If ever you doubt that stereotypes have a basis in fact, come to New York ( Read more... )

Everyone congratulate my dad. After more than 10 years of work, his book is finally going to be published. The relevant council at the University of Illinois press voted on it earlier today.

Maybe now he'll stop taking "business" trips to Europe? Unlikely. I wouldn't either if I were him.

First of all, 10 points to anyone who names that movie quote ( Read more... )

So it goes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12vonnegut.html

How sad...

Please help an uninformed brother out. Why do so many people hate Hillary Clinton so much? Is it sexism, succesful Republican propaganda, or is there something genuinely wrong with her politics? Honestly, the only person who gets as much hate-media at this point is George W.

DEAR LIVEJOURNAL COMMUNITY ( Read more... )

Sorry I've been dead to the LJ community recently. It's not personal, I promise. I've just been wasting my time on Facebook rather than here ( Read more... )

What is the deal with all this pessimism over the Democratic takeover of Congress? I've heard a fair amount of grousing in the last few weeks that the Democrats are ineffective, not that different from the Republicans, and unlikely to change anything. I saw a political cartoon the other day that was making fun of the Democrats for revelling in the ( Read more... )

Cheers, everyone. Cheers all around.

So here's something. I'm taking an introductory psych course this semester, and today we were learning about brain damage affecting memory formation/memory loss (think Guy Pearce in Memento). Apparently, a brain structure called the Amygdala is responsible for the formation of a memory's emotional aspect. So, for example, someone sticking their ( Read more... )