Archive for April, 2006
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Sunday, April 30th, 2006Click here for more inspirational quotes
One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.- Samuel Johnson
Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that ageappears to be best in four things: old wood best to burn, […]
The Six Stages of Wine Tasting
Sunday, April 30th, 20061. See Start by holding up the glass and looking at the colour. White wines range in colour from clear to honey-coloured ato gold. Younger ones can alomost look green, while older ones turn golden-brown with age. Younger red wines will be shades of red and purple. Older reds will […]
The Thief And The Cock
Sunday, April 30th, 2006 A thief broke into a house. He found nothing but a cock. The thief grabbed the cock and took it away.
Later, when the thief was about to kill the cock, it begged the thief to let it go, claiming that he was useful to people because he woke […]
Learned Motives III - Affiliation
Sunday, April 30th, 2006Both humans and nonhumans often exhibit a preference to affiliate, or be physically close to others of their own species.
Classic research by Stanley Schachter in 1959 studied whether affiliation is a response to fear. Schachter led some young women to believe that, as part of a psychology experiment, they would experience intense […]
