“We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Have you thought about how much more attractive a cockroach would be if it came in colors like green or pink?
I’m pretty sure that we would be less inclined to run for the chemical death spray or run in disgust if the color of that insect was more appropriate. When you analyse it it’s not the color that’s exactly the problem more the combination of an ugly hard plastic looking body combined with the brown color. Personally I find a cup of coffee very attractive to look at and I have been known to seach for that exact coffee brown shade when painting my house. Also I love the look of soft brown leather aah… theres nothing like that!

Now what about eyes? I have brown eyes and nobody has ever said to me or about me ‘what beautiful brown eyes’ but I could be standing next to my cousin and people will say ‘I love blue eyes’. Then she will be feeling all kind of superior wearing her blue eyes and I’ll just stand there saying nothing wearing my brown. Now here’s the interesting thing blue eyes don’t really exist. Nope when your eyes look blue it means you have no pigment and the blue spectrum of light which travels the fastest is absorbed and reflected by surfaces at the back of your eye. So there you go colorless eye person!
Another thing to think about here is how some people like Paris Hilton for example wear blue contact lenses and have frequent hair dressing appointments with the bleach bottle so as to look like a icy blue eyed blonde. I wonder does she dye all body hair, like under the arms for example? or other places?
Believe it or not there is this gene called the agouti gene and scientists have tested how what a mouse eats can change the colour of its coat. What resulted is that the mice who ate lots of foods with b12. folic acid and betaine (methylators) had babies that were thin with dark coats and the mice who didn’t, had offspring who were bloated fat blobs with pale fur.
Anyway I’m not sure of the reason why cockroaches have brown coats but from what I’ve noticed it doesn’t seem to worry them.

Add a comment September 3, 2010

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious. Brendan Gill

Few people know that the name ‘Bronte’ which was the esteemed surname of those famous writing sisters was infact a fudged moniker.
The father of the writers having found himself at somewhat of a disadvantage as in Irish man in England with the decidingly more plebian last name of Brunty assumed the aesthetically pleasing Bronte and the rest is history. Its funny people now name their girls Bronte as it has romantic and creative connotations but where does that leave the more earthy Brunty?
Shakespeare said “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, he was trying to say that it is the real essence of something that matters not what it is called. We all know that’s not true. Think of that testosterone laden movie star of those he- man western movies John Wayne, well he was named Marion Robert Morrison at birth -it doesn’t have quite the right ring does it? Or what about Elle macpherson the long legged Aussie so called supermodel who was formerly known as Eleanor Nancy Gow. I’m visulising a someone plump and short are you?
Names are funny things they are our label so to speak, which is probably why so many parents are so anxious to pick the right one. Supposedly boys have to have strong masculine, hard names like Connor or Jake to truely know they have a corrupted chromosome. Girls on the other hand should have names ending in soft vowel sounds like Aimee and Kirsty aaah! how sweet. This all brings to mind one Greek family I knew which had a family of five brothers. All those five brothers had wives who gave birth to sons within a couple of years of each other. Tradition had to be followed and those five sons were named after the paternal grandfather bringing about five cousins with the name of Christos! It was a ridiculous scene when the boys grew up and started going out together to pick up chicks.
In my own family tree my mum told me about her grandfather who was named Adolf after the Captain of the boat they immigrated on. Supposedly he changed his name to Henry in about 1939- I wonder why?

Add a comment September 2, 2010