Biological explanation
A recent episode of This American Life dealt with the issue of testosterone. A researcher in the field and the author of Heroes, Rogues and Lovers: Testosterone and Behavior was…
Fresh veggies? Bah!
I’m currently re-reading MINDLESS EATING. It’s a compelling and eye-opening book about how our eating decisions are often impacted by unconscious and seemingly innocuous factors. Last week I learned an…
Deathbed regrets
I don’t ever plan on dying, but if I did, I would hope to die without too many regrets. A palliative care worker recently wrote about the top five regrets…
She must think she’s married an idiot
Elysha: You know that you shouldn’t wash the whole container of strawberries at once. Right? If you do, they will spoil faster. Just wash the strawberries that you’re using. Okay?…
Art defined by dollars
A story on NPR told of artist Justine Gignac, who packages New York City garbage into plexiglas cubes and sells these cubes for a profit. He began his venture in…
Big head finally explained
Things finally make sense to me. A survey of 1,000 Iraqi teens reveals a surprising effect of living in a war torn country. It seems that when faced with an…
My two most common restaurant complaints
Elysha and I decided to share a shake at dinner tonight. “Would you like one glass and two straws?” the waitress asked. “No,” Elysha said. “We don’t need to do…
One of the only reasons to like the fashion industry
I can’t stand the fashion industry. Even though I readily admit to watching Project Runway (for the creativity and problem-solving on display and not the fashion), the whole industry makes…
The encore is stupid.
Does anyone else find this social dance bizarre and insulting? The concert seemingly comes to an end, the band steps off stage, yet the lights in the theater remain low.…
New words in the OED
The OED announced it’s list of new words this week. Here are some of them, including a few thoughts of my own: chill pill- a notional pill taken to make…
