Saturday, June 18, 2011

Botox Injections Have Pitfalls, Too..

If you're freaked out by the idea of lines on your forehead or crow's feet around your eyes, and believe that a few injections will give you more self-confidence, then by all means do it.  But don't believe that miracle injection is without a cost... 

The inability to make certain facial expressions can make one appear cold, calculating, and simply disinterested in whatever activity the Botox user is partaking in.  In addition, according to a recent New York Times article by Pamela Paul, Botox users have a decreased ability to empathize with others.
See http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/fashion/botox-reduces-the-ability-to-empathize-study-says.html?hpw.  Based on the aforementioned article, politicians and theater actors, at the very least, may find that the non-monetary cost of undergoing the needle outweighs the superficial benefits of this anti-aging treatment.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Sometimes the Cover-up is Worse than the Indiscretion Itself

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/nyregion/weiner-denies-sending-photo-over-twitter-but-is-less-sure-of-its-origin.html

I love that "[Congressman Weiner] did not rule out the possibility that the photo was of him, but said he did not know who could have sent it." 

Seriously, if you have to consider issuing that remark, just confess and admit that you screwed up.