I am going to the desert for a few days with some friends. I’m taking my cell phone but it will be off. I’ll be back Saturday late and I’ll return y’alls calls then.
Not that y’all really call me that often… but one time I went to Mexico for a week without telling my family [...]
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27Mar08Larnin’
30Aug07I learned from Gramma…
Reading the paper is wonderful. It’s a big world, and what is better than talking politics in the morning with people you love?
I learned from my Mom…
Veganism is not a magic bullet. There are hard tradeoffs between being a steward of the environment, of our bodies, of our society, and [...]
Train Reading
13Aug07I’ve been slowly working through my readings for my 2nd year project literature review, which is growing bit by bit. I’ve found a few more interesting experiments, like Yamamoto and Kitazawa, 2001, which gives some evidence that we can actually perceive sensations at the tip of a tool, rather than at the location of [...]
Academic Dishonesty
02Jul07I just read a shocking blog post on the Science Matters blog about shocking study done in 1995, showing that in despite the fact that 46% of the 114 applicants for 20 Swedish medical post-doc positions, only four women won positions, compared to 16 men. From the blog:
“Being female was a major liability: a [...]
I saw this on Facebook
19May07… and oh man, I really miss Pallas Athena Arena (a.k.a Shaowen and Jeff’s driveway). The slobber-encrusted Nerf balls, the Apurva Line, the canine fair-weather defender.
Dinner Coop
17May07Dinner coop at my place yesterday. I made Tabouleh and homemade hummus, and got fresh olive bread from Bread & Cie and a moderately fancy California-grown olive oil from Whole Foods. The bread at B&C is so good. I don’t know why I don’t go there every day. It’s a block away, I am [...]
Stand up, sit down
09May07Standing up against other men when they say or do things that I think are harmful to women can be hard. I had a long debate at dinner this weekend with a female friend and some of her male friends about the smacking of womens’ asses by men, and when it is “allowed” and when [...]
Friendship stories
02May07Budding best friends ride the bus home. They both know they want to hang out without having to ask. He goes to the laundromat with her and sits on the counter while she separates whites from colors. They talk about everything and nothing.
A boy meets another boy at a reception. They [...]
