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From Tim Adams' interview with James Watson, the co-discoverer of the double-helix, the molecular form that DNA takes. He wrote this piece updating the debate first established by C.P. Snow in a classic essay about the "Two Cultures," one literary intellectual and one scientific intellectual, for the London Guardian last month.
I asked [James Watson] how he thought the climate of scientific research had changed since he made his fateful discovery of the structure of life in 1953. As ever, he came at the question from an unusual angle. He doubted, he said, that in today's world, he and Francis Crick would ever have had their Eureka moment.
'I recently went to my staircase at Clare College, Cambridge and there were women there!' he said, with an enormous measure of retrospective sexual frustration. 'There have been a lot of convincing studies recently about the loss of productivity in the Western male. It may be that entertainment culture now is so engaging that it keeps people satisfied. We didn't have that. Science was much more fun than listening to the radio. When you are 16 or 17 and in that inherently semi-lonely period when you are deciding whether to be an intellectual, many now don't bother.'
Watson raised an eyebrow, fixed me again with a look. 'What you have instead are characters out of Nick Hornby's very funny books, who channel their intellect in pop culture. The hopeless male.'
As James Watson knows perhaps more clearly than anyone alive, biology works in mysterious ways.
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If your answer to the first two quotes was female, you are a fool. If your answer to the second two quotes was male, you are even more foolish. In fact, the first two quotes are direct from a male St. Olaf student, and the last two quotes from a female student. Go figure: not everyone fits a gender stereotype! Women can be horny and men can be sentimental, but not always, according to the research.
In a 1985 study, sexologists discovered that for women, a relationship and emotional connectedness are important prerequisites for sex. Men are less concerned about emotional investment and more interested in the physical pleasures of sex. When 249 heterosexual undergraduates were asked, What are your motives for having sexual intercourse? the responses were unsurprisingly stereotypical and in alignment with traditional gender roles. Women stressed emotional commitment and love: Emotional feelings that were shared, wonderful way to express LOVE! Male answers included: Need it, and When Im tired of masturbation. Before anyone dismisses men for their seemingly insatiable sexual desire and emotional ignorance, let me restate that those interviewed were college-aged.
The sexualities of women and men age differently. In their teens and twenties, men understand sex in an almost exclusively genitally focused way. Later in life, starting in the thirties age-range, they begin to appreciate the sensuous and emotional components of sex. In contrast, women are aware of the emotional elements of sex early on and grow into a greater sense of genital awareness later in life. As suggested by sociologist Ira Reiss, young women are person-centered (sex based on emotions) and young men are body-centered (sex based on physical pleasure). As the genders age, women develop a taste for body-centered sex and men develop an interest in person-centered sex.
The 1985 study makes clear implications about heterosexual relationships, but what about homosexual relationships? Based on the results, one could assume that lesbians are focused on emotional commitment and gay men are focused on pleasure, but neither assumption is right. Remember: the study is based on generalizations and, more specifically, heterosexual generalizations. Gay and lesbian couples struggle with precisely the same issues of emotional attachment and sexual desire that straight couples do.
In terms of sex, men may be more pleasure-based, but in terms of relationships, men seem to be more love-based. A 1981 study revealed that men fall in love earlier in relationships, men are more likely to cling to a love affair on its way out, and, perhaps most disturbingly, three times as many men as women commit suicide after a relationship ends.
Obviously, these results go against the stereotypes that women are romantic and emotional (and thus, occasionally irrational), and men are logical and physical. More importantly, how do we reconcile mens unemotional sexual desires with their commitment to relationships and love?
Over a noisy Stav dinner, one of my male friends told me about the recent end of his two-year relationship. He was devastated. The girl had lost interest. He said he realized he was in love with her after they slept together for the first time. Men have sex, then get attached; women get attached, then have sex, he said. With obvious exceptions to the rule, I think he might be onto something. That is, strong sexual feelings do not necessarily negate emotional commitment, nor does emotional commitment negate sexual feelings. Things just dont always go in the same order.
Whatever your gender role or sexual preference, dont let stereotypes dictate what you feel emotionally or sexually. For me, the emotional and the sexual are often indistinguishable. For others, they are oppositional. As my pastor says, We are all on a journey and none of us have arrived. Sexually, many of us are just stepping out the door.


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"I think what the nomograms will help do is put a number on the likelihood of success with different treatments," Scardino says. "But it will not show whether one treatment is better than another. It will show that a certain treatment may be more likely to help, and then the decision will be whether the potential side effects are worth it."
Litwin and Scardino already use the program in clinical practice. "My patients love it -- even the ones that get bad news," says Litwin.
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The architecture of the American electorate has changed since the last Presidential election. The number of people who identify as an Independent has skyrocketed, and both parties have shed members. According to Pew, 38% of the country now consider themselves Independent—surpassing previous peaks in the early 1990s.
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2 Andrew Kohut, Carroll Doherty, Michael Dimock, and Scott Keeter, "Partisan Polarization Surges in Bush, Obama Years: Trends in American Values: 1987-2012," Report, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, June 4, 2012, pp. 13 and 168, Print.


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The Harrods Aviation FBOs at London Luton and Stansted airports, as well as helicopter charter operator Air Harrods, have been sold as part of a $2.2 billion transaction that saw Qatar Holdings acquire the Harrods retail group from Mohammed al-Fayed last month.
Harrods Aviation has unveiled a comprehensive redesign and refurbishment of its FBO at London Stansted Airport. In work spanning six months, the company has spent more than $1.5 million to give the place a fresh look.
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Prepare for a year of more in the real estate industry — more improvement, mostly, but also more expense as mortgage rates, prices and rents rise.
Analysts expect a solid 2014 here and nationally, after a year in which the battered housing market got on firmer footing. They predict home values will continue rising and expect to see more choices for home buyers as higher prices pull in more would-be sellers.
Moody's Analytics is forecasting an 8 percent rise in average home prices in the Baltimore region this year, compared with a 5.6 percent increase last year. Federal budget cuts weighed on the local housing market last year, but that weight should lift in the latter half of the year with the easing of sequestration, said Celia Chen, a housing economist at Moody's Analytics.
"We're expecting sturdy growth in house prices in the coming year that will be supported by a stronger economy and still reasonably priced housing," she said.
Chen and other analysts predict a slowdown in price increases for the country as a whole. She's forecasting about 5 percent growth, compared with 10 percent last year.
"There are still challenges, but I think all in all, we should have a pretty solid housing market in 2014," said Keith T. Gumbinger, a vice president at mortgage information site HSH.com.
One of those challenges: Buyers shouldn't count on mortgage rates in the 4 percent range.
Rates for 30-year fixed-rate products were hovering around 4.5 percent at the start of the year, up from 3.3 percent a year earlier. Gumbinger and others think 5 percent or above is likely later this year, decreasing buying power — one of the reasons they expect a smaller increase in sale prices nationally.
The Federal Reserve decided in December to begin reducing its $85 billion a month bond-buying spree, which helped keep rates low. Subtracting $10 billion from those monthly purchases will add some pressure to mortgage rates, Gumbinger said. So will the healing economy.
But better economic news is also a housing-market plus.
"As the economy improves, people are more willing to make that big-ticket purchase such as a home," said Greg McBride, senior financial analyst at Bankrate.com. "We've had low mortgage rates for years, but when the economy stinks, nobody wants to buy a house."
Other factors that will likely influence — or be influenced by — housing this year:
Foreclosures: Fewer Marylanders are newly falling behind on their mortgages, but a lot of loans are very delinquent. Maryland's percent of loans in the foreclosure process was ninth highest in the country last summer, according to the most recent data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
More of those homes could end up bank-owned and on the market this year.
Cheryl Hystad, executive director of Civil Justice in Baltimore, which helps people facing foreclosure, said mortgage servicers have a backlog of cases that stretches back several years. Servicers hit the brakes as the state increased foreclosure requirements during the mortgage crisis and the "robo-signing" paperwork scandal hit.
"The process really slowed almost to a trickle for a while," Hystad said.
Banks were also less than eager to put all their distressed homes on the market at once when prices were already falling. Now, with rising values, firms have a "greater incentive" to pick up the pace, McBride said.
Hystad encourages struggling Maryland borrowers to sign up for the state's foreclosure mediation process. People have been able to work out deals that keep them in their home in about 25 percent of the mediation cases Civil Justice and its network of attorneys have worked on, she said.
Renting: Tenants got a bit of a break last year, with median rents in the Baltimore metro area rising 1 percent after a few years of jumps in the 3 percent range, said Greg Willett, vice president of research for apartment market intelligence firm MPF Research. But he warns renters not to count on a repeat this year.
What held rents back was more apartments hitting the market — about 3,500 units last year, a sizable number for the area. Willett said the competition was focused at the higher end of the market, and apartment complexes in that category held rents steady later in the year to cope. Rents at lower and midprice complexes rose.


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- A finalist for the 2010 U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year, he is the fourth youngest U.S. player in history to reach 50 caps
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Susan Hall talked with Dave Buchholz, Intel IT technology evangelist, about the company's work on what it calls "BYOC [bring your own computer] done right."
Hall: Tell me about what Intel's doing in regard to employee-owned computers.
Buchholz: I'm the one researching this not only from our perspective, but also other Fortune 500 and below companies. So I've been doing a lot of research in this space for the past year or so.
We are looking at areas that make sense with this. We've gone back through and looked at our user base and segmented our users into categories that make sense instead of the traditional cluster of everyone in one user segment. The thing about BYOC [bring your own computer] that makes it attractive to us, when we look at contractors most of these contracts require that they bring their own computing power. That would really be nice to have them come in and bring their own computers, yet at the same time we have to supply our own environment on top of that device. Ultimately, if people in our environment would like to use a certain device, we'd like to be able to support it, but there's some restrictions, we're finding. So we're trying to identify, are there architectures, technology things that we can do to enable that moving forward.
"To make this work, you have to let people do what they want to do in the personal environment, yet enable them to do the corporate stuff as well. The key to that is keeping the isolation. "
Hall: What restrictions have you found? [Intel and Citrix last January announced a partnership to develop a client hypervisor.]
Buchholz: If a guy comes into Intel and says he wants to use his own laptop, he's got an environment already set up on that laptop that we know nothing about. Has it got viruses? Has it got this, has it got that? So trying to put my company tools on that, I don't know if I'm opening my company to more vulnerability. Am I going to be unnecessarily exposing IP? So I can't control or manage that endpoint, I'm not sure that's a secure computing environment that I want to enable things on. So maybe I could give him a container environment. What I mean by that is a thin client approach or a displayed client approach. But there are Trojans out there that allow you to do screen scraping and so forth. So even if he's displaying it from a Web browser running a Web app going back to my company, he can infect my company with a virus because it can't go back through the Web or back through the display protocol.
Maybe we're working on something that nobody else in the world should know about until we announce it, but with screen scraping or something like that, it could grab that technology. I have no way of preventing that because I'm not managing that endpoint device. So it's all about what kinds of controls we put on those devices, and it's really hard when we don't own them. ...
You know with Windows 7, they've announced XP mode, you can run a compatibility OS underneath your Windows 7 OS, so if your Win 7 won't run your application, it can run on XP. That OS requires specific technologies to exist in the platform, i.e., hardware virtualization of the CPU, to ensure the performance The problem is that now you've got two OSes you're trying to manage and XP OS isn't necessarily secure because it's running on top of another OS. If you're managing the front OS, you can't guarantee the other OS is secure. We're looking at other technology that would move that virtualization down to running on the platform itself. By that, I mean taking a hypervisor and running it on the computer, right on the bare metal of the computer, and putting the OSes on top of it, so if I do have two OSes-maybe one's a personal OS and the other's a professional OS-they're isolated from each other. They might be running at the same time and you'd be able to switch between them, but they'd be isolated-one can't infect the other, one can't take process from the other and when it comes to a screen scraper, it couldn't scrape the other environment because it couldn't even see it.
Hall: So where are you in the process of finding a solution to this?
Buchholz: We're still in the research and proof-of-concept stage. We have a user segment that makes sense [for BYOC] to maybe go out and look at, maybe next year sometime. We're working with some technologies in our lab space that aren't ready for prime time. They'll probably be ready for prime time in the summer of next year. ... At that point, I think we'll be moving forward in testing some of these BYOC concepts into some of these segmented user bases.
Hall: What kind of policy do companies need?
Buchholz: Look at Android, iPhone, Windows Smartphone. People have bought [expensive] smartphones and want to be enabled. That's where we're seeing the biggest push from a BYOC [or bring your own device] perspective. People say, "I just want to get my e-mail, my contacts, my calendar." I want to make sure there's not Intel e-mail sitting on a device that's not password or PIN protected, not encrypted. We've had to put some controls in place. Now we've implemented some architecture so we can say, "If it meets certain guidelines, we'll enable your device." But there will be controls, certain things enabled on the device based on what it can support, but part of that was also those legal areas.
Today we can keep people from doing personal or corporately inappropriate items on their systems because we own them and issue them. When allowing them to use their own systems, how can we control when they do personal stuff, or where or do we? Also, do we do any compensation for use of personal machines and such? It opens a lot of questions. Do we have a right to do an audit of the system? Do we say, "We don't own the device, so here's an end user agreement. You've got to agree to these terms and sign it."
Hall: Can the company ban certain applications, such as peer-to-peer that employees use?
Buchholz: From my research perspective, the one model in BYOC that's not going to work is to take someone's laptop and say, "I'll enable you from a corporate standpoint, but now you can't do anything personal on it." To make this work, you have to let people do what they want to do in the personal environment, yet enable them to do the corporate stuff as well. The key to that is keeping the isolation. ...
When a person comes into Intel, I need to be able to say, "You don't need a network on the personal side. You're on premise, so you need to be doing Intel work, not personal work."
Hall: How would you handle support?
Buchholz: Again, the key is the isolated environment. ...If the 80,000 users I have to support each add a personal environment, my footprint will only get that much bigger. I just can't do that. If there's a problem in your personal environment, then you have to go get that fixed. If you have a problem in your corporate environment, I can fix that, and it's probably copied across everybody in the corporation, so it's probably an easy fix to do.
Not only are we looking for those technologies that provide that isolation, but there's also some synchronization from that corporate environment to our back end, so not only can I audit you if you've done something wrong, but if you drive off with the laptop on top of your car, we can kill that environment on that device that's probably trash now, but you can go get a new one and we can reproduce that environment on it or we can give you some remote connectivity to it. So we're looking at those failovers so we can provide that device-independent mobility.
Hall: So what happens if someone leaves the company?
Buchholz: We're looking for that technology. In today's world, there's no way to control that. If you leave the company, if you wrote something on that device, unless we get that device and wipe it off there ourselves, how do we know that data's gone off that device? If we can develop this container on the device, and that container is controlled by an infrastructure toolset, we can say that the container has to check in every so often. So whether you leave the company or you go get a new computer, we can transfer the container to the new one. We can make sure we killed the container off the old device. Or it can be part of our procedures for leaving the company, to kill the container off the device, so even if it doesn't check in every so often, the next time you log on, it won't be there. The procedure for leaving the company is there; it's just a matter of getting the technology that will support this BYOC concept.
Hall: Could this concept in some ways make IT's life easier?
Buchholz: Right now, we get this big gray blob of data and we don't know if that's apps that we've sanctioned to put on there. If there's some photos on there, we don't know if they're of some engineering samples you took in the lab or your vacation to Hawaii. If it's a Word document, we don't know if it's an Intel design document or your wife's fruitcake recipe. So if we do get BYOC the right way and get that isolation, we believe it will make our IT life much easier.
If I update or change something in that professional environment, I know what that environment is, No. 1, but No. 2, I know you haven't put anything into it or changed anything that isn't company-related. If I'm backing data up, I know it's Intel data. If I'm updating an OS, I know it's not affecting any of your personal stuff. So it should make it a lot easier for the IT shop.
Wow, great interview. I had never thought of how much needed to be thought about and worked out before BYOC could be implemented safely.Reply
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Cool Kid Spotlight: Nia Bakari
At 9 years old, Nia Bakari is one of the youngest hosts on BlogTalkRadio. She is quite an inspiring young lady and is off to a running start with her show, which launched… Continue reading
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This isn't what you slept through in history class. This is the backdrop for MTVs new half-hour series "Clone High USA," just one of the many cartoons aimed at teenage and adult viewers this season. In response to the popularity of such cult hits as "The Simpsons" and "The Family Guy," many networks are tapping into a new genre of cartoons; animation for adults.
In addition to FOX's Simpson success, many stations have struck gold. "South Park," Comedy Central's infamous hit, shares the network with reruns of such short-lived animated series as Undergrads and Gary and Mike. Cartoon Network's aptly named "Adult Swim" is a three-hour-long timeslot featuring the edgy animation of "Futurama" and "The Oblongs." With such shows as "Beavis and Butt-head" and "Daria" under its belt, and a history for pushing the envelope, MTV has helped set the standard for adult animation and rolled out another winner this January, "Clone High."
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the dynamic duo behind the brilliance that is "Clone High," landed a deal with a major studio straight out of college. Seniors, attempt to stifle the rage and injustice that is welling up in your throats, because their success was beneficial to us all. Their idea: "Clone High USA," a typical angst-ridden American high school.
The catch: All the students are teenage clone versions of historical figures, resurrected and cloned in the 1980s by the Evil Board of Shadowy Figures. Resulting is a bizarre premise that lays the groundwork for a comedy gem.
The cartoons humor plays on two levels. The show parodies teen dramas like "Dawson's Creek" by over-exaggerating high school life. Will Abe overcome his struggle with sleep deprivation? How can Joan ever express her true feelings for Abe?
But these characters aren't just your average, angst-ridden high school students. The show focuses on the interactions of its five main characters; gangly and sincere Abe, Goth girl Joan, football captain and ladies man JFK, popular, yet snobbish Cleopatra and party animal Gandhi.
With such a cast, historical humor cannot be averted. When Gandhi is diagnosed with Attention Defecit Disorder and Attention Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder, its hyperactive cousin, Paul Revere gallops around the school spreading the news. JFK and Abe go head to head for student body president.
In one short clip, Genghis Khan appears wearing a "Screw Tibet" T-shirt. Joan, or Miss of Arc as her teacher calls her, hears religious voices, which end up being broadcast from a Christian radio station and received through her retainer. This is the ultimate payoff for high school history classes. The puns are endless and youll get them if you paid attention in class. While the show has many fans rolling with laughter and running to their encyclopedias to see what exactly George Washington Carver had to do with a peanut, its reception hasn't been so warm everywhere. The series has caused an uproar in India, where people are not pleased with the portrayal of the leader of their independence movement, Mohandas Gandhi. His clone is depicted as a hyperactive partygoer, who answers to the nickname G-Man. MTV has issued an apology, however they have no intentions to air the show outside of the United States and do not plan to alter its content.
With humor ranging from crass to sophistication, this show can make just about anyone laugh. Lets face it, were a cartoon-watching generation yet again.
So next time you are ready to relive the Saturday morning experience, put on your pajamas, grab a bowl of cereal and curl up to watch "Clone High USA" Mondays at 9:30 p.m. MTV has created a new contender in the battle of adult animation. One with quite a past.


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How do we know that feminism's moral compass is triumphing in America? Simple, their radical pro-abortion agenda has so dehumanized human life that the need for bike parts is deemed a sufficient reason to kill a 12 year old girl. This evil act took place in New Jersey. From CBS NY:
Two teenaged brothers were arrested Tuesday and charged in the death of a 12-year-old girl. Investigators said the little girl was killed for her bicycle.
The body of Autumn Pasquale was found in a blue recycling bin in front of a house at around 10 p.m. Monday night, just blocks away from her own home in Clayton.
Her BMX bike and backpack were also found inside, CBS 2's Christine Sloan reported.
Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton said the boys, ages 15 and 17, who live in the home were charged with first-degree murder. Their names were being withheld because they're juveniles. Dalton also said their own mother turned them in after noticing something on their Facebook page.
Dalton said the cause of Pasquale's death was blunt force trauma consistent with strangulation.
"Autumn Pasquale was lured to the juveniles' home, it was for the purpose of obtaining parts for her BMX bike," said Dalton.
Dalton said he will consider whether to try the teens as adults in the case WCBS 880′s Peter Haskell reported.
Joyce Fisher lives on the street where Pasquale's body was discovered Monday night, two days after she was reported missing. Fisher, like hundreds of others, took part in the search for the 12-year-old, who was last seen Saturday afternoon heading to a friend's house on her bike.
"Just when they brought the bike out …That was devastating. I am scared. It's devastating, unnerving. This is a nice quiet town," Fisher said.
A 16-year-old told CBS 2's Sloan he knows the three brothers who live in the house that was turned into a crime scene on Tuesday. He said the younger brother is obsessed with bikes.
"[He] takes bikes and takes them apart stuff like that," Jodi Robinson said…
And yes, feminism is to blame. Why? Because they are willing to ignore the rape of underage girls in order to protect Planned Parenthood and abortion on demand. They are also willing to tolerate gendercide in order to keep abortion on demand. So given that the value of human life and even the life of an unborn girl has so little value. This poor girls life was reduced to the value of bike parts. Well done feminists, well done.


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As a menthol tobaco smoker of 15 years I was eager to try a new taste and tried the watermelon and vanilla first, even being lights the hits had good flavor but harsh. The new menthol was different tho I will keep this one on reorder. It has amazing full menthol taste that fills the entire mouth and is about as smoother than any tobacco product I have ever used.
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The Salone Satellite Collection 2011
Space is a rare commodity in cities, and so called "Public Space" have been increasingly privatised, "No Trespassing". Public seating or rest areas are only created where consumption is offered.
undpartner is tired of this. Tired and in the mood to sit down, right here, right now. undpartner is ready to reconquer public space: City residents are being given the opportunity to reconquer room for communication and create a spot for everyday living with "wear-it-yourself"-furniture.
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Summary: The Chromebook Pixel has only been out a few hours and we've got our hands on one. Have a look at the very expensive, nicely designed laptop from Google.
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The Pixel ships with a power adapter that can be used along or with an extension cord (included) to reach the power outlet.
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The right side of the Pixel reveals the SD/MMC card slot next to the SIM card slot. The latter is not used in the wi-fi model currently shipping. The LTE model should be available in April, according to Google.
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The left side of the Pixel has a bevy of ports. From left to right: Power; mini HDMI; 2x USB 2.0; audio in/out.
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Gadget Rumor: Hulu On Xbox 360?
How sweet that would be. Attack of the Show host Olivia Munn's Twitter feed denoted that she had just finished a promo for a Microsoft/Hulu event on June 8th. Telling eh? Not that this means anything in particular but it is ...
Eminem And Jay-Z To Have Special Edition DJ Hero Bundle
Who saw this coming? While Guitar Hero has the Metallica, Van Halen and Beatles expansion packs and games, it's only fitting for DJ Hero to take the same approach. Today's news tells us that a special edition DJ Hero will fea...
Sirius XM App On Way To iPhone W/ iTunes Integration
At today's Sirius XM meeting for shareholders, a presentation was made in regards to a new app on its way to the iPhone. While the app will be free, an extra $3 a month will need to be added to an already existing subscription...
Denon AVR-689 6.1 Chanel Home Theater Receiver – $270 Shipped
PC Connection boasts the best deal for the Denon AVR-689 6.1 Chanel Home Theater Receiver. Features include 7.1 channel surround sound, 32 bit floating point DSP technology and all the latest sound decoding. They've got it fo...
Samsung BD-P1600 Blu-ray Disc Player – $230 Shipped
THIS DEAL ENDS 6/3. Newegg has a coupon deal on the Samsung BD-P1600 Blu-ray Disc Player, which makes it the best price ever. This player features DVD upscaling to 1080, HDMI output and BD Profile 2.0. It's (more…)
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How Many Sets of Bath Towels?
We found out that most of you change your bedding for different seasons, but here's another setting-up-home question: How many sets of bath towels are ideal? We have two sets of Hotel Collection towels from Macy's and love them, and then one crummy set of guest towels.
Is the ideal number three, so that you extend the lifetime of your towels by not washing them as much? Or Is three a bit exorbitant? And should guests have a nice separate set of towels, or hand-me-downs?
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I have a bit of a bath towel fetish, I admit. I can't resist buying a pretty towel, especially if it's on sale. Also, I think there's nothing more relaxing than hopping out of a nice steam and wrapping up in a luxe, warm towel, and I try to give my guests that feeling as well :).
That's awesome that you give your guests crummy towels. "Here you go, just in case you thought you were welcomed in my home..."
I have two mixed-and-matched sets. They're all of comparable quality.
Three sets each for me and my husband:
One in use.
One in the laundry.
One clean set, ready to replace the one in use. Which goes in the laundry. While the one in the laundry gets washed and replaces the clean set. It's a rotation that works for us - with two sets, inevitably the extra set wouldn't have been laundered by the time we wanted it.
Plus another set for guests. Hand me down, but not in horrible shape.
Guest Towels?
My guests get whatever's clean - They're all plain white Egyptian Cotton anyway...
Clampers: Ha. I should have written that we have an extra set of hand-me-down towels, but we're looking to replace them for a good guest set. And maybe get a third set for us.
The only guests I ever have in my >400 sq ft apartment are of the "gentlemen caller" variety. I own 3 bath towels, and two smaller hand towels. I try to have at least one clean towel on hand for said guest, but I certainly don't have space to be hoarding special towels just for him!
That said, my three bath towels are very luxurious.
Sucks to be a guest in your house, hunh? Ha ha ha ha.
Wow. I have way too many. I never even realized it. But I still seem to run out before I make it to the laundry room. I've got twelve sets of really comfy Ralph Lauren that much the current bath decor. Several sets from past looks. And probably ten ratty gym towels. Now that you mention it, they do take up a lot of shelf space. But I don't think I could ever win this one with my partner.
5 sets total-2 sets for the master bath, and 3 between the 2 guest baths. All are of equal quality and match the color schemes of the bathrooms they reside in.
Having a very small apartment and the only the occasional above mentioned gentleman caller, I only have a very small number of towels.
Plus one for the dog.
When I moved from Florida to New York, I brought with me too many towels. They're all GOOD towels, and they're all individually awesome. I have my HUGE fluffy towel. I have my fashionably striped towel. I have two plain towels. Too many towels! I need to get rid of some. I don't need more than two. That gives me some laundry day flexibility and it allows me to have a house guest. I love all of my towels though so I haven't been able to purge yet.
I do have two sets of splendid guest towels, that are occasionally used if I fall behind in doing the laundry. My husband and I each have four sets (towel, hand towel, wash cloth) apiece that are in good condition, and we have at least a dozen more sets in well-worn condition. Also good quality extra wash cloths bought by the dozen.
Then I have a whole shelf of what I like to call disaster linens. Those are the towels that are very worn, but not yet ready for the rag bag. They are used for water disasters, bathing pets, children and water sprinklers, swimming pool and camping.
I have to confess that I have been watching the white sales, because I thought it was time to replace our daily linens with some new ones, because Husband loves big thick towels, and one of my main goals in life is keeping him comfortable and happy =)
I'm lazy and I like to economise on laundry... AND I was told to NEVER wash my clothing with my towels ('cause everything will get covered in lint and/or washed too roughly), particularly since I air-dry most of my stuff other than sheets and towels. So, as a result, I have four sets of towels (if, by a "set", you mean bath towel, wash cloth, hand towel), which means that I can do a full load of towel laundry (including kitchen towels and dish cloths) after I've used three bath towel sets and I'll still have one set of towels available for use while things are washing.
There's no such thing as "guests" in my current living situation. The three roommates all supply their own personal linens, and if a guest should appear unexpectedly and need a shower, I have an extra soft and enormous beach towel just in case.
I have too many...I think I have a towel fettish too. Actually I think I have a fabric fettish! I own too many towels, too many blankets and way too many sheets. Guess I should make a trip to the local animal shelter. :)
I never thought people actually bought sets. I live alone. I have approx. 8 bath sheets and 4 hand towels (2 bathrooms x 2 backups). They are all identical, neutral and high quality.
I still have my sheets from the dorm years, now doing rag service, there are just as many of those and the only difference is they are embroidered with my full name.
I am beginning to feel this is a lot of towels.
I have 9 or 10 white towels for me plus about 40 white washcloths since I use a new towel and washcloth every day and I hate hand towels. Oh, and a big bath sheet from when I used to date a really tall guy. My guest towels (2 sets) are of the same nice quality as mine, just a different color.
BTW, I know a new towel per day sounds excessive, but it translates into only one load of whites per week and I can throw in the bathmat, my sheet, and socks!
My husband and I each have 3 bath towels for regular use and various hand and face towels (some matching). We have 4 full sets for guests that are super nice, matched and only see use by guests (we just got them). On top of these 10, we also have various old towels that only see emergency use, 4 are in decent condition but ugly colors and 2 are barely surviving but mostly are used as cat beds. So I have a total of 16 bath towels and probably about 8-10 hand and face towels. The extra really help when something spills or like yesterday there is a big rain storm and water starts entering the house under the door.
This raises another question...how often do you guys change the towel you use? I used to re-use the same one three or four times (probably more sometimes without thinking), but after a recent and nasty bought with staph my dermatologist told me I needed to use a new towel/washcloth for each shower. This has translated to many more quarters for the washing machine.
Based on everyone's responses, it's time to purge my towel collection. We have beige striped (4) huge red (2) large dark blue (2) purple and blue striped (4) white (6) a random mint green towel, random light blue towel, 4 beach towels, and enough hand towel to require their own shelf. Until now, I didn't realize I had a problem.
I have 8 sets. I rotate them so they survive the laundry longer. I also have the "disaster" towels. They are two of them, and they get to do the dirty work around the house.
2 people, one bathroom, occasional guests, 8 sets of fantastic white towels---plus about a half dozen non-white for the dog or emergencies.
I feel so much better after reading these comments, that poll is skewed, I feel like the average should be around six, no?
One set in use, another set available for when I start the laundry or otherwise need to remove the in-use set (times two for his and hers bathrooms.) Normally we use a set for a week. (Since they only absorb moisture after we are clean, this works for us.)
Guests have our nearly new "old" set. All of these are only a year and a half old, from staging our old house for sale.
My linen closet is small and serves severqal functions, so I don't have much room for extras. (We do keep some old ratty ones on hand for floods and emergencies.)
change my towel weekly; washcloth daily (every time i wash my face)
i think four is an ideal number. sometimes guests come in pairs or groups. it's nice to tell people they can stay over knowing you have the basics. a lot of people i know always bring their own linens. i like telling them not to pack towels. also, sometimes, i don't do laundry for a few weeks. washcloths and underwear are the measure of this.
a few years back i bought all new towels from Target (thomas o'brien) in fab colors, 14 white wash clothes, 3 brown ones and two hand towels. when they hit clearance i bought a few more, but i reasoned two handtowels is plenty.
Three sets of two bath towels, two hand towels, and a bathmat for the master bath, plus six washclothes.
One set of two bath, two hand, two wash for each of two guest bathrooms.
I have to change the towels in the bathroom every three-four days because of the moisture factor in my flat so I have four sets all white. Then there is one towel for the dog, one set for camping. As they start to wear then they go to the dog and camping sets and those extras go the the animal care and control. I also have a rain set one on the floor at the front door and one in the back to wipe the water off when coming in and I never wash the dog and rain set with my nice towels. Basically, I am always doing laundry, hum..
This is too fascinating! Towel behavior says a lot about a person, I think (though, it also says a lot about the size dwelling you have...who has room for a gazillion towels in a 250 sq. ft. studio unless one is, indeed, towel happy?) That being said, I have 6 towels, a couple of hand towels and several face cloths, all of equal quality (for me and the occasional guest) and the same color to match my bathroom and wash easily.
BTW @Josh: I grew up in a small house with four kids and one bathroom; combined with the "what's yours is mine dynamic," the towel I was using most days would simply up and disappear (sister took it, dog ate it, brother cleaned his skateboard with it, etc.). This attitude, for good or ill, carries into my adult life, where towels are changed every few uses (for me) and every day for guests.
good point Josh--
we use once and then launder
10 bath towels for 2 adults. One set for guests. Change the towels weekly taking from the bottom and adding the freshly washed to the top. I do this with everything, dishes, underwear, etc. I am big into even-wear.
I think we (2 adults) have 6 bath towels and 6 hand towels. There are always a few in use, a few in the laundry system, and a few in the closet. I don't keep a special stack for guests.
@ Laurie - that's a good point about the poll, as I answered 3 without thinking too much about it. We have 3 *changes* of towels - 2 big bath sheets, 1 for each, in 3 different colors. We don't use washcloths except as rags (I bought a 10-pack of cheapies to clean up spills).
It drives me nuts that our big fluffy towels (from Costco, dirst cheap!) take up so much room in the closet, so I'm considering putting Turkish peshtemals - linen bath house wraps/towels - on our wedding registry and seeing if we can get used to those. If not, they make a great casual tablecloth or wrap or picnic blanket.
Here's are some examples of a peshtemal, btw:
I keep two towels out on hooks and alternate between the pair during the week so that each one has 2 days to dry.
At the end of the week, the towels, washcloths and mathmat go into the wash.
6 sets (bath hand, face cloth) for 2 people. We live in a humid climate, so daily laundering is a must.
Wow, you all are right! I should have written the poll differently.
I guess I think very differently than the author about guest towels. I've always believed nice towels are essential to making the guest feel welcome. I have three sets for myself, and I usually use the bath towel for three days before I wash it. I also have two sets for the guest(s), but I offer them the second set on the second day, in case they do not like to reuse towels before washing them. I never, ever use the guest towels because I like for them to be in great shape for the guests.
We don't really have entire "sets." We have about 12 bath towels, 2 floor towel-mats, and TONS of washcloths. Just two sets of "pretty hang on the towel bar" hand towels. I don't have time to wash towels every two days.
Wow...this really is a good topic. I guess I'm addicted too...haha. I have 8 sets (bath, hand & washcloth) They are all very nice soft fluffy towels. (I'm single and live in a 700 sq ft. apt)
I let my guests use whatever I use. I believe in making my guests feel comfortable and at home...like they are in a either a hotel or bed and breakfast. I also have bathmats. I'm funny about people stepping out of the shower and putting their wet feet onto my rug, so I give them their own bathmat. Also, I have hand cloths for when people wash their hands. instead of using one hand towel (unsanitary in my opinion) or paper towel (not eco friendly) I bought a pack of cheap wash cloths for them to dry their hands. When they are done, they just throw the used hand cloths into a basket. I know it's anal but the guests love it!
2 bath robes for me, one for my fiancee, one for my cat (he's a Persian cat and needs regular bathing for skin problems), one guest towel set and I'm planning to buy one set more for guests as they tend to come in 2 at least. :P
We have 4 sets:One for each week and rotate so they all wear evenly and last longer. I haven't had to buy towels in 5 years and they are all still new looking/feeling. We also have 3 beach towels.
All towels are hotel white. Just like Oprah's homes. Makes life easy.
Prefer ALL white because I need to be able to use a bit of bleach or they won't feel clean to me. Hate cheap thin towels.
Guest must always have nice fresh towels. Use towels for two days max or less and new wash cloth daily.
Should have at least 5 sets per person.
For me it depended on my washing. For years I lived without a washer/dryer in the my unit and or building, so doing laundry was put off until it no longer could. I used to have many towels, washcloths, underwear, etc.
Now that I have one in my condo, 3-4 towels is enough, and about 10 washcloths.
Moving into a home with a washer/dryer & dishwasher has taught me that I need ...less clothes & more dishes!!


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Saturday, December 10, 2011
30 comments:
- Bernie said...
Oh Di, you've bought back some great memories. I just loved Monkey Mia. The experience of feeding the dolphins turned out to be a rather special treat for my family on our trip round Oz.
Our eldest boy had broken his leg on the ski slopes during the trip and by the time we reached Monkey Mia his leg was still recovering. The cast was off but he was still using the crutches because his leg wasn't quite strong enough for full weight yet.
Anyway, we all stood back from the water's edge when it was feeding time. Others moved into the water as the rangers instructed but two of the dolphins made a bee-line straight for Andrew. The ranger told him to make his way into the water, which he did and those two dolphins nudged Andrew's broken leg gently for quite a few minutes. It was an extraordingary thing. All the other dolphins waited while the pair were being so kind to our son and none of them came in to feed until the two dolphins left our son!!!!
We don't know how they knew which had been the broken leg, but they definitely only touched that leg!!!
- December 10, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- yevisha said...
it would have been a wonderful experience Diane. your photos are gorgeous as usual.
- December 10, 2011 at 9:46 PM
- Dianne said...
What wonderful friendly animals and a real treat for the children -a truly beautiful area of Australia.
- December 10, 2011 at 9:59 PM
- Andrew said...
I thought it would be an attractive young female who was chosen to feed the dolphins. You took great close ups and good to hear that the viewing is being done responsibly. I can't help but wonder why only twice in the past they have not turned up. Body corporate meeting to attend?
- December 10, 2011 at 10:00 PM
- biebkriebels said...
Oh Diana what a wonderful experience with the dolphins. I didn't know you could visit them from the beach. I only heard of swimming with them. Nice they come so close to the beaches. Sorry about the dugongs, but you can't have it all apparently.
- December 10, 2011 at 10:05 PM
- diane b said...
Bernie: That is an amazing story. I have heard before of dolphins at Sea World helping or caressing for a better word children who are ill or disabled. They are very special animals.
- December 10, 2011 at 10:39 PM
- Sandra said...
the dolphins are a wonderful sight to see. and i love that last water shot you took, so beautiful. a fun trip. about the dolphins, leave it to mankind to find a way to do harm to the wildlife. i have always beleive we should not feed anything wild.
- December 11, 2011 at 12:02 AM
- Desiree said...
Dolphins are incredibly special and supremely intelligent beings. I can imagine the awe with which you gazed upon them. It's so good to know rules have been enforced to keep them safe.
- December 11, 2011 at 12:35 AM
It is good to know that 'rules have been made and are followed' - I was under the impression that you could feed, touch and swim ( if you liked) with them. Now I can understand why not. Were you told what diseases the dolphins get from humans?????
Just incredible how tranquil the waters in the bay are and also when you went out dugong seaching.
Maybe dugongs don't like pink shirts??? I have been told that yellow is very attractive to them!!! ( That just might be a little teeny fibby - eh?)
Cheers and well done
Colin (HB)
PS: Thank God today for the beach party is lovely and fine - see you in 3 hours time and NOT in yellow.
- December 11, 2011 at 6:47 AM
- Sara said...
There is something so thrilling about being close to sea creatures, especially when, like dolphins, they interact with us humans like they do.
I was on a ferry one time between Seattle and Vancouver and a pod of killer whales (orcas) appeared along side, cavorting in the sea. It was amazing to watch.
- December 11, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- FruitCake said...
You've told me more about dolphins than I ever learned at Seaworld. I'm pleased to hear that tourists and dolphins are interacting in such a positive way, now. And isn't Bernie's story amazing [though not surprising]?
Thanks for sharing!
- December 11, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Kay L. Davies said...
What a wonderful time for you, Diane.
I also loved the comment about Bernie's son. Dolphins are such sweet animals.
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
- December 11, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- George said...
This must have been an amazing experience. I'm so glad that you were able to see and photograph the dolphins. It's too bad the dugongs didn't make an appearance, but it looks as if it was a great cruise anyway.
- December 11, 2011 at 1:24 PM
- Jo-Anne Rambling said...
Lucky you to have a chance to see the dolphins they are such amazing animals, the other day my husband rang to tell me that there were dolphins swimming in the lake down the road from us so I got in the car and drove down to the lake to see them and wow what a sight......I am glad he rang me.
- December 11, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- Julie said...
That final shot has an amazing green to it, Diane and the clouds are just sitting there like so much cotton-wool. I am always only to happy to let someone elde do the interactive bit, enabling me to take more photos. When I go along our coast for whale viewings, I am nearly always disappointed. It is only when the viewing is 'free' that I actually see anything.
- December 11, 2011 at 3:41 PM
- Julie said...
BTW, how did APT compare with Outback Spirit? Quality and price ...
- December 11, 2011 at 3:42 PM
- wilbo43 said...
We had one GOOD and one VERY BAD experience with Outback Spirits. We'll tell you about it next time we'll see you, Julie. I for one will never go on another Outback Spirit Tour.
- December 11, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- eileeninmd said...
Dinae, your visit to Monkey Mia sounds wonderful. I love seeing the dolphins, they looks so gentle. Your photos are great sorry you did not get to see dugong. Maybe another time. I enjoyed this post and the dolphins. Have a Happy Sunday!
- December 11, 2011 at 9:03 PM
- Joan Elizabeth said...
I've never much wanted to do whale watching or dolphin swimming but I certainly enjoyed your story.
- December 11, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- whiteangel said...
Lovely Diane,
They are such graceful creatures like whales.
- December 11, 2011 at 10:40 PM
- Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...
LOve the dolphins. So is it always the same five? How does that work -- are they so peaceful that the others don't try to be one of those fed?
We have lots of manatees here where live in the winter. Boaters used to feed them and give them fresh water (which they love) and they got so dependent on it that they would swim up to the boats and under them and many were killed accidentally. Now it is against the law to feed/water them. And there is also a strict speed limit in the shallower (warmer) waters. Some old ones that you see have scars from encounters with motors.
- December 12, 2011 at 4:51 AM
- Nikki said...
I love dolphins in the wild. I once saw a pod of around 100 dolphins swimming next to our boat. We were on our way back from a trip to White Island in New Zealand and it was an unexpected and magic experience. Another time we saw dolphins and my boys went out to swim with them. I took photos until I realised I was missing out on an experience. I swam out too late.
I have heard about Monkey Mia and I enjoyed the photos. It is also on my to do list. Thanks for sharing.
- December 12, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- Michele said...
What an amazing experience! It must have been so much fun to have the dolphins come so close and "pose" for photos. You pictures, as always, are lovely.
I don't think I've ever seen such a green, green sea as in the last photo. Even without the dugongs showing up, just looking at the water that color would have been enough for me. Sorry the whales were absent, too, but as you say, at least you had dolphins.f
- December 12, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- Carletta said...
When I was growing up "Flipper" was a show about a dolphin that I watched every week. I've been fond of them ever since. What fun to see them.
That last shot is superb! the water is gorgeous as is the sky; and ogether it's a stunning landscape!
- December 12, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti said...
What a wonderful experience this must have been, Diane I'm glad the new regulations are protecting the beautiful dolphins, yet still allowing such a wonderful encounter with them to photograph.
- December 12, 2011 at 3:19 PM
- Gattina said...
That must be amazing to be so close to dolphins which are apparently so friendly !
- December 13, 2011 at 2:29 AM
- Betty Manousos@ Cut and Dry said...
outstanding shots, each one of them, but the dolphin shots caught my eye.
what adorable creatures and what a great adventure you've experienced.
- December 13, 2011 at 6:44 AM
- SquirrelQueen said...
Oh Diane, you are so lucky to have seen those beautiful animals so close. I am glad they have established rules to protect these magnificent creatures. I love your shots of the ocean especially the last one with the green water and puffy clouds.
- December 13, 2011 at 6:40 PM
- Betsy from Tennessee said...
Fabulous photos, Diane. I love dolphins --and they are so friendly... One of my sons was vacationing in the Bahamas on year and he got to swim with the dolphins and feed them... Awesome!!!!!
- December 14, 2011 at 5:34 AM
- Angela Häring-Christen said...
I wish I would be there! I love the dolphins.
- December 14, 2011 at 6:15 AM


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After a seven year hiatus from the music industry (apart from the 2011 single, "Invisible"), Skylar Grey has finally returned with her sophomore album, Don't Look Down. The grittier vibe of Don't Look Down in comparison to Grey's debut, Like Blood Like Honey, is perhaps part of the evolution that took place after having so much time to experiment musically. Grey had, in fact, contemplated quitting music altogether, but, thankfully a little help from the likes of Eminem and Alex da Kid ultimately produced the final product that is Don't Look Down.
The first track to kick off the album, "Back From the Dead," is an appurtenant opening that inadvertently addresses Grey's long absence from the music scene. With contributions from Big Sean and Travis Barker, the song is a strong first track to introduce the world to the new Grey. With lyrics like, "Where do we begin now that you're back from the dead?", Grey approaches the subject of the difficulties of starting over–in any respect. Next up is the gravelly beat of "Final Warning," one of the most memorable songs on Don't Look Down. The dramatic, "warning" lyrics threaten, "I'm going to the kitchen/Coming back with a knife/Cause I've had enough this time." Background noises of couples fighting serve to accent the violent tone of the song. Grey's final warning turns out to be: "Someone's gonna get hurt/And it's not gonna be me."
Following "Final Warning" is the soulful "Wear Me Out." A piano-based background highlights the sultry sounding vocals of Grey as she discusses the things that wear her out while she tells the object of her affection, "Well you're such a hypocrite to think me so unwise/I'm just trying to see the world through my own eyes." The tone of the album shifts slightly with "Religion." A stripped down, acoustic track, "Religion" has distinctive resemblances to early Sheryl Crow as she sings, "When you don't know what to believe in, let me be your religion/It's a fucked up world that we live in, so let me be your religion." Grey's expressiveness when it comes to addressing the uncertainty of modern life can also be traced back to the uncertainty she feels in sticking to any one particular musical style. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Grey acknowledged,
"One of my biggest problems is I get bored too easily, and I like to experiment too much, to the point where I confuse myself and I confuse my fans. So it just took me some time to figure out exactly what I wanted this album to sound like because I had worked with so many types of people and tried so many different things. I had to wait for the right batch of songs to come together and feel like a whole piece."
The undeniably Eminem-influenced first single from the album, C'Mon Let Me Ride" samples lyrics from, what else, Queen's "Bicycle Race," with Eminem repeating said lyrics in a decidedly Pee-Wee Herman-esque voice. "Only Thing I Hear" airs a bit more on the angelic side in terms of Grey's intonation and lyrical content. Though, of course, Grey isn't one for singing about pleasant things as she laments, "I get so tired of listening to everyone/Tell me I have everything a girl should want." Subsequently, "Sunshine" keeps the musical motif of "Only Thing I Hear" going, though with a bit more reassurance on Grey's part due to her remark, "You're sick of working hard and always being bored…/Ain't got money, but we got sunshine."
"Pulse" picks up the pace and changes the tone with a more hip hop-tinged beat, mixed with notes of "You Oughta Know"-era Alanis Morissette lyrics like, "I heard you found a new friend/I hope you give her good head/The kind you didn't give me." The fast-tempoed, angry vibe of "Pulse" is negated by the gentleness of "Glow in the Dark," a calm, soothing track that shows us a more tranquil side of Grey. Her newfound self-assurance is evident as she asserts, "I've got a fire in me/It's so bright I can't believe I ever was scared before/Of things I could not control."
"Shit, Man!" is as abrupt a song as the title would suggest, with solid, addictive backbeats that hook you right away. Surprisingly, the song is about having an unexpected pregnancy, a topic that is so rarely mentioned in pop music (maybe because it's usually reserved for country music). In an Ashlee Simpson-esque (that's not an insult, I swear) voice, Grey worries, "You're never ready for something quite like this…/So now what happens if I choose to have a child with you?" A rap by Angel Haze also adds to the uniqueness of this track. "Clear Blue Sky" is an aurally vibrant, life-affirming song that explores the difficulty of letting go of negativity. Grey admits, "I'm in love with misery/But you can have my darkness…/I'm gettin' in my own way and all the shit that you say is makin' my world all grey."
"Tower (Don't Look Down)" slows down the pace again to reveal Grey's strong, adept vocals. The song explores the impossibility of continuing with an inequitable relationship–especially when one person seems to be destined for greater things. Grey reconciles, "You've got the world at your feet/But there's nothin' out there for me." It is by far the most bittersweet track on Don't Look Down as Grey reveals her highly sensitive emotions. The closer of the album, "White Suburban," maintains the same dramatic tone as "Tower (Don't Look Down)" with a far more Fiona Apple flavor. And, just to clarify, the word "Suburban" refers to the car, not the generic environment. The bluesy nature of the song is an interesting choice to conclude with, proving her point that she can't be confined to a single musical genre.


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