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Bob - 2006-01-10 12:18:47
Paula, as we are all aware, a lemur in the hand is worth two in the bush, so, could you provide a link to a lemur in the hand that I saw somewhere on the net in connection with you, so as to really bring home what you mean by "a luminous, lemur-eyed Emily Watson"? (Was she that cheerful, though?) That's one of my favorite photos ever.
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Paula - 2006-01-10 12:27:03
Do you mean a tarsier? Her eyes weren't that big, definitely more lemuresque.
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Chris - 2006-01-10 13:05:35
For great animal eyes check out this. You need to stop bein so primate focused.
http://markmlucas.com/images/amphibians/web%20tree%20frog/red%20eye%2016.jpg
Speaking of Primates, there is a very good article in the Science section of NYTimes that discusses Mirror Neurons, one of the hottest topics in Human/Primate studies.
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Chris - 2006-01-10 13:07:42
Aaackk, How do you make a link?
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Bob - 2006-01-10 13:28:06
Nah, I think maybe it was a bush baby. And it was on an old myspace.com profile, it turns out. (I always google you to get to IHOP, and it was right underneath.) Anyway, THAT critter, in that photo... who looks about as anthropomorphic/un-anthropomorphic as it gets.
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Paula - 2006-01-10 13:31:33
That's a tarsier!
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Paula - 2006-01-10 13:40:04
Chris: hey, that link works (cool froggie!), but if you want to do a fancy link, you'd do it like this.
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Bob - 2006-01-10 13:49:16
Oh. Well it's quite a tarsier. And if Emily WERE reminiscent of it, I'd have to see that movie.
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Paula - 2006-01-10 13:57:44
Bob, you should see it anyway--aren't you a Nick Cave fan?
Chris, here's some more about mirror neurons.
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chris - 2006-01-10 14:10:53
Paula, I agree with the first statement that mirror neurons are one the "most important unreported (or at least, unpublicized) science story of the decade. The implications are clearly a bit more philisophical, but on the face of it there is so much to be learned in so many different disciplines.
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Bob - 2006-01-10 21:28:34
I was a Baby Party fan (or whatever they called themselves), and I like the old Painters and Dockers lines, in "You're Suss", that go "You want me to lie here and rave / Who do ya think I am, fucking Nick Cave?" (from their fun LP Love Planet). But now I'ma fan of mirror neurons and hand-held tarsiers.
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Paula - 2006-01-11 11:05:25
I was a Baby Party fan (or whatever they called themselves)
Haw. 'Twas the Birthday Party, ya big goofball.
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Bob the lyric geek - 2006-01-11 13:27:09
I'm terrible with punctuation sometimes;; the Painters and Dockers* (*which, besides being a group, was an Aussie union) lines were "You want me to lie here and rave / Who do ya think I am / Fucking Nick Cave?". But their best goofy lines accompanied a chorus of "We're all going to Nude School", (about a meta-Montessori-type grade school), and went "Kimmy Thinks she's Madonna / But Penthouse / Changed all that / She's not that hairy / Her legs / Are not that fat."
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Baby Party - 2006-01-11 14:18:38
Aww shucks, thanks Bob!
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