Living in the City

Want to learn how to spot liars? I am now hooked to this new Fox show called Lie to Me, starring Tim Roth. The show is based on studies made by Dr Paul Ekman on taxonomizing human  facial expressions. Known as the  Facial Action Coding System or FACS,  it is a standard  used to systematically categorize  the physical expression of emotions. Law enforcement people, psychologists and business institutions utilize  the system, to expose criminals, help patients struggles with their emotional or psychological conditions and help sales people deal better with customers or clients. It's funny but I think I have an innate ability to detect a lie from a truth.

When will I have my very own mensch? I wish every woman would have their own too. "In Yiddish (from which the word has migrated into American English ), mensch roughly means 'a good person'. A mensch is a particularly good person, like "a stand-up guy," a person with the qualities one would hope for in a dear friend or trusted colleague." A mensch is "someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character. The key to being 'a real mensch' is nothing less than character, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous". Jack Lemmon was called a mensch in a 1960 film called 'The Apartment', which starred Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray and directed by the great Billy Wilder. It is about a "love and ambition in the world of big business", and how people can get sucked into situations that spell losing character, suffer indignities and lead to irresponsible behavior. Understandably, the mo...