Modern Polymath

I'm workin' on something.  It's been in the works for a bit, but now there is a plan.

It all has to come together in the same day, so I can't really talk about it.  Gimme a week.

I'll still update here in the meantime.  Until then, get on Yelp (see the previous post).  Add me as a friend, and read my reviews.

Thats kind of a preview.  (And a clue.)

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Silly.  It all started out cute:  Post the color of your bra for Breast Cancer awareness.  The when people asked:  “What do you mean by your status just being ‘Green’?” You could explain, and make the person once again aware of the Breast Cancer issue.  Noble even.

But when everyone caught on, it started to just make everyone else become aware of not breast cancer in general, but your breasts specifically.  (Especially those of you who posted ‘None.’)

Now I’ve been seeing a number followed by ‘inches’.  Cute… the size of your feet. 

And how about the position one?  “On Top”; “In back”; or “To the side”.  Hmmmm…  how you wear your hair.

This is all ridiculously suggestive, and what I consider akin to people who post status’ like ‘Just is’, or ‘Pissed’, or ‘Grrr!!!’.  It all just feels like a plea for attention. 

By all means tell the story why you fell a certain way.  If you don’t know why… well, they have drugs for that.  I see the commercials all the time.

(I know this is going to piss off some friends of mine.  Sorry, it's how I feel about these posts.)

I recently read an article on Bon Appetit about guidelines on taking children out to eat (at nice restaurants).  A commenter suggested that children under 8 should never go to fine dining establishments.  Believe it or not, I disagree.  

Kids need to go out.  They need to experience the world through their parent’s tutelage.  We have ignorant adults throughout the United States because we have lazy parents.  Want a new nature vs. nurture argument?  Ignorant is environnemental. Stupid is genetic.

I have realized the main problem, but I want it to be clear that I have never blamed a snotty little brat for being the problem.  It’s always the parent’s fault. 

I make my dinner reservations for 7:00 PM or later.  I catch the second to last showing of a movie at a theatre.  I’m in my mid-thirties, and I go out later than those in their 50's do, and later than children want to.

Midday and early evening is family outing time.  Past 7:00 PM is family home time.  I’m not asking parents to never go out past 7:00, just get a baby sitter if you do.  Don’t force your kids to go out when they don’t want to, they’ll start preferring not to go out at all because they’ll associate it with a burdensome, tiring event rather than a fun experience.

Lets face it, if I was out for dinner at 5:00 PM, I would expect families to be out, and with that, some extra kid generated noise.  8:00 PM though, I expect to see only adults.

Leaving the theatre at around 10:00 PM a couple weeks ago after seeing Sherlock Holmes, I watched someone walking into the theatre carrying a baby.  AT 10:00 PM, WALKIN IN... CARRYING A BABY.

STOP THIS!!!  It’s wrong on so many counts I’d just get frustrated and pissed off listing them all.  You MUST know this isn’t right, good, and optimal…  FOR ANYONE!!  You, the kids, me, and all the other patrons who want to go out at later hours don’t need the bother of your tired, fussy, noisy and belligerent little kid.  They are tired or hungry... or both, and they are acting out either because of that, or because they don't respect you to the point they know they can get away with it... or both.

One of the subjects I chose to study and be an expert on is basically “How to be a gentleman”.

Namely: know your manners.

Yes it is rude to wear too much cologne, and at times (unless you are allergic to it), it could be considered rude not to wear any.  If you should be making an effort to impress, like when on a date, not wearing cologne could send the message that you just don’t care.

So what’s the rule?

If you are wearing cologne, it should be immediately noticeable to you and only those whom with you are sharing an intimate space.  Basically only the people you hug.  If someone can smell your cologne from even a handshake away, you are wearing too much.

So how much is that? How do you get the right amount out of the bottle?

Spray (or drop) enough onto one wrist that it can be wiped onto the other and still wet enough to wipe both sides of your neck just under and behind your jawbone (at the TMJ). 

This may be one or two spays depending on the bottle, almost never three.

Only apply cologne to your skin, not your clothes.  Your cologne is supposed to mix with your body chemistry and enhance your scent.  It is supposed to smell different on you than it does on other people.  Remember that scent is the closest sense tied to memory.  You don’t want to smell like anyone in someone’s history.  That’s a gamble you don’t want.  Let the cologne from you be distinct.  That way you can develop your own memorable moments.