasons as to why dying is a perfectly good life strategy.
This research provides a surefire method for readers of the Dilbert Blog to improve their sex lives. Go down to the local mall with a clipboard and pretend to be doing a research experiment. Offer $1 to attractive people who will write a paragraph describing how incredibly sexy you are. (Based on the research, you should offer a low dollar amount so people don’t think they did it entirely for the money.) Tell participants that the research has to do with handwriting analysis of people who are writing opinions they do not believe. Stop after you get 100 people to do it. That’s less than the cost of one meal at an upscale restaurant.
Give the participants your e-mail address and tell them they can get the results of the research study in a month if they contact you. According to the science, about two-thirds of the people who wrote a paragraph on your sex appeal will strongly believe it a month later, no matter how hideous you are. And a few of those people will remember to e-mail you for the results. You’ll still have to close the deal, but I think we can agree that I just did the hard work for you.
You’re welcome.
Yes....I know. Grrrrrrr...
You like living dangerously, don't you?
That, and thread killing...
So I see.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.