A Cornell University researcher has found support for the notion that men whose masculinity is threatened are more homophobic, prefer SUVs, and support the Iraq war in comparison to men whose masculinity has not been threatened. It's easy to read a lot more into those results, which I leave as an exercise for the reader. I myself feel little need to display symbols of masculinity because I have done the most essentially manly deed of all: I have fathered a child. All that other stuff is empty chest-puffing. Also, I have an enormous ego.
There's a site out there doing web-based brain games. I tried their LumosIQ. I think I need more training. I got 127 on attention, 134 on memory, and 152 on processing speed, for a total score of 137.
I knew that the ratio between successive items in the Fibonacci sequence converged on the golden ratio φ, but I only recently discovered that it doesn't matter where you start (including wild starting points, too); if it follows the Fibonacci form, you'll always get to φ:
I got named all the European countries in 2:51 and all the United States in 2:00. I got 151/192 on the UN members list before time ran out; that one's harder since it doesn't have an accompanying map. I counted ones where I didn't get the name exactly right (lacking the most of the time). There were about 20 that I really should have gotten, and the rest are small, obscure countries that I don't feel bad about missing (especially Pacific and Caribbean island nations).