Jan 22, 2010 by Naomi.

Ears come to my attentions more these days because with buzz hair cuts on men and pony tails on women, ears are in the open and more visible. The bell shape is visible from the front. A trumpet for guiding noise. I thought that was why humans have them. Scientists have shown something entirely different. The outer appendage we call our ear has very little to do with our hearing. The blob of skin on the sides of our heads is a hold over that evolution simply left there. Does evolution ever undo something useless? No. Evolution simply marches on over and around whatever was brought forth.

However ears are very critical to our four legged relatives. Predators must hear their dinner. Prey must hear their stalkers. Really a matter of life or death. Well ears are quite important to people also. For conversation. That is if a speaker wants to have attentive listeners. And especially if the listeners want to hear what is spoken. So I will not discount the importance of ears.

But do you know that the blob of skin varies more from one individual to another than do noses? At least I think they do. Sitting behind short hairdos makes ear-study one of scientific revelations. What a variety of variations! The two ears on one individual can vary making it impossible to identify a person if you have only the ears. Good thing that part is not used in mug shots. Maybe that’s the reason mug shots require a profile shot. Interesting. Many so called scientific studies claim such generalities as a certain type of earlobe indicates impending heart attacks. Does piercing prevent plaque buildup in arteries? I think not. The reason ears are pierced is because they are a perfect place on which to hang ornaments.

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Jan 22, 2010 by Naomi.

All clouds but only a mild jerk now and then, Delta flight 4779 landed only ten minutes late on the wet tarmac at Bob Hope International airport. Dan hadn’t been certain I would arrive because all Southwest flights had been grounded. He is not working and I got all the information in the hour it took to drive to his Melito address, splashing through hubcap puddles in every low spot along the way.  Locals avoid the freeways because at this hour they are packed with commuters. We go on back roads. More thunder and much lightning all over the sky. No surprise there.

Dan is not working and has no real expectation about the job he had been called about. Ashton went to work minutes after she walked into her former workplace and has worked half days ever since. So I am in place in sunny southern California. And that is accompanied with a funny ha ha. So far, what sun? What the day brings will come in another report.

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