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The article I found most interesting and scary was James Watson: Scientist loses titles after claims over race   on the BBC News   home page. I find it scary because there are people who will agree with, and use, Dr. Watson's "unsubstantiated and reckless"5 views as gospel. While genetics does play a roll in intelligence, it is not the cause of any differences intelligence between blacks and whites on IQ tests. The difference are caused by other factors that have little or nothing to do with genetics or skin color.

I have written about how I chose my handle several times. After contemplating this entry (all night), I decided to post two of the poems I wrote about my handle. I decided to use the meanings of my middle and first names because I always wanted a nickname and never had one. I wanted something that was personal to me, and thought that the meanings of Florence and Neva would do just fine. In addition, at the time I joined writing.com I was a bit shy about using my real name. I added the "Globe" this past December and have decided to keep it for a few more months, at least.

I'm not sure there is much of a difference between my online persona and my "real world" persona. Most of my online social life revolves around writing.com, and staying in touch with family and friends through Facebook. My "real world" social life revolves around spiritual services at the Las Vegas Baha'i Center, doctors' appointments, and talking to my sister and/or other people on the phone. If I had an easier way to get around--I take the paratranset bus--I'd probably go out more.

Everyone deserves to be happy. Each individual has their own reasons for being either happy or unhappy, so I can't say why someone else would think they didn't deserve happiness. One problem may be the duality of human nature, since human beings have both a physical body and a spiritual soul, we have two natures. The ego, which is part of the physical, and the soul/spirit, which goes beyond the physical nature into the spiritual realm. Happiness is a spiritual attribute that comes from the soul and is part of the spiritual nature of the human being. Unhappiness is part of the physical nature because the ego doesn't find joy in anything except feeding its passions and desires.

The big news, in my personal life, from 2018 is the move from a 2-bedroom apartment to a 1-bedroom, followed by finding 9 mice in the new "to me" apartment. I'm settling in, going through hard copies of poems, and finding all sorts of things I forgot about. I'm transposing the poems to "Poem Experiments" , "Devotional Poetry" , and "Memories of Snow" . I'm attempting to get back into my writing and reviewing routine. Moving, and all the stress associated with it, has cause a slight problem is writer's block.

I have two favorite birds, the nightingale and the dove because they are spiritual symbols. In the Old Testament, His Holiness Noah released a white dove to determine if the floodwaters had subsided. In the New Testament, a white dove--symbolizing the descent of the Holy Spirit--descended from heaven when John the Baptist baptized His Holiness Jesus Christ. Nightingales were in the Najibiyyih Garden10 in Baghad, in the spring of 1863, when His Holiness Baha'u'llah declared His mission to His family and followers. In some of His Tables and revealed works, Baha'u'llah refers to both the Nightingale and the Dove.

In the 1930s, Shoghi Effendi13, the grandson of 'Abdu'l-Baha14, predicted, what we now call, the worldwide web or internet. The worldwide web, which is still in its infancy, has the potential of uniting the entire planet. The Web, like humanity, is experiencing growing pains. Like a human infant, it has the potential to do both good and bad, the potential for both unity and disunity. I believe its potential for doing good and unifying humanity outweighs its potential for evil and disunity. Over the next few decade both the web and humanity will mature beyond its present form.

Am I an introvert or an extrovert? I enjoy socializing in small crowds with people I have something in common with. I enjoy taking to stranger when riding the bus or going to a entertainment event or movie. I enjoy large crowds when I'm having fun. I don't like large crowds when I stop having fun. I socialize with whichever hairdresser is cutting my hair at Supercuts, and I enjoy talking to the manager at Supercuts. I enjoy talking to the customers. I just don't like being in crowds when I'm not having fun or socializing withe people.

New Year's resolutions are wonderful inventions because they are inspiring, creative, encouraging, ego-building, frustrating, and ego-busting little demons simultaneously. In order for them to succeed properly, people need plans on how they are to be achieved. People need to reevaluate them either every month or every three months. In addition, it is wise to rename them. Do Not call them New Year's Resolutions because that raises fear in an individual's subconscious mind and suggest an excuse when they aren't accomplished. After all, they were just New Year's resolutions and New Year's Day is past.