Is scarification sexy? Some anthropologists say scars signal resistance to infection and the wimp factor. More recent studies show that in tribal cultures, scars signal group commitment.  A University of Connecticut anthropologist looked at the intensity of male rituals in warring cultures and found the marks imply more of a sign of collective action.

Got scars?

Can you honestly list here your top five most recent Google searches?  Yeah, it takes courage to list them and invites many questions.   Truth or Dare?  I’ll take both!  Whatchu got?     

Armadillo claws

Armadillo paws

Cavanaugh Center

Spanish

YouTube

After I was patted down by security before a recent flight, I was in no mood to fight for space on the plane.  Just when I thought we were going to take off and no one would occupy the seat next to me, here he came.  And when Mr. I Have The Window Seat and Whatever Else I Can Get sat down, I had to move so far over, the snack cart clipped me everytime it went by.  I still have the bruises.     

I’ll be ready next time, Bro!  Brian Lam has come up with a crafty way to claim the armrest on a flight.  Click here to see it.  Could this work?  Or do you have some ideas of your own?  What about incessantly scratching and uttering something about that damn Ebola virus.      

So, I’m on the phone when I suddenly see two lizards going at it.  I feel like I’m invading their privacy and yet, I can’t look away. 

Easily distracted, I struggle to end the phone conversation, “…um…it appears some lizards are doing it on the front porch…I’ll call you back…and um…if you need to know more about that, go to nationalgeographic.com.”  Then, I go get my camera and take a picture of the intimate reptiles engaging in what appears to be very non cold-blooded behavior. 

Sure, I wouldn’t have gotten this close to their cousin, Komodo Dragon, especially if he were gettin’ it on with a Gila Monster, but I would still look.  You?  Admit it, you clicked on the picture so you could get a closer look, didn’t you? 

   

  

  

   

Don’t be a Flav Hater.  After extensive research, I’ve uncovered a gentler side of this family man.  Happy weekend…Booooyeeeeee! 

Someone did something very cruel and unusual to me.

Last night, I opened my freezer door to find several pints of ice cream I did not put there.  With the anxiety of being a part of the decision process in the courtroom for someone’s fate, I proceded to down an entire pint of double vanilla… even went for the chocolate syrup…poured it directly into the container of ice cream, which never saw a bowl.  It’s lucky it even met up with a spoon.

This is very strange behavior for me.  I usually belly-up to the bar at the old Strawn’s and order a cheeseburger and fries.  Hazel and Jimmy get the plate lunch.

Serve it up.  The best foods to turn to in times of personal drama!

The Easter Bunny apparently has some sort of wack sense of humor to put  creepy babies in my son’s Easter basket.

Happy Easter! 

One of our commenters, HRB, has the flu.  He told me his wife brought him an Icee and Cracker Jacks, which is what our dad used to bring him when he was a little boy.

Is it just the act of someone bringing you something when you feel bad?  Or is it what you’re brought that helps make it all better?  What works for you? 

Feel better, HRB! 

  

My sources tell me both of these claims are true. 

Okay, they told me that, but they’re not reliable sources.  

I buy tabloids for sick friends (the ones who are at home with a physical ailment).  And yes, I’m a tad embarrassed to check out with them (the friends and the tabloids).

Once, I sensed a person staring at me, with his mouth open and his hands on either side of his face, was appalled that I would buy one of these publications.  So, I turned to the person and said, “What?  Where do you think we get the news?”

What are some of your favorite tabloid headlines?