Archive for March, 2006

Mmm… Cheddar!

I just got done watching Hong Kong wuxia-style superhero movie Silver Hawk, starring Michelle Yeoh of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fame.

How much cheese can you put into one movie before you start calling it a deli?
Still, it was fun, and something the kids will enjoy, so I guess it’s a keeper!

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

Ugly goes clear to the… prison?

A recent study by a couple bored economists has suggested that ugly people – people who are less physically attractive – are more likely to commit crimes.
According to Richard Morin’s article on the study, 15,000 high-school students were interviewed in 1994, then again in 1996 and 2002. They were asked to rate themselves on a [...]

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Qualification.

“I’ll be honest with you.”
Does anyone find that phrase as disturbing as I do? I mean, when someone says that, you expect brutal honesty. But otherwise? I mean, what if someone who tends to use that qualifier doesn’t? In other words, are we expecting everything else to be a lie? A half-truth? A fib? A [...]

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Hey there…

So… here it is. The blogging project. The Simon Project. Whatever. I’ve been meaning to get back into blogging, but hey, let’s be real: I’m lazy.
I know you find it hard to believe, right?
*snicker*
More to come, of course.

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006