Last week, I went to a presentation where a speaker mentioned that rejection imprints more deeply in the female brain than the male brain. I thought this was pretty interesting, so looked online for details but failed to find any article to corroborating this, although I don’t disbelieve her. In any case, it got me … Read more
This past Memorial Day, I did not feel like BBQ’ing. Instead I was struck with the idea that I should tackle a task that has been on my To-Do list for nigh on five years: transferring a dozen VHS tapes to a digital format so that the tapes could be discarded. This entailed purchasing a converter … Read more
Saturday was Earth Day and March for Science day. I almost went to the march, but did not. It’s okay though, because I made it a point to like all the Facebook posts of friends who did go. (That last sentence was supposed to be tongue-in-cheek but really just makes me feel sad for reasons … Read more
This Is Us Research… I have always loved to watch TV, and read books. Yet both of these activities tend to be tinged with guilt. Probably because, for most of my childhood, whenever I was doing these things, I was avoiding other things I was supposed to be doing, practicing piano, doing my homework, sleeping. As time … Read more
I want to learn new skills. That’s not exactly true. I want to have new skills. If I could get them injected directly into my brain with a big syringe, I would do it. Although it seem like it might hurt. How much pain would you suffer for an hour in order to acquire a completely … Read more
My yearly scans: colonscopy, endoscopy, various ultrasounds and a trip to the dermatologist, are like my annual mini-gauntlet that must be run before the pleasant holidays. The first on that list is, of course, the least favorite, due to the day of fasting, followed by the night-long uncomfortable evening of “prep.” That evening was last … Read more
Yesterday, Paul and I embarked on a little road trip up to Berkeley and San Francisco. It officially started here: This is the restaurant’s owner: I thought his name might be Jack or Joe, but it was Mark. He explained that Jack was for “flap jacks” and Joe was like “cup of Joe”. He was … Read more
I sometimes like it. Probably not always. Most of the examples that I can think of off the top of my head have to do with emerging technologies. “Facebook me.” “I’ll Google it.” These are okay–short and also specific, which I respect. Though I’m not a fan of saying “google” for “search” if Google is … Read more
The short Hispanic woman selling blinking plastic light-sticks from a shopping cart offers a collegial fist bump to the guy in the wheel chair selling bunches of roses from his lap, then continues down the block. A black man, so thin he swims in his all black shirt and trousers, break dances next to an … Read more
Los Angeles current temperature: 93. Wednesday’s high: 99. Thursday’s high: 99. Friday’s high: 95. For some reason “Like the Weather” from 10 Thousand Maniacs popped into my head. An old favorite back in the day. I had a tape, but never watched the music video of the song. Would it have occurred to to me … Read more