How the hell did they figure out the thing was red? Yes I read the article, yada yada, melonosomes, yada yada. If they could figure out so much by these cells why don't we know more about how dinosaurs looked? Don't they have melonosomes? They ARE close relatives.

I liked it. Maybe a little sticky sweet for my top 25, but definitely a good movie.

women are more inclined to compete with each other for men with higer status than go after some younger guy with little to his name ...rolfboy

I disagree with this.

much of a nation's strentgh is dependent on its ability to control the masses; a nation wouldn't be as strong if a young man had little incentive to stay after he grew up beyond sheer patriotism.rolfboy

I completely agree with this.

Like I said, marriage began with an emotional concept, and it's merely evolved since then. It's ALWAYS been based on emotion, so marriage will differ from place to place. The rules governing it, the consequences of breaking it, and the reasons behind it.

What you say about society being stronger with marriage is true only when marriage is a strong contract. When it isn't it isn't a "crumbling of the underpinings of society" as so many say, it's merely indicative of a need for marriage reform. I say either make it easier to enter into or harder to get out of.

Also, if women couldn't see the potential in a young man over an established older man, we would be doomed.

Marriage in times long past was mainly an institution designed by the leadership to commit most of the men and women of society to a relationship so that the women would be commited to baby making during her prime years and to force the men to provide extra labor for society to procure the resources needed to take care of his family that he wouldn't be particularly motivated to do if he only had to look out for himself.

That being said, why are homosexuals actually interested in marriage considering the funadmental purpose of the institution? Living together essentially serves the same purpose considering the existance of no fault divorce and those tax benefits are only usefulfor partnerships that actually produce offspring since both partners would presumably be self sufficient. I don't have an opinion on the matter either way, but looking at the debate from a logical and objective standpoint, the pro gay marriage side actually sounds pretty baseless if any of the Conservatives actually thought to point out these facts in the media instead of using an illogical emotional appeal as their primary argument. And speaking of the conservatives, wouldn't they be better served to campaign for the end of no fault divorce if they geniunely beleived in the importance of the institution to stem the amount of divorces and children with single parents?

rolfboy

The thing about historical or fundamental purposes or reasonings is that it tends to change over time. The Bible might have had the given purpose of scaring people into acting right, but now we have law and modern law enforcement to help with that, so the Bible now is used more as parables for teaching . Hunting was the only way to acquire meat, but now we have supermarkets and hunting has a broader purpose as sport and entertainment.

When two people are in love (bear with me) they instinctively want to be together, and not just one night. Marriage is a natural extension of that desire. To make a pact of monogamy and partnership DID help with the things you mentioned, but it grew to become a sanctmonious ritual. It's easy to say, "People ought not to make dicisions based on emotions, people ought to use common sense and logic." However, it's a lot harder to do that. If it was so easy all the wars and battles started over a woman would never have happened.

I agree with your sentiment, but it's just not that simple. I also agree about divorce. If it was harder to get one, people would be a lot more cautious about entering marriage.

Slice of ryebread with cheese, accompanied with a glass of milk. (scientifically proven to work towards the desired effect)

Don't do anything else but sleep and/or have sex in your bed. You do not want to subconciously associate your bed with any other activities.

Avoid stimulants. If you must read; make it Tom Clancy.

BiancaDK

Hey, hey hey hey hey hey hey .... hey.

I like Tom Clancy novels.

Also, my GFs doctor told her the same about bedroom association.

I'm a heroine addict. I need to have sex with women who have saved someone's life.

-Mitch Hedberg.

Tweetie-Pot

:lol: Hee!

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[QUOTE="SceneAesthetic"] Uhhhh...Hellooo? I CAN'T SLEEP.SceneAesthetic

Drink warm milk, then go to bed?

You do realize that short of a sleep disorder, the best thing to do is just relax, try to turn your mind off, adjust your comfort level (i.e., temperature, position, ect.) and GO TO BED. If you are up posting about how tired you are, you won't fall asleep.

Not at all. I often fall prey to getting up and doing stuff because I can't fall asleep. Then two hours later I always kick myself (methaphorically speaking) for not staying in bed. Right now I should be in bed, but I ate some damned greasy chips late at night and am afraid of heartburn (I get acid reflux real bad @ night sometimes), and also I watched King of Kong ...

Do you hear that? It's the sound of me kicking myself. Where's the Tums ... ?

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[QUOTE="Tweetie-Pot"]Once you touch the brain, **** will happen. Tweetie-Pot

Like the brown note? Or you mean like the Galvani experiments?

I have to catch that episode.

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[QUOTE="SceneAesthetic"]It's 4 in the morning and I can't sleep. It's like this almost every night. I can NEVER sleep. It's really annoying. Do you know of anything I can do to get me to sleep better?SceneAesthetic

Go to bed?

Drink warm milk, then go to bed?

You do realize that short of a sleep disorder, the best thing to do is just relax, try to turn your mind off, adjust your comfort level (i.e., temperature, position, ect.) and GO TO BED. If you are up posting about how tired you are, you won't fall asleep.

Once you touch the brain, **** will happen. Tweetie-Pot

Like the brown note? Or you mean like the Galvani experiments?