In general, an excellent rant. I would, however, like to add a little thing I call "the hormone phenomenon." Ever since I got married, I have noticed this strange event from time to time in my own life. When one of my friends comes by with their child, usually an infant, never more than one or two years old, the hormones take a rubber mallet to the center of my forehead, leaving me unable to perform any function higher than saying "Oooh...a baby." Until I recover my senses, my hormones are able to convince me that a baby is just the sort of thing that a young law student needs to make her life much more exciting. When the stimulus is removed, I recover my senses, and am subject to bouts of uncontrollable shuddering.

This hammer-blow is also Darwinian in nature, of course, but in a way it is much more disturbing, as it can strike at any time, without warning. Of course, once the kid gets older, and begins demonstrating what an absolute pain in the ass children really are, the phenomena doesn't happen anymore. It's quite a relief.