"Face your mortality. It's the 'oh, S**t' factor- scare yourself in to action. And don't tell anyone your age- it becomes self-perpetuating." The Sunday Times' Style section suggests raving, using Myspace, dancing and dieting are the key to staying young. - http://www.loyno.edu/~history/journal/1999-2000/Chehardy.htm ('There is a myth in American society that the Puritans were a stringent people. This is not the case. Puritan society has been proven to be one of the most tolerant societies in the colonies in regards to crime, largely due to a repugnance of the death penalty . . .') - http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/media/pw2.htm ('The agenda of fundamentalists and their organizations, no matter what their special persuasion, has always been the enforcement of their perception of acceptable behaviour on others . . .') - http://www.safety1st.org/lets_talk_drugwar.html ('Puritanism seeks perfection. It is intolerant of differences in lifestyle. Hence, the national policy on drugs reflects the principle of "zero tolerance." The rest is predictable . . .') - http://www.quantumbalancing.com/golden_section.htm (' The Golden Mean is a ratio that is present in the growth patterns of many things--the spiral formed by a shell or the curve of a fern, for example. Artists as diverse as Leonardo da Vinci and George Seurat used the ratio when constructing their paintings. These artists and architects discovered that by utilizing the ratio 1: 1.618..., they could create a feeling of order in their works . . .') - http://www.beautyanalysis.com/mba_phiin1dBOTTOM_page.htm ('There is a visual manifestation of Phi and the Golden Ratio - something that we can actually look at and see. It is this manifestation of that Golden Ratio which has been reported to be present in many things that are seen as beautiful . . .') - http://www.quantumbalancing.com/golden_section.htm (' The Golden Mean is a ratio that is present in the growth patterns of many things--the spiral formed by a shell or the curve of a fern, for example. Artists as diverse as Leonardo da Vinci and George Seurat used the ratio when constructing their paintings. These artists and architects discovered that by utilizing the ratio 1: 1.618..., they could create a feeling of order in their works . . .') - http://www.beautyanalysis.com/mba_phiin1dBOTTOM_page.htm ('There is a visual manifestation of Phi and the Golden Ratio - something that we can actually look at and see. It is this manifestation of that Golden Ratio which has been reported to be present in many things that are seen as beautiful . . .') Does Appearing Unattainable Really Enhance Attractiveness? "On a superficial level, yes of course, because we always want the immaculate fantasy rather than the messy reality, hence we're drawn to what we think we can't have. But on the deeper level where it counts for any liaison to bear true fruit, it's not making yourself look unattainable that counts but rather about making yourself actually be, and hence appear, contained within yourself. In other words, it's about developing an aura as if you and yourself are having such a party together that other people want to join in the fun, so you look and feel as if you don't need someone else to complete you. That way other people are drawn to you without feeling as if they're taking on a liability. It's containment rather than unattainment that you should aim for." - http://www.intent.com/sg ('In nature, we find patterns, designs and structures from the most minuscule particles, to expressions of life discernible by human eyes, to the greater cosmos. These inevitably follow geometrical archetypes, which reveal to us the nature of each form and its vibrational resonances . . .') - http://www.sangraal.com ('Paracelsus said: "Man has a natural light, but also a light outside the light of nature by which he can seek out supernatural things... And it should be known that when a man prophesies, he does not speak from the Devil and not from the Holy Spirit, but from the innate spirit of the invisible body in which man has his origin." . . .') - http://www.labyrinthsociety.org/html/about_labyrinths.html ('A labyrinth is a single path or unicursal tool for personal, psychological and spiritual transformation. Labyrinths are thought to enhance right brain activity . . .') Metrosexual Maniac Terrorises Salons Police in Algonquin, Wisconsin were this week seeking an unusually well groomed 300 pound criminal, who's been stealing thousands of pounds worth of services from beauty salons throughout the state. "Pedicures, manicures, facials, those are the standards he goes for," Algonquin Police Detective Andrew Doles told the Orlando Sentinel, "Though there are no threats of violence or anything like that," he added. The in-touch-with-his-feminine-side felon typically has 'a sea salt body polish, a hair cut and color', before by slipping out 'to make a phone call' and vanishing and has so far conned over 20 spas into free facials, the Sentinel reported. In more metrosexual news, Florida Today reported this week that businesses offering waxes, laser hair removal and cosmetics for men are thriving State-side with liposuction operations for men proving particularly popular, reflecting a trend also identified in the UK this week. Plastic surgeon Adam Searle told the Sun he's seen twice as many men having manboobs reduced in his operating theatre, in the last year, with vanity being the main motivating factor for them to fork out £3,000. "Men tended to put up with moobs (man boobs), but now they know that something can be done due to the accessibility of liposuction," the surgeon mused, "Man breasts affect relationships, self-esteem and day-to-day living because they are too embarrassed to lie on the beach or to undress in the football changing room." In more manboob news, the Guardian published an alarming feature on the very real dangers of liposuction while in London Lite, Dead Or Alive frontman Pete Burns spoke out against facial cosmetic surgery, revealing he's had over 100 operations since his lip implants went disastrously wrong. "It has taken away my life and my career. I saw doctors in London who said the only option was to amputate my lips, I was suicidal." he said, "I have had 17 months of procedures and now I am having more." - http://www.manboobs.co.uk (Breasts) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1DsNBvEoc (Manboob video: VERY disturbing) - http://www.media-post.net/manboobs.php (Man boob gallery- NOT SAFE FOR WORK!!!) "Note to cops, politicians, and everyone else who hates nightlife and thinks they're doing us a favor: You're fired. I don't need a babysitter. None of us do. I am tired of this War on Fun, this puritanical prohibition running rampant against New York nightlife." (Village Voice)New York club journalist Trish Romero warns that promoters and even DJs may soon need licences to operate in New York City. - http://www.fas.org/main/content.jsp?formAction=297&contentId=367 (Nuclear Weapons Effects Calculator) - http://www.lclark.edu/~history/HIROSHIMA (Hiroshima gallery)