What is it about chocolate, and why do nearly all women love it so much? Why do even some prefer it over sex?

Besides it’s great taste that puts a grin on your face with every little bite as it melts in your mouth.

Chocolate contains phenylethylamine, which is a chemical related to amphetamines. The results is that we feel more alert and contentment. It also makes the brain release endorphins, think about how you feel after the BIG O with your significant other. That is the effect from the production of endorphins in your body, which is probably a good reason a number of women prefer to eat chocolate over sex. I would think it’s because its almost guaranteed to satisfy you every time. Phenylethylamine also mimics the feeling you have when your in love, with high levels of phenylethylamine in your body it also relieves depression. This is another one of the reasons why so many women love chocolate – it’s a great mood elevator, from those stressful days at work and or with our families as we take care of everyone. I know that when I’m a lil down I WANT CHOCOLATE!

Lela was making cupcakes this morning and one of them came out looking like a heart (the actual organ) and then we thought of how did the heart we associate with love get it’s shape.

Where does the shape of a heart come from and how do we associate it with Love

Here are a few ideas…

Idea #1 Ancient North African Orgin

During the seventh century B.C., the city-state of Cyrene* had a lucrative trade in a rare, now-extinct plant: silphium. Although it was mostly used for seasoning, silphium was reputed to have an off-label use as a form of birth control. The silphium was so important to Cyrene’s economy that coins were minted that depicted the plant’s seedpod (shown to the right), which looks like the heart shape we know today. The theory goes that the heart shape first became associated with sex, and eventually, with love. I seem to like this idea more then the other two.

Idea #2 Catholic Church Orgin

The Catholic Church contends that the modern heart shape did not come along until the 17th century, when Saint Margaret Mary Alocoque had a vision of it surrounded by thorns. This symbol became known as the Sacred Heart of Jesus and was associated with love and devotion; it began popping up often in stained-glass windows and other church iconography. But while the Sacred Heart may have popularized the shape, most scholars agree that it existed much earlier than the 1600s.

Idea #3 The Less Romantic Orgin

Some claim that the modern heart-shape simply came from botched attempts to draw an actual human heart, the organ which the ancients, including Aristotle, believed contained all human passions. One leading scholar of heart iconography claims that the philosopher’s physiologically inaccurate description of the human heart—as a three-chambered organ with a rounded top and pointy bottom—may have inspired medieval artists to create what we now know as the heart shape. The medieval tradition of courtly love may have reinforced the shape’s association with romance. Hearts can be found on playing cards, tapestries, and paintings.

Information borrowed from Slate.com

Just the other day I was getting dressed and talking to Lela at the same time. Something made me ask, what is the real purpose of underwear? After that I decided to search it and here are some of the answers that came up…

1. Support and protect your genital
2. It protects you from chafing with the clothes
3. To keep your outer clothes cleaner

Now here are some of the more amusing answers

1. It’s a block for pervs trying to see up skirts
2. It keeps the little soldier from getting hooked on the zipper
3. You know those guys that wear their pants around their ankles? Underwear is what keeps me from having to look at their bums
4. So people can do wedgies
5. To keep the junk in the trunk and the girls under control
6. So you have more laundry to do

What’s your thoughts???