Posted 4:37 AM by Blah blah

New blogs added: two cool guys, Mikey (Malaysian in Ireland) and Victor (southern Cal). And three girls, Helen Jane (Bay Area), Pei (Singaporean in Nottingham, England) and Alexandria (actress in SF). Mikey speaks Hokkien (like me!) and has been very thought-provoking on RBJ. He links to this from the NY Times, Taking risks to ensure survival:

"Zahavi’s handicap principle attempts to explain why babblers risk their lives by yelling at predators, why peacocks carry splendid but cumbersome tails twice the length of their bodies, and even perhaps why Ted Turner gave $1 billion to the United Nations.

Zahavi’s handicap principle holds that animals and humans alike prosper not in spite of our riskiest and most extravagant behaviours but because of them. These behaviours
are the way we advertise how prosperous, how fit, how fearless we are.

Because the world is a jaded, cynical place, we have to incorporate a significant cost, or handicap, in our advertising to make it persuasive. Thus antelopes really
are indulging in a dangerous waste of energy when they stot in front of a cheetah. But their willingness to risk it is how they tell the cheetah: 'Don’t even bother
trying.' "

Helen Jane wrote these thoughts about the new Fox show, "Looking for Love: Bachelorettes in Alaska" (sequel to ABC's "The Bachelor.")

Yep, she is quite a character. Of all the people on BlindDateBlog, she seemed most my type. And it looks like she is getting hitched. I'm not surprised. Each of her entries is tiny and reads like free verse. Very nice.