No, it's not merely the FISH motto or a command to make me feel special (which I unabashedly would not refuse), but rather the fun link that someone sent me. AFI has yet another list published of the top 100 movie quotes. Fun times.
It's funny how the minor events are the memorable ones. I'm never going to forget sitting on the pavement, listening to Sedaris tell a story - with a passing ice cream truck in the background. The sounds of the "Donut Song" ringing out and in my mind I'm singing, "Well I walked around the corner and I walked around the block." Or an email will come and it will simply bring a smile to my face. No rhyme or reason as to why or who. A line talking about a 2:2 and asking what are "finals?". Sometimes these items are enough to make me believe that not everything is really important.
The other day, I read an interesting article in the NY Times the other day about politics and genetics. "... a team of political scientists is arguing that people's gut-level reaction to issues like the death penalty, taxes and abortion is strongly influenced by genetic inheritance. The new research builds on a series of studies that indicate that people's general approach to social issues - more conservative or more progressive - is influenced by genes." Some may argue for an evolutionary advantage, but I wonder sometimes if that is too simplistic and ambiguous? Are the researchers arguing for a political pre-disposition or the phenotypic response of an individual to his or her environment? Hopefully I'll be able to find the article. If you find it, please let me know.
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