Nose piercing for your eyes

New Glasses Require Piercing Bridge of Nose - Yahoo! News

Crazy! This is absolutely insane! You couldn't pay me enough money to pierce my upper nose so glasses can be attached to either side. Speaking as someone who's had multiple upper and lower ear piercings and an eyebrow piercing, this kind of piercing is just asking for trouble. One thing I didn't realize when I got my eyebrow piercing was how tricky it became to sleep and change. Think about it. Every time I pulled my shirt over my head I risked getting that damn thing in my eyebrow caught. Now imagine if you're shopping and trying things on with a hole through your nose to hold up your eyeglasses. Since the lenses become a surgical extension of the rod through your nose, every single time you try a different top on you risk ripping the whole freakin' thing out. Yikes! One thing I can say in this piercing's favor is that it's functional and quite practical, unlike the JewelEye that I did a story on at Discovery Channel a while back. JewelEye is a piece of stainless steel jewelry that people are getting surgically implanted in their eyes.
So on the one hand, it is practical. You wouldn't have to worry about losing your glasses once they're attached to your face. But on the other hand, I now have a big scare in my eyebrow from my former piercing. If you ask me? I sure as hell wouldn't want one between my eyes either.

Belief in the Invisible

How Children Learn About God and Science - Yahoo! News

It's harder for kids to believe in God than it is in germs. This doesn't come as a surprise to me at all. Even though germs and electrons are invisible, I can see their manifestations in the world around me. You get a nasty germ? You get sick. Plain and simple. Even kids can see that. The same can't be said for religious matters. There is no proof of the manifestation of God anywhere. Religious people say that's where faith comes in. Me? I want proof. Sometimes I feel as though I'm close to feeling some sort of spiritual, more powerful force. Not always. I question. I look. Even from a scientific perspective, the world around us can become so mysterious that you'd think there's something behind it. The problem is, how could anyone possibly prove it? You can't. That's why it's a helluva lot easier for anyone to believe in viruses, germs, and other scientifically provable invisible things than any religious possibility.

Caffeine can be your best friend

News in Science - Coffee makes us say 'yes' - 01/05/2006

I always tell people how my mother's way of saying hello is by yelling "Yoohoo!" in her musical way with two cups of Tim Horton's coffee in her hands. Now that I read this article, I think she is intuitively onto something. Caffeine lubricates the mind or greases the wheels in your brain so that you can focus better on whatever's information is coming your way. The better you can focus, the more likely you'll buy into whatever someone is telling you or you're reading. These scientists quizzed people on their attitudes towards touchy subjects like euthanasia and abortion before and after they gave them caffeine and information to read on the subject. People were more likely to buy into the argument after some good, buzzin' caffeine! I knew there were more reasons as to why I love having coffee with people other than just the fact that it's social and my love of a good cup is in my genes. Just think of the implications of this study. Say you've got a meeting with your bosses to talk about a raise... Treat them to coffee, chat them up a bit until the caffeine gets a chance to kick in, then dive into your argument. If this study holds true, then your chances of success go up after you feed them coffee. What if they don't drink coffee, you ask? This article says the same thing can happen with any old caffeine source. So you could use an energy drink, tea, or chocolate covered espresso beans! Who can turn down chocolate covered espresso beans? If caffeine wasn't your best friend before reading this, then maybe it should be... at least when you need a "yes" from someone.

Hey guys! Take a pill... ;)

News in Science - Men still fertile after stopping 'pill' - 28/04/2006

It's too bad this medium of writing on-line is silent because I feel like shouting from a mountain top. IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!!! For close to a half a century, both men and women have been reaping the benefits of the female birth control pill. That's great. It makes women feel like they can have more control of their bodies, but it also places the burden solely on the female sex. It's just a tiny pill, but taking it every single day is a pain in the butt. Sure there are patches and injections you can get so you don't have to bother with remembering to take them every day, but regardless soon men might finally get to share that responsibility. The only thing is that I don't think I would fully trust them. After all it's the woman's body that goes through the nine months of pregnancy. We have that immediate concern at the tip of our minds as an incentive to take the pill. Men on the other hand... Well... You know, on second thought - this sounds like a good back up plan to a back up plan. If you want the job done right, sometimes you've just got to do it yourself. To be fair, I guess that's a philosophy that can go to either sex.