Pink Bullets

So now the National Breast Cancer Foundation campaign has made it all the way out to pepper spray and mace. I strongly suspect a pink MAC-10 will be offered in the near future, because 1) Gangsta chicks need to feel like contributors too, and 2) you'd be just as scared of a pink MAC-10 as you would a black one, trust me.

Since MAC-10's are expensive and illegal (even pink ones), Brian and I are shopping for pepper spray. You know, just in case that dog we heard on the other side of the wall at the Packard plant finds a way out. He sounded more like a small black bear than a dog, and a little dose of pepper spray might help convince him that we're not worth the trouble. It's for me, really. Brian is so skinny lately the dog/bear would probably break a tooth on him.

Three Pretty Faces

My Pet Facehugger

I am really digging my new CPAP and all its associated hardware. Not!

One More Brookieface

Average

Did you know that there really is a gold standard for beauty? Many studies have now confirmed that the way to get a truly, wonderfully beautiful face is to use a computer to average many ordinary faces. It doesn't matter which faces you use, just take a bunch of everyday faces of any race or country and average their features and you end up with a very good-looking face. The face above does not belong to a real person. It is a computer-generated average of about thirty ordinary female faces.

So, why does this work? The answer seems to be that averaging the faces produces symmetry, and symmetric faces are beautiful faces. You need good genes and good nutrition to grow a symmetrical face, and those traits (good genetics, ability to get good food) are desirable in a mate. And that's why we love symmetrical faces. I think you'll agree that the face above is very beautiful. And you didn't need to learn that, you just know it.

So, the next time someone tells you you're "average", you now have a great comeback.

P.S. Symmetry is not the only indicator of beauty. There are many more features that define physical beauty in human females, and these are mostly indicators of youth, such as clear eyes, shiny hair, lack of skin imperfections, and even blonde hair.

No wonder dating is so rough for girls. Guys get off easy, we pretty much just need a job :)