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Originally Blogging the Artist's Way. Thoughts, musings, experience of the 12-week course, January to March 2006. And after that?.... Life, creativity, writing. Where does it all meet? Here, perhaps.
I got tagged by Nonizamboni at Peacock Blue to do the meme whereby I'm meant to:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.
Well, the first two books I picked up - "The Gift of Therapy" and "A Perfect Mess" both had chapters that ended on page 123 - with fewer than five sentences on that page! Can you believe it?
The third book is "The Female Brain" by Louann Brizedine, MD, and here are the 3 relevant sentences:
"Using the body odor of men and the noses of women, Jan Havlicek of Charles University in Prague has hatched a controversial theory about pheromones and the female brain. He found that ovulating women who already have partners preferred the smell of other more dominant men but that single women showed no such preference. Havlicek argues that his findings support the theory that single women want nurturing men who will help raise a family..."
Umm... who to tag? I'll name five people, but if you'd like to join in too, please do, and leave a comment to say you've done so! And if you're one of the people who have already done this meme, my apologies for tagging you again.
1...Julie, the Celtic Lady
2....Sharon, at Grey-Haired Coed
4... Colleen at Loose Leaf Notes
5.....CJH at It's the Little Things
Would you like to know what exactly is controversial about the theory?
He goes on to say that "...once the home is secured they have the biological urge to sneak around with men who have the best genes." !!!!! Could it be true?
posted by GreenishLady @ 1:57 pm
At 28/5/08 3:53 pm,  cjm said...
Well, I'll have to get on it when I get back to the hotel. Pretty much everything around me at work is confidential.
At 28/5/08 3:56 pm,  Anonymous said...
I just did it! Even odder than your experience, the book I picked up had a chapter change on page 123 and only included that. 124 was the back of that and blank, so I went to 125. I think I'll include the answer tomorrow in my 13 list. Thanks!
At 28/5/08 4:25 pm,  DrLeonesse said...
I'm amazed that the first choice isn't best genes. That, and pecking order, are the way it is in nature, I believe.
At 28/5/08 4:47 pm,  nonizamboni said...
Fascinating but I'm still not sure. . .
Thanks for playing along and for your interesting choice--third time's the charm!
At 28/5/08 7:15 pm,  Anonymous said...
well that is some page 123 to think about.... yikes! were you tempted to look and look till you found one that you really liked? ;)
At 28/5/08 7:54 pm,  terri said...
pretty interesting passage. i'll have to watch for that chemical business. i'd hate to think that on some base level i've been sniffing around behind my husband's nice, secure back. :)
At 29/5/08 2:45 am,  cjm said...
I'm posting as we speak, er, type.
At 29/5/08 1:51 pm,  Anonymous said...
Interesting theory...though I can't think of any men that I've liked the smell of, better than my husband - perhaps he just has really good genes? lol
At 29/5/08 7:15 pm,  Anonymous said...
Mine is up. #10.
At 29/5/08 8:40 pm,  Anonymous said...
Hi, thanks for the comment on my embroidery...
on the level of genes read a book called the 'Genome' by Matt Ridley. Fascinating.. the things genes do to survive! its a gene eat gene world out there and only the most ingenious prosper...
At 1/6/08 5:08 am,  Christy Woolum said...
It sounds like a great book. I will be doing it also soon on my blog.
At 11/6/08 11:11 am,  the queen bee said...
Well, I finally answered your meme! Sorry so long.... In terms of your quote, what an interesting book, I'll have to pick that one up. The theory doesn't actually seem that surprising to me, given my zoology background. You see it in the animal kingdom all the time. Consider swans. They mate for life, right? Well, a genetic sample from the nestlings will often show that each of the chicks was fathered by a different swan. It seems monogamy isn't exactly what we thought it once was! xxBee