WNYC Radio Lab - Deception and Lies

RadioLab is a podcast/radio programme on New York Public Radio that I sometimes listen to, though sometimes I don't, it's a little too reminiscent of This American Life at times.

THis latest edition on Deception was interesting, verrry interesting. The longer it went on the more interesting it became, to me. The second item was a story following a pathological liar, a woman who had several identities and how a woman became "obsessed" (her words) with this woman. See there's the This American Life similarity.

The next items were about people who lie, what characteristics do they have, are they better at certain things than those who aren't as good as lying, are their brains different? And the last section (about self-deception) concluded that people who are more "realistic" and lie less to themselves are more depressed. Though how they asses what reality "is" and what is more realistic I don't know. I mean if these "liars" can lie to themselves that they are going to win a race, and can lie to themselves and believe they have and will win the race. And then they win the race, then they aren't lying to themselves are they? They are describing reality.


Anyway. There isn't anything I listen to that I haven't got points to pick at with - I guess this is a podcast recommendation.

Daniela Edburg’s Drop Dead Gorgeous

Death by various things, candy floss, shampoo, Oreos.
Vivid detailed, photography with women in dramatic, filmic/paintinglike poses.

Personal Computer Battle

L’hotel Particulier de Montmartre

I decided I'm going to start posting some more diverse stuff, and more often, though I'm sure I won't do anything of the kind. But here is a good intention. Beautiful pictures of the L’hotel Particulier de Montmartre in Paris, a small hotel, well smallish, it only has 5 suites, but look at them,



each individually decorated by a designer (some are artists or photographers), surrounded by a garden from a fairy tale it looks like. I'm sure the actual hotel isn't as wondrous as it looks, life is always disappointing that way, but I can dream. See pictures of all the suites here.

why does blogger do this weirdness with the images, its fucking up my posts, woss goin' on?