I went to bed before blogging. Got too tired to type. That might have made it a bad day. But the rest of yesterday wasn’t as awful as I might have expected… When I got up in the morning, I sat down at my desk and read Rayne’s link to the Guardian article… …today is […]
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Why January 24th isn’t such a depressing day
January 25th, 2005 · 8 Comments
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Race: it isn’t black or white
January 22nd, 2005 · No Comments
What does it mean to be multiracial? I’ll never know. But my kids will. Monday’s Seattle Times featured an article Race isn’t as clear as black and white highlighting Matt Kelley’s leadership. Sometime I’d enjoy meeting this entrepreneur who grew up on Bainbridge Island. Kelley’s mother is Korean, and his father’s roots are Irish. That, […]
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The effect of stress on New Yorkers, super moms and scientists
January 19th, 2005 · 2 Comments
When I saw Clive Thompson’s link to his New York magazine piece on The Ecology of Stress I knew I had to spend some of my daily unwinding time reading it. Years ago I worked in a lab where we were researching the effect of stress on the immune response to viral infection. Through a […]
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Seize the skate
January 19th, 2005 · 2 Comments
Saturday we spent watching the US Figure Skating Championships. Ted posted his thoughts and tonight I have time to write mine… In one of the many clips of coverage hyping Michelle Kwan’s chance to win a record-tying ninth national title, the skater in an interview commented on what it takes to win. She said that […]
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iPod commercial on ice
January 15th, 2005 · No Comments
Just finished watching the men’s US figure skating championships televised live, or almost live from Portland, OR (yes, wish we were there, except for the winter weather!). Johnny Weir defended his title with a graceful long program that received a number of perfect 6.0 scores. Afterwards, when asked how he was able to hold up […]
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