It's the end of an era. And the first time the general public gets to know HM's real name.

 Girls with mild autism are less likely to be identified and diagnosed than boys, a study suggests.

This is an email I got from someone who wants to participate in something I'm running. It made me smile:

To whom it may concern;I am interested in participating in your all's study. Please forward me any information.Thank you

"God knows you are just doing your job to support your families, and that job is to keep me from supporting mine."

Yesterday was a day of good food. We had the first 'bag lunch Friday' in my lab and there were five of us with our lunches and some other food to share. I brought olive tapenade with a baguette and some goat cheese with blackberry jelly. There were also two types of sushi there. Hopefully bag lunch Friday becomes a success. I like food and I like ( Read more... )

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It's been a long ride. I remember when we let legislation pass that said only a man and woman could marry in California. I remember Mayor Newsom's "stunt" when he let same-sex couples marry for a while in San Francisco. I heard Vienna Teng's concert with the "City Hall" song. I was coming back from VSS (conference for Vision Sciences Society) when ( Read more... )

So I guess I should mention that I'm going to be director (or some call it trustee) of Laurel house next year. Laurel is a co-op run by College Houses. I'm staying now at 21st Street, a different co-op run by College Houses . Laurel is specifically for graduate students and upper-level undergraduates. Being trustee is kind of like being head-RA or ( Read more... )

I had a realization the other day that what I think is normal for people to do is not normal anymore to people I know. I was talking with the Brians at lunch the other day and one of them has crazy crazy friends that I'm always hearing about and I was just like "Brian, do you have any NORMAL friends?" and he was like "what do you mean by normal?" ( Read more... )