Althouse: Pay attention!

December 7, 2008

Pay attention!

You have the capacity to remember much more than you might imagine, but you have to pay attention.

(Via Science Central.)

24 comments:

Ron said...: Huh? Wha? (sorry, couldn't resist!); 12/7/08, 10:02 AM
Wince said...: Maybe if she breathlessly said "Pay Attention!" in a French accent while wearing a sexy maid outfit holding a feather duster I'd remember better whatever the hell it was she told me me to do so that I don't forget my keys.

Oh yea, "Pay Attention!"

That's always the hardest thing to remember and, wouldn't you know, the key to remembering everything else.; 12/7/08, 10:11 AM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: A friend of mine share the video Two Women and A Cup.

It has become very popular.

It is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.; 12/7/08, 10:17 AM
Palladian said...: Is that last interview subject a man? The one that says "I didn't know what street I parked on"? I certainly remember "her"...; 12/7/08, 10:24 AM
Bissage said...: Paying attention is painful.

That’s why most people do it as infrequently as possible.

I know I do, anyway.; 12/7/08, 10:25 AM
john said...: Titus,

It's two GIRLS and a cup, not two women. If you shared that, you are more perverted than ..., well call me grossed out.

I'd say more but I lost my keys.; 12/7/08, 10:26 AM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: By the way Althouse my mom went to Green Lake on Friday.

The review is that is not so great. Probably not worth it. Maybe in the summer.

Also, she went on a tour of some homes in Waunakee. When I was growing up in Waunakee it was a small town with small homes. Today it is home of the McMansion. She went on tours of 6 homes. Each home had between 8000 and 10,000 square feet, each had a movie theater that seats 15-20, each had a wine cellar, a huge bar, horseback riding trails in back and pools and tennis courts.

One of the guys who owned one of the houses sells insurance. He is 35. I was amazed that a 35 year old that sells insurance could have a home like that.

She said the Attorney General from Wisconsin lives in Wauakee.

I never thought of Waunakee as swanky when I lived there but times have changed.; 12/7/08, 10:30 AM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: I didn't share it with anyone. Someone shared it with me on their Iphone Friday Night.

I was disturbed by it. Thanks for clarifying the title.; 12/7/08, 10:31 AM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: Good Morning Palladian. How are you?; 12/7/08, 10:32 AM
George M. Spencer said...: I notice that the volunteers shown in the clip all appear to be college-aged.

So what. Big deal.

It's short-term memory loss among the middle-aged and older that needs more study. It's useless applesauce to tell an older person to "pay more attention" because that's like yelling "Run faster!" to a person who doesn't know how to swim. Only then will hummingbirds have more tuna.; 12/7/08, 10:35 AM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: My mom is a busy retiree. She is constantly on the go with her other retiree friends.

She goes to the gym everyday. She is constantly on some bus going to some locale. She is always seeing some play or musical event. She has never ending morning coffee meetups with her girlfriends. She golfs, fishes, skis, plays tennis, swims, is always taking a class and is never home.

And she is constantly planning trips. She has been everywhere. Africa, China, Japan, all over Europe, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand. I hope my retirment days are like hers but I doubt I will make it to retirement.

My dad on the other hand has a difficult time leaving Wisconsin. The only places he goes outside of Wisconsin are Arizona in the winter where a bunch of their Waunakee friends go and Montana hunting. He is very antisocial. I am like my dad.

He actually kind of likes NYC but I don't care for them visiting. They stay with me and their are no doors in my place. His favorite thing to do in NYC is to sit in Central Park and read the newspaper and watch all the people.; 12/7/08, 10:38 AM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: Brandy is drank more in Wisconsin than any other state.

My parents love brandy.

Brandy Old Fashion, Brandy and Seven, Brandy and Squirt-all very Wisconsin.

I have tons of music but never play music in my apartment anymore. I am going to change that today. My dilemma is I can't find anything in my collection that seems appropriate.; 12/7/08, 10:53 AM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: OK, I picked my music. Kruder and Dorfmeister KD Sessions-brillant. The music was used in the movie Startup.com.

I love living in a city with a change of seasons.

I would not want to live somewhere where it is 80 everyday.

I have always lived in a 4 season city.; 12/7/08, 11:02 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "One of the guys who owned one of the houses sells insurance. He is 35. I was amazed that a 35 year old that sells insurance could have a home like that."

Are you still amazed at the mortgage crisis too?; 12/7/08, 11:11 AM
I'm Full of Soup said...: Old joke alert........I am so broke I can't even pay attention.; 12/7/08, 11:17 AM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: No, I am not amazed at the mortgage crisis.

I told my mom this guy must of either got money from inheritance or he is so over his head in debt. I told her he could be a prime example of someone who could go into foreclosure.

That could be true or my way of rationalizing why someone that age had something so grand.

My mother told me those homes were sold between 1 and 2 million. That would be a nice 1-2 bedroom 1500 square foot apartment in my neighborhood. Which I guess is comparable to what I have; 12/7/08, 11:31 AM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: Or I guess the guy could make a lot of money selling insurance.

I work in Biotech and the sales staff makes good money but not the kind of money that would buy that kind of house.; 12/7/08, 11:34 AM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: Now I am listening to DJ Dmitri Live At The Playboy Mansion.

Let's dance.; 12/7/08, 11:49 AM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: I am currently wiggling my butt to the Super DJ Dmitri Live From The Playboy Mansion cd.

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire.
Let the motherfucker burn.

OOOHH OHHHH, Oh yeah, Work, Work It, Own It, Rent It, Sublet It, Lease It.

Let's Dance.; 12/7/08, 12:02 PM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: I love it when Corky in Waiting For Guffman says, "Let's Dance".

I also have become in love with Summer Heights High. The drama teacher is amazing.; 12/7/08, 12:03 PM
TitusPlayItCoolBoy said...: OK, I am done dancing.

Now I am listening to Antony and the Johnsons and becoming very introspective.; 12/7/08, 12:08 PM
Anonymous said...: Somebody took a bite out of the vagina on the left.; 12/7/08, 12:48 PM
Synova said...: It was multiple choice!

I always do great on those because if you don't get uptight or nervous and just pick the answer that seems familiar, even as a guess, it's almost always the right one.

Even with my midlife memory loss I'd probably do great on that test.

And even when I was 18 I had to "pay attention" or never find the car back. And "list what you saw on the tray" baby-shower games are something I *never* win.; 12/7/08, 1:15 PM
Swifty Quick said...: Don't be so dismissive of the earning capacity of insurance agents. Those focusing on selling life insurance in particular, and who are good at it, easily make incomes in the high six figures on into seven figures per year. Remember that infamous $400thou spa outing by AIG right after their big bailout package? What it was in fact was a retreat bonus for their top life insurance producers, and it's a fairly standard practice in the industry. Good life insurance producers do well.; 12/7/08, 4:05 PM