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<font size=3>98% of a full moon tonight.<br><br>
You know, there is real truth behind that.<br>
I admit the response was a bit harsh and<br>
also out of character. Not only a full moon,<br>
but fall equinox. Earth tilts and hence the magnetic<br>
pull from the moon changes and so does brain chemistry.<br><br>
This has been shown to actually directly effect the<br>
ability of Serotonin receptors especially. Some related<br>
brain chemistry studies show that during the seasonal changes<br>
and when the Earth changes it's axis of rotation, Serotonin<br>
uptake by neuro-receptors is inhibited. This leads to behavioral<br>
changes. (Depression, bitchiness, etc). Why people are<br>
"Glum" around the winter holidays. Why is it you are most<br>
likely to be murdered in the U.S. on Christmas Day? Who knows,<br>
but they are facts, and the murders are often described as<br>
someone in an "animated state", which is the nice way<br>
shrinks say "depressed, postal, unbalanced, etc)<br><br>
To avoid this, one can move to the equator (where life<br>
started). Some say that the human species has not had enough<br>
time to evolve yet since migrating away from the equator and<br>
hence behavior, driven by brain chemistry is a powerful side<br>
effect of that migration away from the equator.<br><br>
That was out of the ordinary for me. This may have hit the
nail<br>
right on the head... I wasn't bitchy the rest of the
day...?.?.?<br><br>
I must admit... it was a bit much. My apologies.<br>
And NO, my Ph. D is not in Postal Services private for<br>
you know who you are ;-)))<br><br>
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At 01:09 PM 10/18/2005, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> Why
does everyone have to get bitchy when people offer
help?</blockquote><br><br>
Full Moon </font></blockquote>
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Mark J. DeFilippis, Ph. D
EE defilm@acm.org<br>
defilm@ieee.org<br><br>
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