Luckily, thanks in part to you lot at SP (I read a lot, but don’t comment much) I am just about getting to the stage where I do know it’s them that’s wrong, not me.

Sorry fillyjonk, but we will have to call you LOPSIDO from now on.

I was calling her that already. Was that wrong?

The length of the three middle fingers on each hand has to do with personality traits, and your hands are not identical. Your dominant hand expresses you as your are, while the other hand expresses you as you see yourself/wish to be. You should see differences between your dominant hand and the other hand (and anyone taking money for reading your palms better look at both hands or you should not pay them).

The index finger is the Jupiter finger, signifier of your leadership potential and charisma. The middle finger is the Saturn finger, indicator of your relationship with rules/regulations and authority. The ring finger is the Apollo finger, representing both creativity and vanity.

(Pinkie finger is Mercury, deals with your skills in communication and expression as well as business.)

It’s perfectly normal for your index finger to be longer than your middle finger, or equal to it, or shorter. For some people all three middle fingers are equal length. Whichever finger is longer is dominant, and the amount of difference indicates the degree of dominance.

For FJ, my pointer is longer than my ring finger on one hand and shorter on the other if the pointer is shorter on the non-dominant hand, it indicates a strong creative urge within, but in practical terms (the hand where the pointer is longer) responsibility and leadership are stronger than the creative drive – which would not be unusual since most of us who have to work for a living would be unable to give full reign to our creative sides all the time.

I also have a variety of nail shapes on my hands. There are four categories, square, rectangle, oval and almond, each with unique meanings that then are combined with the finger on which they appear. More important, the color of your nails is a big indicator of health. The pinker the nail, the healthier you are. Blue or pale nails indicate poor blood circulation. EMTs and emergency room personnel may look at your hands to check the color of your nails to get a quick idea of what might be wrong with you.

*takes off cap*

Yes, I am an amateur palm reader. Though sometimes I think I should open up a shop because I’d probably make more money than I do now.

DRST

Thank you, this is how I feel today too. I had a friend moralize to me this morning about how I could get in shape (i.e. lose weight) if I simply “chose” to. I’m still smarting from the conversation. I know she means well, they almost always mean well, but it’s like climbing up the same damn hill over and over again to try to explain and rationalize and PROVE that 1.) It’s not that easy and 2.) I deserve to accepted for who I am today and 3.) mind your own fucking business.

Yeah, now mom and/or dad can get themselves and the kiddehs stamped like they’re at the club — chuck’s checkin’ IDs now. (Is Jimmy on the list?)

*ahem — cue headdesk*

Anybody got timeshares on Mars by chance?

That makes me so angry about the Ruff Ruffman show (I think the show is called Fetch). My son loves that show, but he hasn’t watched lately, and it makes me livid too that they are discussing calories and particularly reducing calories on it.

In general the PBS cartoons are okay around weight/size issues, but their “real people” shows aren’t as good. We have one called “Get Up, Get Out!” in Michigan that is nice in theory, but in practice seems to have too much of a “Get off your lazy butt, kids, so you don’t get fat!” vibe. Plus there’s always a bunch of annoying PSAs about making sure your child plays, as if kids today spend all day vegging in front of the TV (as opposed to, say, running and jumping in circles around the TV as my son likes to do), and those stupid Chuck E. Cheese commercials about how Chuck E. Cheese shows kids “the satisfaction of being in action,” which is annoying. But then there’s that other awful Chuck E. Cheese commercial where the moms, despite spying on their children in their own backyards, still don’t think the kids are safe enough, and so take them to Chuck E. Cheese, so apparently preying on the irrational fears of parents is what they do.

ANYHOO, there’s some PBS show called Ruff Ruffman – billed for six-to-ten year olds – and OMG they just gave some kids a project where they had to reduce the number of calories in a pizze recipe!!! I am LIVID. I only caught the end so I don’t know the whole story, but COME ON! Calorie counting in the primary grades?

Sorry for the hijack but when the world goes crazy I know I can count on SP.