The researchers are perfectly comfortable with, and don't mention any suggested conclusions to be drawn from, the fact that they observe variable degrees of self-control and guilt in children as young as age two, and that the variation doesn't show any correlation with parenting methods or styles ( Read more... )

A few days ago Natasha told me that she'd been reading about how to make sushi and she felt we should do it. I, smarter than escargot, said 'Sure ( Read more... )

I didn't expect to like this movie, which made my experience all the brighter ( Read more... )

April-May 2009: average BG = 156.9, STD DEV = 75.5

June 2009: average BG = 112, STD DEV = 58.8

July 2009: average BG = 126.5, STD DEV = 66.2average daily total of injected insulin: 54.5 units ( Read more... )

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The forums for the Russian American Medical Association are very valuable to freckletash, she's used them extensively in preparing for her exams and some networking.

Today they got hacked by, according to the claim, Kurdish hackers:

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I've gotten a sense of alienation from seeing this number 36 and that it applies to me. These numbers became oppressive after 33, I think. Like suddenly that invisible opponent in the ring with you is packing another 20 pounds behind his punch: Whoa! Where'd THAT come from ( Read more... )

That's my wife.

For me, it's the happiest place on earth because of how much she enjoys it. Getting to experience her experience of it -- that's priceless ( Read more... )

The Sporting News posted a good piece
From late in the article,
For the viewer, it was the kind of compelling blend of unblinking physical horror you get from watching the last mile of an Ironman, but with the "Festivus Feats of Strength" curiosity and creativity of the aforementioned competition full of dudes named Magnus. I joked with one of the ( Read more... )

Strange that I never knew this ("Monadnock" was the name for an architectural project by Howard Roark pivotal to the plot in The Fountainhead). The only monads I ever knew about were all related to Spinoza's metaphysics.
A.Word.A.Day: Inselberg - noun: An isolated mountain or hill rising abruptly from its surrounding. In US it's known as a ( Read more... )