Attractiveness Constant Update

The Muse and I took Mermaid and Enthusio to see March of the Penguins last weekend. It's pretty amazing what nature comes up with. The penguins come out of the ocean and walk like 70 miles across Antarctica, find mates, conceive and hatch their eggs. The mothers then pass the eggs to the fathers, who hold them on their feet under their fur for several weeks while the mothers walk back to the ocean to go eat. None of the penguins have eaten at this point since they left the ocean. The fathers all huddle together while they're not eating through the dead of Antarctica winter (80 degrees below 0 with 100 degree wind chill). The mothers come back and feed the chicks and then the fathers march out to the ocean (after not eating for 3 months or so) to eat and then. After that, the mothers and fathers take turns going out to the ocean to eat. Finally, around April, the ice has melted so that the ocean is really close to the breeding grounds and all of the penguins go to the ocean to eat. It's pretty something else.

But that's not what this post is about. This post is an update on the apparent collapse of the natural law that was the Attractiveness Constant. The preview for the new Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (which is probably my favorite Harry Potter book so far) preceded March of the Penguins. Apparently, the director told Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) and Rupert Grint (Ron) to grow their hair as long and scuzzy-looking as they liked. Check it out at http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/gobletoffire/index.html. Meanwhile, Emma Watson (Hermoine) -- in keeping with the Attractiveness Constant's collapse -- is normal-looking and seems to be growing up normally. Which begs the initial question: why is this happening?!? Nonethless, the movie looks cool. Maybe Harry will cut his hair at the end of the movie because he has to get serious after Voldemort returns.