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Scott Adams finds that there actually is free will on The Dilbert Blog. It is called ‘sugar’.

This makes me wonder if there is an optimal food strategy for seduction. Apparently bringing a woman chocolate will only increase her glucose levels and with that her ability to resist you. In fact, a guy should want his woman to be good and hungry, preferably on a diet. It turns out that resisting one sort of temptation makes it harder to resist a different sort at the same time.

How to intensify your strategy? Booze.

If that is not enough, I just did a Google search to confirm that alcohol lowers your glucose levels. That fits the theory. Everyone knows they have less will power after a few drinks.

Check Scott’s Blog for references to the articles on blood sugar and thinking, and on alcohol and blood glucose levels.

There are songs about this tactic, such as “The girls all get prettier at closing time.” Which goes to show, that guys also react to elevated alcohol and lowered blood sugar.

“The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” With lots of sugary desert, to spike those blood glucose levels so you can make him belief he has arrived at Nirvana – and after the resulting blood sugar level crash, he won’t recall what he agreed to. Not that I would recommend the salesman’s “Presumed Sale” tactic.

It all makes so much sense! Of course, there is the assumption that you are looking for a sexual encounter, and have either established a relationship or don’t care for one.

Finding a mate, developing a long term companionship, this, I think start and proceed where alcohol is *not* served, and under optimum conditions for clear thinking. Because a partner relationship should be based on honor, and integrity, and respect, and compassion – and you gotta be thinking clearly, or you may miss the red flags. You want to pick a sofa, or a car, when in peak physical and mental condition. Why pick an intimate companion that you might get attached to, while under the influence of missed meals or alcohol?

Thanks for clearing that up, Scott!

Christy’s Coffee Break often mentions current topics. Today she points out the tragedy of the 33 year old wife, lost apparently at sea from the Norwegian Pearl cruise ship.

..Although searches are being conducted to find Jennifer Feitz since her husband reported her missing, so far they have not found the woman on the ship or in the surrounding waters.

Christy refers to the CNN story.

Christy also expresses fear of cruise ships.

I used to dream of going on a cruise but after hearing numerous stories of missing passengers, passengers falling overboard, pirated cruise ships, and cruise ship travelers falling ill, I’ve changed my mind. Taking a cruise sounds more like a nightmare than a dream come true so I think I’ll stick to vacationing on dry land.

I spent seven (7) years in the US Navy, and crossed the Atlantic twice on the USS South Carolina CGN-37, once on the USS Saratoga CV-60. I recall two middle of the night ‘overboard’ incidents. The conjecture was that neither sailor’s disappearance was voluntary nor accidental.

The last ‘wife overboard’ story I recall was a year ago or more – and was focusing on the husband. Sorry, I don’t recall more detail than that.

So, let’s say the Norwegian Pearl was on a week-long Carribean cruise. Assume that she carries 1,000 passengers – a modest-sized ship. And that she sails, say, 30 times a year. Consider how many murders, accidental deaths, heart attacks, etc. happen per 100,000 where you live. Divide by three, and .. you get something worse than that cruise ship.

There are basic safety things everyone should know that leaves their house. Keep track of your funds. Think three times about flashing expensive jewelry or accessories. Keep to your accustomed neighborhoods, and take extra precautions to stay with your group at other times. Check where you are going for reports of violence, crime, political instability, armed rebellion or military actions. I would hope that anyone from the Midwest would consider carefully before walking through various residential areas within 10 miles of the White House in Washington, DC.

In fact, any time you are around tourists or tourist attractions, a special kind of tourist predator has to be expected. Keep close control of your camera, wallet, purse, and jewelry.

People that run tourist traps usually work very hard to keep the rougher forms of crime and violence away. Noted gun author and farmer, blogger Frank W. James is currently enjoying a Carribean cruise, and wonders about how the ports-of-call use unarmed security. Frank wonders if such “gun free” zones might be more vulnerable to terrorist strikes.

And, yet, the biggest concern seems to be tainted food. Consider how many cruises sail, on how many ships, for how many cruise companies. Think of how widespread tainted food can be – including the nationwide issues of tomatoes, beef, etc. in the last five (5) years.

I think every traveler has to be wary. The farther from home you travel, for business or pleasure, the more thought you need to allot to security and safety. And by ‘further’ I really mean in cultural terms. A rancher near Oklahoma City might travel to a mall in Sioux Falls, SD, and travel less far, culturally, than walking through an unfamiliar neighborhood in nearby Oklahoma City. Join a bank group or group from church on a cruise excursion, and have less concern than driving cross country.

Christy, I would not let this incident, or even several, dissuade one from planning and taking a cruise. I would use the information available to select a carrier that experiences less trouble, and follow their recommendations for a worry-free vacation.

My thoughts and prayers go to Jennifer Feitz and her family and friends, fellow passengers, and the crew of the ship and others caught up in the search.