The Joy of Gay Sex

This is a perfectly lovely and snarky thread about what books to read in public to deter stranger small-talk. As someone who, not unlike the writer, traverses the world in order to achieve things and not for socialization, getting asked "What are you reading?" by total strangers seems really rude to me. Hello? I am trying to read, not trying to talk to you.

Since I am very bad at being the right level of stern and polite, and since I apparently (?) have an inviting face, I'm memorizing all these books. Maybe I'll start carrying around a physiology textbook. Organs make people nervous, right? I can keep it bookmarked on the reproductive system page, especially if there are photos. Alternatively, as the title suggests, I can get The Joy of Gay Sex.

Neurochemical Musings

Today (actually yesterday) in BRAAAINS: Reading Tiger Eye and then learning about aggression in psychobiological processes some two weeks later leads me to muse. Currently, the musing is that Hari (while not really my type) is a successful male lead, probably because he has high testosterone and high serotonin in his prefrontal cortex.

Prefrontal cortex: everybody's favorite part of the brain.