Charles Baudelaire

"Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation." This is according to Charles Baudelaire, French poet. It makes sense to me. I know women are beautiful so Whoever made them must have put a lot of thought into it. If women were not so beautiful, advertising men would not use them to sell everything from alcohol to bank accounts to diamonds to shampoo to tires to magazines to vacuum cleaners.

Ukrainian women

All of a sudden I am getting advertisements on this blog from a matchmaking business for Ukrainian women. What's that all about? Not that Ukrainian women are not beautiful - of course they are. They are gorgeous and very young, too. They deserve a good, comfortable life. It's way too cold up there. I think the woman at left is Ukrainian. She might be Russian too. Is it the same thing? I don't know. Good luck.

Old Age remedies 2

From an article on Yahoo!: “New research reveals that two of the most boring-sounding personality traits can actually help you live a healthier, happier and longer life. It turns out that people who are ambitious and disciplined live up to four years longer than more impulsive folks. A study from the University of California at Riverside found that conscientious types--the kind of people who have their nose to the grindstone and always pay their bills right on time (or early!)--are more likely to have stable relationships and are less tempted by health-dampening drugs, alcohol and other risky behaviors. People who were less conscientious were 50 percent more likely to die at any given age, on average, than those who were highly conscientious. Order and achievement were the top two traits associated with having a long life, but that doesn't mean that you have to be a snooze to reach the ripe old age of 100. "Conscientious does not mean boring or humorless," said lead study author Howard Friedman. Want to boost your conscientiousness? Surround yourself with friends who are good influences and consider investing in a day planner or an online calendar to stay organized.” How about people who take Yahoo! articles seriously? This woman looks like she’ll live to be 99.

Who knew??

A Congressional hearing into the workings of the S.E.C. is scheduled soon. People want to know how it was the S.E.C. failed to heed warnings about scammers on Wall Street. Were these smart people just duped??? I don't think so. I believe they chose to look the other way, just like Enron's auditors. Remember them (Arthur Anderson.)? Remember the Kansas City building inspectors and the New York City building inspectors who ignored problems in structures that later failed? Same thing. I once asked a CPA friend how it was that Mexico enjoyed such a high level of corruption in government if the books were audited? His response: "The auditors are in on it." OBVIOUSLY. This woman is looking the other way, but I'm pretty sure she's not an auditor.

Discipline

Discipline is a wonderful thing. You can tell by the fruit you reap from exercising a little discipline, whether it's for your professional work life, or your social life, or your student life, or your spending habits, or your health. It pays to harness the power of discipline. Lilli Ewing is a champion bodybuilder thanks to her disciplined workouts. See what discipline has done for her and follow her example. She lives in Seattle - lucky Seattle!!!!

Beauty

Is there such a thing as just posting a photo without a blog? Or is a blog necessary? Writing can be redundant if you have a picture that speaks for itself, no? On the other hand, if the picture needs to be explained, well, how else to explain it than with words? I cannot make up my mind about this one - does it need any explanation? I don't think so, even though this beautiful woman can probably not be identified by anyone.

Nun Beauty Pageant

Nun Beauty Pageant? No, please. There are things that are appropriate and things that are not, and this is one of them - even in this day and age - please. What was the priest thinking? Does anybody else know about this? Who would vote? Would money be made? Is this for charity? Certainly the majority will not like this. It is unbecoming. It is shocking. It is unthinkable. What next? Calendars?

Nude

Nude portraits are not too much in style among painters and audiences nowadays. It may be due to the rather commonplace skimpyness of modern fashion - who knows? You can even catch nude photos of the French first lady on the net. That's how commonplace it is. Be that as it may, the painting on the left does not show a nude violinist. Her clothing is below the picture line. Take my word for that.