I'd like to see that film, The Lives of Others. Maybe it would help remind me of this bit of wisdom, one that's been slipping off me no matter how many times I try to …
A wry coda to an essaylet from my colleague Eric: "So I'm going to be thinking about these concepts. Figure out where I want to be getting results, and therefore what I should be paying …
My two most recent MC Masala columns are on food/body topics. On modeling classes and beginning to exercise:If they let me in, they must have let anyone in; I was like a sparrow taking swimming …
I just explained to a new colleague, with reference to "Oregon Trail", that if his workload goes past steady into strenuous or grueling, he should let me know so I can bear some of it. …
Faceless corporations and their renovation/building! Crepe o Chocolat, a fantastic bistro in downtown SF, is hurting for no good reason! The crepes are so good, and Sylvie is one of the acquaintances I miss from …
Caution: may be boring. This really serves as a skeleton for my future recollections, but it's better than the nothing that I invariably posted after past trips. I took Thursday the 8th off from work …
Thanks especially to Avedon Carol and her partner Rob for putting us up in London-town. After sleep, and an all-day Columbia class tomorrow, more fun details.
I'm working on columnness right now so that I won't have to send one in while Leonard and I are away. My most recent published MC Masala: on the history of medicine and perspective. There …
Freaking prejudice! Freaking lack of metacognition! Aaargh! If our assumptions blind us to what's really going on, how can we make sure we're acting ethically? One example: in sex, in psychology experiments, in drug use, …