The Onion: Noam Chomsky is going to simply try to enjoy the day

Here's the story by the Onion. Here's an excerpt:

LEXINGTON, MA—Describing himself as "terribly exhausted," famed linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky said Monday that he was taking a break from combating the hegemony of the American imperialist machine to try and take it easy for once.
I found this Onion story especially funny, given that I've been accused of not knowing how to lay back and just have fun. A couple years ago, a very close friend, a man who is like a brother to me, told me, "Erich, you need to have fun more often." It's weird to hear such things, because it always seems so normal inside of my own head. The way I think is what I enjoy doing. That's the context for why I enjoyed this Onion story so much.

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A portrait is more than a photo

A friend of mine, Steve Grappe, recently posted an article at his studio, PhotoG, about the process of taking my portrait. Steve is a professional photographer who excels at portraits. I am also a photographer, and I was looking for both a learning experience and a portrait. I wasn't disappointed. IMG_4981-Edit   IMG_4927-Edit Without getting into the details, I was recently divorced, and the experience of struggling in a dysfunctional marriage can leave both parties feeling less than confident about who they are. This is not a good starting point for one to branch out to meet new people post-divorce. [More . . . ]

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Lee Camp focuses on Police Militarization and other major issues.

The Redacted Team examines police militarization and how Time, Inc. rates its writers. George W. Bush recalls his torturing days, John F. O'Donnell recalls his history with Hillary Clinton, and Sam Sacks gets a face full of tear gas.

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The science of kissing

There are some interesting facts, statistics and advice offered by this Time Magazine article: "How to Be a Good Kisser." Here are two examples:

The first kiss is a necessary risk in every budding sexual relationship; a recent psychology study found that 59 percent of men and 66 percent of women reported breaking things off with a prospective partner because of it. People remember their first kiss more vividly than the first time they had sex.
One more:
Men who kiss their wives before work live 5 years longer, make 20-30% more money and are far less likely to get in a car accident.
For those of you who are trying to identify the right person to marry, there is a mathematical solution to this problem proposed by Martin Gardner.

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