Researchers at the University of Bath (U.K.) indicate that the nose could be a better method of individual identification than fingerprints or iris scans.
According to their work, there are 6 main nose structures: Roman, Greek, Nubian, hawk, snub and turned-up (seriously!). Using three-dimensional scans, they categorized noses by tip, ridge profile and naison (the ‘bridge’ of the nose).
Noses are excellent identifiers, especially in covert surveillance. Everyone has one and they’re prominent facial features. While they can be changed – with false noses, or with breaks or surgery – they are another tool that can be used in criminal identification.
The Bath researchers indicate that, despite their size and prominence, noses have not been seriously considered in the field of biometrics – the study of identifying distinguishing traits in humans.
Irises are considered powerful biometric identifiers. However, they can be difficult to capture accurately, and can be obscured or changed by contacts or glasses. Drugs can also dilate irises, which change their characteristics entirely. Ears are also identifiers, however they can be obscured by hair or hats.
The researchers hope that noses will become part of the biometric analysis package, stating that no single method is perfect.
The Little Princess & The Big Guy
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Much ado about Oscars
Every year there's a hullabaloo about the Academy Awards -- the nominees, the stars' clothes, who wins, who doesn't. This year: will the 10 foot tall blue people win? Will the crotchety old man who uses balloons to float his house off to South America edge them out (Up will probably get Animated Film)? Will Clooney's date be sporting an engagement ring? Will Bullock edge out Julia Child? Sorry, Sandra, Streep deserves that Oscar. So does Austrian Christoph Waltz, whose portrayal of creepy SS Colonel Hans Landa is superlative.
As for me, I'll catch the results Monday morning. Country dweller that I am, I'll be hitting the hay early, especially as I'll be up crack of dawn tomorrow for a tri workout with The Big Dogs.
As for me, I'll catch the results Monday morning. Country dweller that I am, I'll be hitting the hay early, especially as I'll be up crack of dawn tomorrow for a tri workout with The Big Dogs.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Hartman's Harnessed
The Big Guy's new harness arrived via priority mail an hour ago. I got all excited and completely knotted it and myself up at first. K -- a prince among princes - waited patiently as I pulled and pushed it on and around him. We took a short stroll, and he seems confused: 'Am I supposed to walk when you hold the handle above my hips?' and 'how come my hind end is still drooping?'
It's because Mummy hasn't quite figured out how tight each strap is supposed to be. I'm hoping (praying) it helps him.
"I'm a little uncertain about this thing."
The Little Princess is always up for action: she skipped along on top of the snow as The Big Guy meandered a few paces, getting the feel for his new duds.
It's unbelievably hard to see my beloved friend deteriorating before my eyes. He did so well for 2 weeks after his last session with Dr. Karen, our alternative vet. Then, seemingly overnight, he's back to Saggy Butt. She's away at a seminar this weekend, otherwise we'd be at her office.
Right now, he's snoozing on one of his beds. His sleep is so relaxed and deep; I hope he has pain-free miles to go....
Don't forget ME!'
It's because Mummy hasn't quite figured out how tight each strap is supposed to be. I'm hoping (praying) it helps him.
"I'm a little uncertain about this thing."
The Little Princess is always up for action: she skipped along on top of the snow as The Big Guy meandered a few paces, getting the feel for his new duds.It's unbelievably hard to see my beloved friend deteriorating before my eyes. He did so well for 2 weeks after his last session with Dr. Karen, our alternative vet. Then, seemingly overnight, he's back to Saggy Butt. She's away at a seminar this weekend, otherwise we'd be at her office.
Right now, he's snoozing on one of his beds. His sleep is so relaxed and deep; I hope he has pain-free miles to go....
Don't forget ME!'
Thursday, March 4, 2010
No better - or worse - than anyone else
As I was leaving the gym last week, I noticed an older, grey haired man sitting on one of the comfy chairs across from the main desk. It took second for me to recognize him. I’ve only ever seen him in my neighborhood.
This wizened, flannel clad man looked small, benign and harmless perched on the edge of his seat. Before we could make eye contact, I jerked my gaze away. I didn't want to establish a connection, or start even the most banal of conversations. This man scares me.
B is schizophrenic. When he's on his meds, he's supposed to be a happy, easy going guy. When he's not, he’s frightening. Two years ago, he beat up his wife. She called the sheriff and had him admitted to the psych ward. She also vowed she'd 'never let him return home.' As is unfortunately true in many abuse cases, she took him back – though after his medications had stabilized his actions.
His neighbors complain of spotlights being shown in their windows after dark, and midnight peregrinations through the neighborhood. One had to get a restraining order against him; another worries about her young children. B carries a cudgel. He walks at odd hours, stick in hand. Allegedly he’ll swing it at anyone or anything that seems threatening.
I’ve learned to keep interactions with B to minimum. I won’t risk anything more than a nod and a short greeting. During one of his ‘episodes,’ he sprang out of bushes as I walked by with the dogs, waving the club in one hand and road kill in the other. He threw the carcass at us, bellowing ‘Take this meat! You starve those dogs! They need to eat! Take it!’
Before the Big Guy became too old to do anything more than amble a quarter mile down the road, we'd take long walks, frequently passing B's house. The house itself is hidden behind an 8 food stockade and big trees, so as I pass it is easy to let my imagination run into dark scary places.
Early one August morning, the dogs and I headed past his house and up a road bordered on either side by cornfields. B -- or aliens -- had carefully paved about 100 feet of the road with shucked corn – a hallucinatory version of the Yellow Brick Road. It must have taken hours to arrange the ears so perfectly. We kept to the shoulder, and left the design intact; as I drove home for lunch and dog care late that morning, the corn had been flattened by traffic.
I felt a twinge of guilt as I hustled past B in the gym. He is, after all, ill and a neighbor. I’m no better than the next guy in my biases and fears around mental illness, embarrassing and shameful as it is to admit. It’s also difficult to overlook the fact I’ve seen this man standing at an intersection urinating in broad daylight.
This wizened, flannel clad man looked small, benign and harmless perched on the edge of his seat. Before we could make eye contact, I jerked my gaze away. I didn't want to establish a connection, or start even the most banal of conversations. This man scares me.
B is schizophrenic. When he's on his meds, he's supposed to be a happy, easy going guy. When he's not, he’s frightening. Two years ago, he beat up his wife. She called the sheriff and had him admitted to the psych ward. She also vowed she'd 'never let him return home.' As is unfortunately true in many abuse cases, she took him back – though after his medications had stabilized his actions.
His neighbors complain of spotlights being shown in their windows after dark, and midnight peregrinations through the neighborhood. One had to get a restraining order against him; another worries about her young children. B carries a cudgel. He walks at odd hours, stick in hand. Allegedly he’ll swing it at anyone or anything that seems threatening.
I’ve learned to keep interactions with B to minimum. I won’t risk anything more than a nod and a short greeting. During one of his ‘episodes,’ he sprang out of bushes as I walked by with the dogs, waving the club in one hand and road kill in the other. He threw the carcass at us, bellowing ‘Take this meat! You starve those dogs! They need to eat! Take it!’
Before the Big Guy became too old to do anything more than amble a quarter mile down the road, we'd take long walks, frequently passing B's house. The house itself is hidden behind an 8 food stockade and big trees, so as I pass it is easy to let my imagination run into dark scary places.
Early one August morning, the dogs and I headed past his house and up a road bordered on either side by cornfields. B -- or aliens -- had carefully paved about 100 feet of the road with shucked corn – a hallucinatory version of the Yellow Brick Road. It must have taken hours to arrange the ears so perfectly. We kept to the shoulder, and left the design intact; as I drove home for lunch and dog care late that morning, the corn had been flattened by traffic.
I felt a twinge of guilt as I hustled past B in the gym. He is, after all, ill and a neighbor. I’m no better than the next guy in my biases and fears around mental illness, embarrassing and shameful as it is to admit. It’s also difficult to overlook the fact I’ve seen this man standing at an intersection urinating in broad daylight.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
How DO You Select a Good Dog Food?
Back in 2007, horror stories of beloved pets dying due to tainted foods manufactured in China peppered the news. The ingredient that was the major culprit was melamine, and the majority of the tainted products were imported from China.
Over 3,000 pets were estimated to have died due to kidney failure caused by consumption food containing this ingredient (melamine, when mixed with resins, is a fire retardant. It’s also one o f components in Formica. Sounds like a great addition to pet food!)
I felt fortunate: I’ve always been a Dog Food Nazi, and have attempted to keep up-to-date about the dietary requirements of my canine pals. The food I was feeding them wasn't poisoned. After hearing about the melamine scare – which was also found in toothpaste and infant formula – I became even more vigilant.
Read the Label!
Many Americans diligently read labels before purchasing products for their human families. I encourage pet owners to do the same for their 4-legged family members. Forget the advertisements you see on TV or in magazines.
Ignore the claims bolded on the package. Pull out your glasses and take a look-see at what’s listed as ingredients in your dog food. It’s not hard. It doesn’t take long, and it’s the only way to understand what’s inside the package.
In short, if you understand labels on human food, you’ll understand labels on pet food. Read the ingredient list. Then re-read it.
In the U.S., the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) set the standards for the nutrient profiles you’ll find on every can or bag of pet food. This information includes the recommended minimum amount of protein, vitamin and mineral levels, etc.
These profiles include recommendations on fat, protein, vitamins, and mineral contents of pet food; they also include maximum levels of intake for certain nutrients. Providing excessive amounts of ‘nutrition’ has become an issue with some dog foods.
All dog foods need to have an AAFCO nutrient profile or indicate that it has an AAFCO feeding trial rating. (The latter is better: it indicates that a minimum number of canines have been feed the food for at least 6 months, and that these dogs finished the trial in good health.) The nutrient profile indicates that, based on manufacturer research, the dog will be fed at least minimum amounts of the ingredients listed.
The nutrition label provides a guaranteed analysis of the food’s ingredients. It will list everything from how much crude protein, fat and fiber a food contains to how much moisture is factored in to levels of vitamins and minerals are included.
However, the label will not tell you how much of the ingredients are actually digestible by your dog or cat. Some proteins, for example, are easy for Fido or Fluffy to digest. Others are fillers, and will end up as waste. The latter provide little if any nutrition, but are included in the crude protein information of the food.
As with human food, pet food ingredients must be listed in order of weight before cooking and/or processing. The first ingredient that is listed is the primary ingredient.
Or is it?
As with the labels on biped food, manufacturers list all ingredients – but can be crafty in how they do so. “Splitting” is the practice of listing the same ingredient with different names to hide a mediocre or poor ingredient. “Beef meal” or “chicken meal” may be the first ingredient listed. Both are good proteins for your pet.
Keep reading. Just down the list you may see ‘ground corn meal’, and the ingredient after that is ‘corn gluten.’ After that you may see ‘corn gluten meal,’ or another form of corn. Add those ingredients up: voila! The primary ingredient is actually corn, not beef or chicken.
Corn is frequently the main ingredient in dog food. It’s a much cheaper source of protein than chicken, fish or beef. Dogs can only digest about half of the protein in corn, and the rest – you guessed it – is what you clean up when you walk your pooch. In essence, you are paying extra to clean up (or ignore!) your dog’s waste. Also, many dogs have or will develop allergies to it. Avoid it as much as possible.
Why did we end up with grains like corn in dog food? Manufacturers needed to keep boosting profits. Adding what is considered waste from human food processing to dog food eliminated the need for waste disposal, and added a whole new industry with which corporations could generate profit.
As you peruse your pet food labels, look for meat. Beef, chicken, lamb, fish, bison, whatever. The more meat, the better. Grains should be whole grains. Anything else was probably swept up off the floor after a human food was manufactured.
Watch for these
There are other ingredients to avoid. Any foods that have unnamed meat, fat or protein sources are scary. ‘Meat by-products,’ ‘animal fat,’ ‘poultry fat’ are all ingredients that are red flags. You don’t want to know where these products are from. (It’s scary!) The good pet foods actually list the protein source as ‘chicken,’ ‘beef,’ ‘fish meal,’ ‘lamb.’ The better the product, the more specific the ingredient list. The higher these ingredients are in the list, the better the food.
Additional red flags: the preservatives ethoxyquin and BHA. The first is used in tire production. I cannot tell you what it’s doing in dog food. Also avoid foods with artificial sweeteners and colors. The color is added to appeal to you, not your dog.
The Big Debate: Grain-less food or not?
I’m a big proponent of grain-free dog food. Canines and cats did not evolve eating grains. The super premium foods limit the amount of grain in the food (some is necessary to act as a binding agent – the manufacturers have to get the kibble through their equipment, after all). My breed of choice, Akitas, tend to have skin problems. Since I went grain-less (then raw), my dogs’ skin issues are virtually non-existent and their coats are spectacular.
Here's a good place to start for dog kibble. Dogfoodanalysis.com ranks pet foods from one to six stars. As you move up the hierarchy of foods, there are fewer and fewer foods in each category. Stick to those 6-star foods! It's my belief that foods you can buy in the
grocery store or Walmart are pet foods to avoid.The better the food, the healthier the dog.
The pet food industry generates over $16 billion anually – and manufacturers are fighting for your pet food dollars. It's up to you to monitor your 4-legged friend's diet. For more information on what’s actually in pet foods, read ‘What’s Really in Pet Food.’Bon Appetite!
Over 3,000 pets were estimated to have died due to kidney failure caused by consumption food containing this ingredient (melamine, when mixed with resins, is a fire retardant. It’s also one o f components in Formica. Sounds like a great addition to pet food!)
I felt fortunate: I’ve always been a Dog Food Nazi, and have attempted to keep up-to-date about the dietary requirements of my canine pals. The food I was feeding them wasn't poisoned. After hearing about the melamine scare – which was also found in toothpaste and infant formula – I became even more vigilant.
Read the Label!
Many Americans diligently read labels before purchasing products for their human families. I encourage pet owners to do the same for their 4-legged family members. Forget the advertisements you see on TV or in magazines.
Ignore the claims bolded on the package. Pull out your glasses and take a look-see at what’s listed as ingredients in your dog food. It’s not hard. It doesn’t take long, and it’s the only way to understand what’s inside the package.
In short, if you understand labels on human food, you’ll understand labels on pet food. Read the ingredient list. Then re-read it.
In the U.S., the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) set the standards for the nutrient profiles you’ll find on every can or bag of pet food. This information includes the recommended minimum amount of protein, vitamin and mineral levels, etc.
These profiles include recommendations on fat, protein, vitamins, and mineral contents of pet food; they also include maximum levels of intake for certain nutrients. Providing excessive amounts of ‘nutrition’ has become an issue with some dog foods.
All dog foods need to have an AAFCO nutrient profile or indicate that it has an AAFCO feeding trial rating. (The latter is better: it indicates that a minimum number of canines have been feed the food for at least 6 months, and that these dogs finished the trial in good health.) The nutrient profile indicates that, based on manufacturer research, the dog will be fed at least minimum amounts of the ingredients listed.
The nutrition label provides a guaranteed analysis of the food’s ingredients. It will list everything from how much crude protein, fat and fiber a food contains to how much moisture is factored in to levels of vitamins and minerals are included.
However, the label will not tell you how much of the ingredients are actually digestible by your dog or cat. Some proteins, for example, are easy for Fido or Fluffy to digest. Others are fillers, and will end up as waste. The latter provide little if any nutrition, but are included in the crude protein information of the food.
As with human food, pet food ingredients must be listed in order of weight before cooking and/or processing. The first ingredient that is listed is the primary ingredient.
Or is it?
As with the labels on biped food, manufacturers list all ingredients – but can be crafty in how they do so. “Splitting” is the practice of listing the same ingredient with different names to hide a mediocre or poor ingredient. “Beef meal” or “chicken meal” may be the first ingredient listed. Both are good proteins for your pet.
Keep reading. Just down the list you may see ‘ground corn meal’, and the ingredient after that is ‘corn gluten.’ After that you may see ‘corn gluten meal,’ or another form of corn. Add those ingredients up: voila! The primary ingredient is actually corn, not beef or chicken.
Corn is frequently the main ingredient in dog food. It’s a much cheaper source of protein than chicken, fish or beef. Dogs can only digest about half of the protein in corn, and the rest – you guessed it – is what you clean up when you walk your pooch. In essence, you are paying extra to clean up (or ignore!) your dog’s waste. Also, many dogs have or will develop allergies to it. Avoid it as much as possible.
Why did we end up with grains like corn in dog food? Manufacturers needed to keep boosting profits. Adding what is considered waste from human food processing to dog food eliminated the need for waste disposal, and added a whole new industry with which corporations could generate profit.
As you peruse your pet food labels, look for meat. Beef, chicken, lamb, fish, bison, whatever. The more meat, the better. Grains should be whole grains. Anything else was probably swept up off the floor after a human food was manufactured.
Watch for these
There are other ingredients to avoid. Any foods that have unnamed meat, fat or protein sources are scary. ‘Meat by-products,’ ‘animal fat,’ ‘poultry fat’ are all ingredients that are red flags. You don’t want to know where these products are from. (It’s scary!) The good pet foods actually list the protein source as ‘chicken,’ ‘beef,’ ‘fish meal,’ ‘lamb.’ The better the product, the more specific the ingredient list. The higher these ingredients are in the list, the better the food.
Additional red flags: the preservatives ethoxyquin and BHA. The first is used in tire production. I cannot tell you what it’s doing in dog food. Also avoid foods with artificial sweeteners and colors. The color is added to appeal to you, not your dog.
The Big Debate: Grain-less food or not?
I’m a big proponent of grain-free dog food. Canines and cats did not evolve eating grains. The super premium foods limit the amount of grain in the food (some is necessary to act as a binding agent – the manufacturers have to get the kibble through their equipment, after all). My breed of choice, Akitas, tend to have skin problems. Since I went grain-less (then raw), my dogs’ skin issues are virtually non-existent and their coats are spectacular.
Here's a good place to start for dog kibble. Dogfoodanalysis.com ranks pet foods from one to six stars. As you move up the hierarchy of foods, there are fewer and fewer foods in each category. Stick to those 6-star foods! It's my belief that foods you can buy in the
grocery store or Walmart are pet foods to avoid.The better the food, the healthier the dog. The pet food industry generates over $16 billion anually – and manufacturers are fighting for your pet food dollars. It's up to you to monitor your 4-legged friend's diet. For more information on what’s actually in pet foods, read ‘What’s Really in Pet Food.’Bon Appetite!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
When insults had class.....
These glorious comebacks are from an era before insults got boiled down to 4-letter words.
"He had delusions of adequacy."
- Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
- Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
'Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?'
- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
- Moses Hadas
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
- Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
- Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one."
- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one." - - Winston Churchill, in response.
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
- Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
- John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
- Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."
- Samuel Johnson
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
- Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.."
- Forrest Tucker
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
- Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
- Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination."
- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
- Groucho Marx
'He has the attention span of a lightning bolt.'
- Robert Redford
'They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.'
- Thomas Brackett Reed
'He has Van Gogh's ear for music.'
- Billy Wilder
'He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.'
- Abraham Lincoln
'A modest little person, with much to be modest about. '
- Winston Churchill
The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison."
He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy."
- Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
- Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
'Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?'
- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
- Moses Hadas
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
- Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
- Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one."
- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one." - - Winston Churchill, in response.
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
- Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
- John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
- Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."
- Samuel Johnson
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
- Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.."
- Forrest Tucker
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
- Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
- Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination."
- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
- Groucho Marx
'He has the attention span of a lightning bolt.'
- Robert Redford
'They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.'
- Thomas Brackett Reed
'He has Van Gogh's ear for music.'
- Billy Wilder
'He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.'
- Abraham Lincoln
'A modest little person, with much to be modest about. '
- Winston Churchill
The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison."
He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
Monday, March 1, 2010
A Benign Narcissism
'Narcissism' immediately congers up synonyms. Vanity. Conceit. Selfishness. Egotism.The word is derived from Greek mythology. The young Greek Narcissus was a stud-muffin who rejected the desperate advances of the nymph Echo. As punishment, he was doomed to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Unable to consummate his love for himself, Narcissus pined away and changed into the flower that bears his name.
I drove a friend to an appointment today; she commented she liked my blog. We discussed how blogging is a weird niche -- it's a form of on-line diary, which all the world (or none of it) can read.
It's also narcissistic. My blogs are all about me, me, me. Remember the great joke from the New Yorker? 'Enough about me! Let's talk about you. What do you think of me?' Classic!
As I've noted in previous posts, I blog for myself. Great if other people read this, even better if they like at least some of it. Blogging is cathartic. I get an idea in my head, process it for hours or days, and perhaps it ends up as the topic of a post. If no one reads this, I guess there's a kernel, which, if expressed, would be a sigh of disappointment.
I'll never be the Salinger of blogs, yet I assume all bloggers have a wispy hope of
becoming the cyberspace equivalent of Dan Brown or Nora Roberts. We all of us crave attention. As I said, blogging is narcissistic.Some poor Ph.D. candidates are already slaving away, researching the narcissistic tendencies of people like, well, me.
PS - about narcissism. I suspect most bloggers are sub-clinical narcissists, not hard core/pathological ones. Just read this quote:
Sub-clinical narcissists are happy. They are less likely to be depressed, sad or anxious, and rate their subjective well-being more highly. They’re less reactive to stress, and recover more rapidly from it. Mild narcissism also seems to help people recover from accidents or other trauma—it gives them an unrealistic sense of their own invulnerability, 
and they believe that they will be able to handle whatever else life throws at them. . . .being somewhat narcissistic is like driving a huge SUV: You’re having a great time, even while you hog the road, suck up extra resources and put other drivers at higher risk. From: A Field Guide to Narcissism by Carl Vogel
and they believe that they will be able to handle whatever else life throws at them. . . .being somewhat narcissistic is like driving a huge SUV: You’re having a great time, even while you hog the road, suck up extra resources and put other drivers at higher risk. From: A Field Guide to Narcissism by Carl Vogel
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