The required daily linking to Ann Althouse:
Komar and Melamid have a terrific website, where you can read their surveys and look at the various paintings. The material is well-organized. You can click through all the countries on a particular question. I enjoyed seeing what color was the most popular in each country. It's always blue! And the second most popular color is nearly always green. Is that because we've adapted to the natural world?
No... it's because paintings on black velvet weren't one of the choices.
Komar and Melamid (with David Soldier) also have a most wanted songs project, as one of my students just pointed out. Unfortunately, you can't listen to the most wanted song at this website.
Fortunately, you can't listen to the most unwanted song there either. The CD is $12.95... I'm considering it.
Beards and Self-Censorship
"Why should I spend so much time shaving, tweezing, exfoliating, moisturizing, deep conditioning, blow drying, curling and polishing when the men around me look like freaking Grizzly Adams?"
Ms. Althouse's friend worries about posting unkind words about men with unkempt beards on her blog, and the consequences of words. The pen, er.. keyboard - mightier than a razor.
