Men are so predictable

I'm reading Jerry Coyne's Why Evolution Is True (Why not? It has been many years since I thought evolution was somehow inimical to my belief in God), and I loved this paragraph.

Before Darwin, sexual dimorphism was a mystery. Creationists then--as now--could not explain why a supernatural designer should produce features in one sex, and only one sex, that harm its survival. As the great explainer of life's diversity, Darwin was naturally anxious to understand how these seemingly pointless traits evolved. He finally noticed the key to their explanation: if traits differ between males and females of a species, the elaborate behaviors, structures, and ornaments are nearly always restricted to males.

I laughed out loud when I read that tonight. As much as Lily and Greta preen before the mirror, Isaac, doing his slow-motion action shots while bored at short stop or first base, makes them look tame in comparison.

Now I need to look back through old journal entries to see what bizarre behavior I acted out to attract Jen to me. I'm just glad she paid attention to the Malcolm X t-shirts. I'm sure that was the attraction. :-)