No reason to feel discouraged at your slabs

Dear scientists,

Here is a "physicists's" joke that a friend of mine (yes I have physicist friends) told me over lunch.

Q: How many numbers are there in Physics
R: (or shall I give you the answer later so that you try to guess? I'll add the label "contest, then")

Tarelle b-day

There was a birthday quite recently - and I wouldn't like it to go unnoticed...so let me share some of the pics with you! This first does not require much explanation and this way you know where we've spent the most beautiful day of the year. 

I was fascinated by the cast iron thingy up there - I certainly wouldn't climb up the wall if this was waiting on top! 

No ships this time - this is actually the pond in the middle of Luxembourg...not completely empty :)

...and this one is a romantic shot by tarelle - happy (retrospective) bday and plenty of romantic photos to  come!!!

Hugs to all

No, this is not a belated Valentine's day message. I just want to share my recent reading adventure with you : The book is Desmond Morris: Intimate Behaviour.
I guess you know the zoologist author, and the book, in spite of the pink cover, is purely scientific. It talks about the forms and the importance of touch; how we touch a friend, a partner, a stranger in different situations and what the message is behind.
Most importantly, it brings evidence that touch is needed for every human being: children are bigger, healthier and smarter if their moms hugs them, touch eases the pain, and, of course, loneliness.
Morris thinks that civilized people have a great shortage of gentle touch: we are so restricted in this, that we hire professionals: hairdressers, chiropractors, or we see a doctor just to be touched. That people fight for the sake of bodily contact. (That must be extreme but not unimaginable, I think...)
He also suggested that if we were a bit more intimate with our fellow people, a lot of tension and frustration would go away and we were happier a little bit.
Independently from his research, there is a movement, http://www.freehugscampaign.org/
which has the same goal. Here is a video of what are they doing. Just watch the people's face, it tells stories.



I've always found hard to touch other people, even my close relatives or friends (I don't have to tell you that :)), and reading the book didn't make it easier. I am not ready to stand on the corner with my FREE HUGS cardboard sign, either, but I welcome the movement and happy that there are people out there who are able to do just that. And I promiss, that next time we meet, I will hug you! (want it or not :))

First late birthday sg.

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