Why I was wrong when I jested about diabetes a couple of weeks ago. You see, obesity is a risk factor for diabetes, but just Type II, the type where your body starts resisting insulin. …
Alexandra Starr's NYT article today called to my attention the race for the House seat in Washington's Eighth District. Darcy Burner is the Democratic challenger. Some interesting facts about Burner: She was adopted. As she …
A US woman has the last name as a pretty durn famous US theologian, and has never heard of him.
I got acquainted with Stuart Sierra via the NY Tech Meetup and/or Lisp NYC, both of which I can't attend these days because I have class on Tuesday nights. Anyway, he's the coder behind Project …
Yesterday Jacob and I joked about mild-mannered acts of rebellion and destructiveness. Examples: staying out past your curfew to play Dance Dance Revolution, only giving your cats the medication they need once a day instead …
My recent columns: nutty inventions and October memories. Neither sucks, I believe, but they're both listy. And the latter borrows from some old blog entries. As you may have noticed, the Open Computing Facility's web …
We got a test entry here. I'm beginning to post interesting links on Leonard's del.icio.us feed so you can check that out.
Judo, writing, and Carnegie Hall. There is this thing called kindness, and it includes not eating a Snickers bar in front of a hungry person, and it includes not bragging about your skills in front …
