No one else will ever touch a banana like her voice does.

CAT PARASITES CONTROL OUR BRAINS AND CULTURE.
The distribution of T. gondii could explain differences in cultural aspects that relate to ego, money, material possessions, work and rules, Lafferty added. In some countries, infections by the cat parasite are very rare, while in others nearly all adults are infected.
From another article: Toxoplasma is associated with different, often opposite, behavioral changes in men and women, but both genders exhibit guilt proneness (a form of neuroticism). Lafferty’s analysis found that countries with high Toxoplasma prevalence had a higher aggregate neuroticism score, and western nations with high prevalence also scored higher in the ‘neurotic’ cultural dimensions of ‘masculine’ sex roles and uncertainty avoidance.
And another: People with Toxoplasma tend to be more self-doubting and insecure, among other things. Among the differences in men, Toxoplasma is associated with less interest in seeking novelty. Toxoplasma-infected women are more open-hearted.

I tried to look up the article on Central Michigan's database and on JStor, but could not find it. If anyone else has access and can find it, please let me know. I would like to read it. ETA: Oh, here it is.

I need to finish either my lesbian angel story or my robot story by about Friday, and I also need to write a love poem by tomorrow for a Poet's Collective fundraiser. I haven't written a decent love poem in ages. I think it's going to involve animal imagery again. I'm tempted to include the toxoplasmosis. What's more romantic than reading a poem to your sweetie over a candelight dinner about how the parasite in your brain has altered your neurons to make you totally in love? Wasn't that the plot of a Futurama episode?

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DUDES I MADE HUMMUS

REAL HUMMUS

IT TOOK LIKE AN HOUR BECAUSE I HAVE A CRAPPY BLENDER BUT IT IS SMOOTH AND TANGY AND SPREADABLE

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Next up: Fried potato slices.