tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6924584727363453820..comments2024-03-29T00:04:32.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: Do people become famous because their heads are large, or does celebrity actually cause the head to enlarge?Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61218902247880233452009-09-08T06:13:34.043-05:002009-09-08T06:13:34.043-05:00Max Capita
People who speak publicly and are trai...Max Capita<br /><br />People who speak publicly and are trained to present in front of large audiences tend to increase the prominent anatomy in order to exaggerate points that they are trying to convey. This includes the "anchorman nose" which realigns its longitudinal axis in order to best align with the camera which can be readily identified with the askew seated position of television presenter, most fashionable in the 60's and 70's. Noses are prone to point in the direction of a mental point being proffered and the camera as a mass audience magnifier in particular condenses this to a favoured angle which, if offset from the natural symmetrical facial face/nose axis will in a period of 10 years become measurably prominent in as much as 3-5 degrees. The similar phenomenon of "BIG HEADEDNESS" is just as noticeable and evolutionarily expedient. This can also be said to occur with stage actors, preachers, politicians and even greengrocers, publicans and butchers who, historically all have very public communication roles. Another evolutionary vocation related physical transition is baldness which can be traced to generational longevity in a common position such as those that traditionally require the wearing of hats or tight fitting head wear for exorbitantly long periods, that cover the top of the cranium and leave the bottom back and side free of enclosure. Such family trees that the paternal job descriptions have been passed on over 4 generations or more in the male descendants could be readily seen to display the "chrome dome" or "Friar Tuck" effect which is highly prone to males whose antecedents include priests, doctors, judges, and in some lower class positions, miners and policemen. It may be argued that people already have big heads find that these vocations suit their natural augmentation and hence prosper in these roles especially as they are easy to read from a distance. It is also easy to see why a bald man occasioned to genetic baldness is likely to take up a profession which conceals their condition.Max Capitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12846200395862745212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90282893343803171102009-09-08T06:12:38.128-05:002009-09-08T06:12:38.128-05:00People who speak publicly and are trained to prese...People who speak publicly and are trained to present in front of large audiences tend to increase the prominent anatomy in order to exaggerate points that they are trying to convey. This includes the "anchorman nose" which realigns its longitudinal axis in order to best align with the camera which can be readily identified with the askew seated position of television presenter, most fashionable in the 60's and 70's. Noses are prone to point in the direction of a mental point being proffered and the camera as a mass audience magnifier in particular condenses this to a favoured angle which, if offset from the natural symmetrical facial face/nose axis will in a period of 10 years become measurably prominent in as much as 3-5 degrees. The similar phenomenon of "BIG HEADEDNESS" is just as noticeable and evolutionarily expedient. This can also be said to occur with stage actors, preachers, politicians and even greengrocers, publicans and butchers who, historically all have very public communication roles. Another evolutionary vocation related physical transition is baldness which can be traced to generational longevity in a common position such as those that traditionally require the wearing of hats or tight fitting head wear for exorbitantly long periods, that cover the top of the cranium and leave the bottom back and side free of enclosure. Such family trees that the paternal job descriptions have been passed on over 4 generations or more in the male descendants could be readily seen to display the "chrome dome" or "Friar Tuck" effect which is highly prone to males whose antecedents include priests, doctors, judges, and in some lower class positions, miners and policemen. It may be argued that people already have big heads find that these vocations suit their natural augmentation and hence prosper in these roles especially as they are easy to read from a distance. It is also easy to see why a bald man occasioned to genetic baldness is likely to take up a profession which conceals their condition.Max Capitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12846200395862745212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41989401338889434582009-01-15T17:12:00.000-06:002009-01-15T17:12:00.000-06:00If you are a potential leading man but of average ...If you are a potential leading man but of average or less-than-average height, you can wear lifts. But your normally proportioned head will appear small on your now taller body. Handsome but short men with big heads look better in lifts, do better professionally, and are consequently well represented in the celebrity population. It helps if they also have big shoulders, since they are often shot above the waist. If their shoulders are not so big, we can still notice that their heads are too big -- but the lifts keep them from appearing short, which is what they really care about.Antonius Blockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042792346640676159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23343156614427999622009-01-15T15:43:00.000-06:002009-01-15T15:43:00.000-06:00I do believe that in hate one size fits all.I do believe that in hate one size fits all.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78129231679112256292009-01-15T13:23:00.000-06:002009-01-15T13:23:00.000-06:00Oops! Hate size! Yikes!Oops! Hate size! Yikes!Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22570300061361834922009-01-15T12:27:00.000-06:002009-01-15T12:27:00.000-06:00I'm up to p.74 - still tough sledding:Bulshytt: (1...I'm up to p.74 - still tough sledding:<BR/><BR/>Bulshytt: (1) In Fluccish of the late Praxic Age and early Reconstitution, a derogatory term for false<BR/>speech in general, esp. knowing and deliberate falsehood or obfuscation. (2) In Orth, a more technical<BR/>and clinical term denoting speech (typically but not necessarily commercial or political) that employs<BR/>euphemism, convenient vagueness, numbing repetition, and other such rhetorical subterfuges to create the<BR/>impression that something has been said. (3) According to the Knights of Saunt Halikaarn, a radical<BR/>order of the 2nd Millennium A.R., all speech and writings of the ancient Sphenics; the Mystagogues of<BR/>the Old Mathic Age; Praxic Age commercial and political institutions; and, since the Reconstitution,<BR/>anyone they deemed to have been infected by Procian thinking. Their frequent and loud use of this word<BR/>to interrupt lectures, dialogs, private conversations, etc., exacerbated the divide between Procian and<BR/>Halikaarnian orders that characterized the mathic world in the years leading up to the Third Sack. Shortly<BR/>before the Third Sack, all of the Knights of Saunt Halikaarn were Thrown Back, so little more is known<BR/>about them (their frequent appearance in Sæcular entertainments results from confusion between them<BR/>and the Incanters).<BR/>Usage note: In the mathic world, if the word is suddenly shouted out in a chalk hall or refectory it<BR/>brings to mind the events associated with sense (3) and is therefore to be avoided. Spoken in a moderate<BR/>tone of voice, it takes on sense (2), which long ago lost any vulgar connotations it may once have had. In<BR/>the Sæculum it is easily confused with sense (1) and deemed a vulgarity or even an obscenity. It is<BR/>inherent in the mentality of extramuros bulshytt-talkers that they are more prone than anyone else to<BR/>taking offense (or pretending to) when their bulshytt is pointed out to them. This places the mathic<BR/>observer in a nearly impossible position. One is forced either to use this “offensive” word and be deemed<BR/>a disagreeable person and as such excluded from polite discourse, or to say the same thing in a different<BR/>way, which means becoming a purveyor of bulshytt oneself and thereby lending strength to what one is<BR/>trying to attack. The latter quality probably explains the uncanny stability and resiliency of bulshytt.<BR/>Resolving this dilemma is beyond the scope of this Dictionary and is probably best left to hierarchs who<BR/>make it their business to interact with the Sæculum.<BR/>—THE DICTIONARY, 4th edition, A.R. 3000Nichevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460407621898458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86444907426964292932009-01-15T11:57:00.000-06:002009-01-15T11:57:00.000-06:00and that's my hate size too! "Hate size"? Does it...<I>and that's my hate size too! </I><BR/><BR/>"Hate size"? Does it go up to 11?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29406617305995009322009-01-15T10:41:00.000-06:002009-01-15T10:41:00.000-06:00"Merv Griffin writes about his "big head theory" a..."Merv Griffin writes about his "big head theory" and how it relates to Vanna White, Joan Crawford and Marylin Monroe."<BR/><BR/>I see he tried to comfort Vanna by noting his hat size -- and that's my hate size too! Does a big head help in blogging?Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48890654745653102762009-01-14T22:25:00.000-06:002009-01-14T22:25:00.000-06:00Nichevo, I've avoided reading it because the revie...Nichevo, I've avoided reading it because the reviews were not good. John, are you saying those of us who already love Stephenson's work will like it anyway?Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623422545436294378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45749107642513675582009-01-14T22:17:00.000-06:002009-01-14T22:17:00.000-06:00Nichevo: Both maybe? Not his most energetic work, ...Nichevo: Both maybe? Not his most energetic work, but definitely readable and enjoyable.John Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979918255430186425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20403541100682556542009-01-14T22:15:00.000-06:002009-01-14T22:15:00.000-06:00I presume to so threadjack, because who cares abou...I presume to so threadjack, because who cares about head/skull size?Nichevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460407621898458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51641089862212365612009-01-14T22:14:00.000-06:002009-01-14T22:14:00.000-06:00On a different note, is/has anyone been reading Ne...On a different note, is/has anyone been reading Neal Stephenson's Anathem? I'm up to about p. 28 and it is dry work. Which I have never said about one of his books before. Is it me or is it him?Nichevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460407621898458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49441400705416151152009-01-14T22:11:00.000-06:002009-01-14T22:11:00.000-06:00EDH, why apologize? There's no such thing as too m...EDH, why apologize? There's no such thing as too much South Park! Personally I think the posts go well together....Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77374791369071767812009-01-14T18:53:00.000-06:002009-01-14T18:53:00.000-06:00I remember posting here during last year's America...I remember posting here during last year's American Idol, that I especially liked the sound of the guy "with the big head" meaning David Cook whose name, at that point,I wasn't sure of.michaelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370942132583989253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87240251756219291452009-01-14T18:10:00.000-06:002009-01-14T18:10:00.000-06:00"I hope this phenoma is explainable by Color of th...<I>"I hope this phenoma is explainable by Color of the clothes... hair style... or just looking straighter into the lens. If not, we need to call in GhostBusters and alert Crack Emcee."</I><BR/><BR/>CMC to the rescue:<BR/><BR/>In the case of Hillary Clinton, it's clearly <A HREF="http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/2008/05/holistic-world-of-hillary-houston.html" REL="nofollow">magic</A>.<BR/><BR/>Princess Diana, of course, had her "<A HREF="http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/2008/04/eccentric-circle.html" REL="nofollow">eccentric circle</A>" of <A HREF="http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/2008/01/just-like-my-ex-princess-diana.html" REL="nofollow">psychics</A> and <A HREF="http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/2008/01/birds-of-feather-flock-together.html" REL="nofollow">witchy women</A>, who could've done <B>anything</B> to the size of her skull. <BR/><BR/>But you can focus on hairstyle if you want,...The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21133780351794184682009-01-14T18:01:00.000-06:002009-01-14T18:01:00.000-06:00Outis,I must have been in mid-post when yours went...Outis,<BR/><BR/>I must have been in mid-post when yours went up. Sorry.Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50958912619184585982009-01-14T17:57:00.000-06:002009-01-14T17:57:00.000-06:00A little off subject, but did you know the ethnic ...A little off subject, but did you know the ethnic Egyptians [not the arab invader/ruling class, but the Pharoah's descendant] have heads way larger than anyone else I've ever met.This translates into more brain like more RAM in the computer. Some of these are the insiders who have planned Al Queda's best work. But most of them are Coptic [it's like greek Othodox] and "hate those muslim SOB's". They still survive in Mohammed's conquered territory because the Stubbonly stupid arabs can't run the place without their Brain power.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91911208454770396912009-01-14T17:51:00.001-06:002009-01-14T17:51:00.001-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24314429507569972452009-01-14T17:51:00.000-06:002009-01-14T17:51:00.000-06:00I believe that people's heads, along with feet, ha...<I>I believe that people's heads, along with feet, hands and just about everything else has gotten bigger.</I><BR/><BR/>Better nutrition seems to be the most likely culrpti of larger sizes now. <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4643312.stm" REL="nofollow">Here's some evidence</A> from a slightly longer time frame than your shopping in the antique shops.Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76844197248017881922009-01-14T17:48:00.000-06:002009-01-14T17:48:00.000-06:00I watched some Golden Globe recap on some crap sta...I watched some Golden Globe recap on some crap station.<BR/><BR/>You know who looked good? Tom Cruise and he doesn't have a big head but many of them did have big heads.<BR/><BR/>I mean just look at them. They are freaks of nature...in a way.<BR/><BR/>Have they all had work done?<BR/><BR/>Has Tom Cruise had work done? If so bravo, bravo. Well done. Masterful. I don't even like him but he did look good.TitusRenalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16050126779179824619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38417236810392571192009-01-14T17:45:00.000-06:002009-01-14T17:45:00.000-06:00chickenlittle said...Your head fills your entire a...<I>chickenlittle said...Your head fills your entire avatar! :)</I><BR/><BR/>The Melon of Althouse is legendary.<BR/><BR/>It's the German ancestry. The krauts and the Irish have their fair share of giant head creatures.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=-7G83_SBxRkC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=merv+griffin+large+heads&source=bl&ots=cGV-gZtL-g&sig=BEoEsKUQnwVh55OwEUOeCkYOBsY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA102,M1" REL="nofollow"> Merv Griffin writes about his "big head theory" </A> and how it relates to Vanna White, Joan Crawford and Marylin Monroe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53084230143468107302009-01-14T17:30:00.000-06:002009-01-14T17:30:00.000-06:00Charlie Brown.Charlie Brown.George M. Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07818413936028778734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47628726701930176992009-01-14T17:21:00.000-06:002009-01-14T17:21:00.000-06:00I once saw Mayor Koch at the end of a televised ne...I once saw Mayor Koch at the end of a televised news conference. When the lights went off, he became slightly deflated, like a day old balloon. He wasn't feeding the press information; the press was feeding him attention. It pumped him up....One time (and one time only), I was interviewed by a NY Times reporter. During the course of the interview, my posture became straighter, my vocabulary larger, and my judgement more balanced. I have zero wish for fame, but I can see how that kind of diet could inflate you.....An advanced civilization gives us so many ways of liberating our inner jerk. Being a surgeon is an altruistic, socially sanctioned way of being a sadist. Being a cop is a civilized way of being a bully. Being a teacher is a way of being famous and important in a transient way to a limited world. (Famous forever among fifteen people.)....One should also entertain the possibility that in the presence of a celebrity your head involuntarily shrinks. Sort of like pulling your forelock.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33083068208177749522009-01-14T17:17:00.000-06:002009-01-14T17:17:00.000-06:00Mr. MacKey explains the downside of a large head t...Mr. MacKey explains the downside of a large head to Ms. Choksondik.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/104188" REL="nofollow">m-kay?</A>Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3917552227940042202009-01-14T17:12:00.000-06:002009-01-14T17:12:00.000-06:00Could it be that bodies get smaller instead of hea...<I>Could it be that bodies get smaller instead of heads getting larger?</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/150398/" REL="nofollow">Mmkay?</A>Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.com