Oct 6 2023 - What colour lies?

 

I've changed my mind on street names - there's streets to be found that are named after food.  Not things like Souffle Crescent or Creme Caramel Drive.  But here they are:  Chicken Dinner Road, Frying Pan Road, Puddin' Ridge Road, Burnt Corn Road, Butter & Egg Road, event Egg / Butter Road, Tater Peeler Road, Smiley Cookie Lane, Chicken Gristle Road, Pop Corn Drive, Ice Cream Street, Candy Castle Lane. These were at this site HERE if you want to know the locations.  Another site has Long Island Street Names that follow the course of food - but really these are named after fruits like Cherry Lane, Plum Street, and so on. They are at this site HERE.  A few are intriguing - Bread and Cheese Hollow Road, Lobster Way, Tuna Walk, Crab Avenue, and so on until Muffin Meadows Road pops up.  And that great expanse - London England - has lots of food and drink streets: Bread Street, Milk Street, Honey Lane, Stew Lane, and so on. That site is HERE.   I was wondering how lies could be white or black - or are there more colours for lies?  There seems to be at least four colours. History has us start at black vs white. "The origin of white lies probably drifts back to the ancient Western idea of polar opposites, white meaning good (and pure) and black as its evil antithesis. Thus a white lie is one that lacks evil intent and a black lie is malevolent." Are there other colours that lies can come in?  Yes - "Gray lies are described as "somewhere in the middle of harming others versus minimizing harm to ourselves. Black lies, the opposite of white lies, aim to harm others while protecting ourselves." And how about the Yellow Lie?  "“A yellow lie is a lie about a big thing. But it's a lie that is important. It's a lie that is necessary to potentially save somebody's life. Yellow lies can only be done if you really know the person who you're lying to." Don't leave out Blue Lies - A lie told by a police officer in order to get someone to comply with his or her wishes, thereby avoiding the use of force.  A lie told to protect the reputation of one's group or organization. More colours:  A bright red lie: a total lie, when something is completely different from the truth. Red lies are about spite and revenge. "Unlike white lies, little green lies are not harmless. Revealing the truth about little green lies will make society as a whole better off. Little green lies may also be good for their tellers." I have even found the Purple Lie! It refers to the assertion that purple as a colour does not exist and it is dark blue. There's a chart in one article to help us navigate some of the colours of lies. Except it has pink rather than red.   Here's a montage image - Floyd Elzinga's mountains and the rust image of the Cloud Garden fountain - one of my favourite texture images.

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Nov 20 2020 - Your children creeped you out

 

Christina Carol writes in the New York Times about children saying creepy things like: You're not my real mom and dad.  My first mom and dad died.  You're my second parents. Or this:  The birds look sad.  I think it's because all their parents died.  Followed by:  When am I going to die? Better yet is something like the story about James Leininger from Louisiana who had plane crash nightmares at age 2 (about 60 years ago).  He said he was killed when the Japanese shot down his plane.  All the details he gave have been corroborated.  In the last 60 years, there have been more than 2,000 children who clam to have had past lives.   The person who studies these children is Jim Tucker with his website HERE.  His book is Return to Life and offers accounts of such young children.  From his website, he offers the  Types of Statements a Child Might Make: “You’re not my mommy/daddy.” “I have another mommy/daddy.” “When I was big, I … (used to have blue eyes/had a car, etc)” “That happened before I was in mommy’s tummy.” “I have a wife/husband/children.” “I used to… (drive a truck/live in another town, etc)” “I died … (in a car accident/after I fell, etc)” “Remember when I … (lived in that other house/was your daddy, etc)” Tucker says the memories fade around 6 years of age and the children express a desire to fully embrace the life they're in now. You can read excerpts of these 2 and 3 year old statements at BuzzFeed HERE. Or go to Ranker HERE.   There's even one statement about a person who was an alien and decided to try out being a human. They are compellingly short snippets.  So curious - wouldn't that be something to investigate alongside Jim Tucker. Today's picture continues our Seasonal colours - beautiful red apples 'decoratin' the trees.  This was taken quite a few years ago at Silmaril Farm here in Grimsby.  It had been unusually warm and they hadn't picked the apples yet.

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May 20 2020 Tootsie Pops

Things I wouldn't consider consuming as an adult:  lollipops.  Remember them?  Sugar candy usually round in shape on a stick, and consumed by sucking and licking.  Something children like to do.   What about a tootsie roll pop?  I didn't think they tasted very good.  Likely there were too many of the little rolls in the Halloween candy each year. And you know that those are love or hate candies. Tootsie pops are described as chocolate-flavoured, rather than chocolate.  Even as a child, I knew the difference between the two.   These were invented in 1931, and the company - The Sweets Company of America, changed its name to Tootsie Roll Industries in 1969.  The catch phrase that defined tootsie pop was "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll centre of a Tootsie Pop?"  It still holds up as the promotion line today. The lick test has been conducted many times.  These seem to be all studies at University  - I assume student projects. They are listed in Wikipedia.  There is the test by a "licking machine" and that was 364 licks to get to the centre part.  There are real students who took an average of 252 licks.  And so the variations go. The definitive one looks to be completed in 2014 at the University of Florida. This scientific examination found 195 plus or minus 18 licks for the one-sided approach and 184 plus or minus 33 for the full-surface approach.  They actually measured where the hard candy was thickest and the impact this had on reaching the centre. Such great projects for students. I wonder if there is more candy to examine and analyze. Here is the latest in the Illustrated Blossom Series.

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