January 2009
35 posts
Safe Quiet Newly paint single family house →
I always wanted a house with a “dinning area.” We can be quite loud!
Thoughts during the day. →
Medical News: Company Implicated in Salmonella... →
I guess we’ll have stop acting like China is the only country where manufacturers would knowingly make children sick.
“The problem with most theoretical economic and social philosophies is that they...”
– Did Somebody Say Deflation? at SocketSite™
Tails Of The City : Furry fashions: wearing the... →
Just D-:
93-year-old froze to death, owed big utility bill →
Here is one of those moral questions to ask high school students to ponder. Is this man’s death his own, for ignoring his bills, his neighbor’s, for not checking up on him, his family’s, the government’s, for not creating a safety net or rules that would stop the power company from turning off the heat, or the power company’s?
New law banning toxins in toys threatens handmade... →
More on why the well-intentioned CPSIA is a REALLY BAD IDEA without a complete overhaul.
Does Maya calendar predict 2012 apocalypse? →
“…the 2012 phenomenon comes ‘from media and from other people making use of the Maya past to fulfill agendas that are really their own.’”
CAMiLEON HEELS: The First in Adjustable-Height... →
They’re kind of frumpy and personally I’m so into flats that wearing the “low heel” version would be an ordeal - but still, I can’t believe no one’s tried this before now.
San Francisco real estate tips, trends and the... →
“It’s all very, micro, bro.” Perhaps the most fun-to-read blog about the absolute insanity that is San Francisco real estate.
Fashion Incubator » Blog Archive » Don’t throw... →
ANY AND EVERYONE WHO DOES INDIE FASHION OR HANDICRAFTS NEEDS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS RIGHT NOW. THE WELL-INTENTIONED CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT WILL PUT A STOP TO YOUR SMALL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES .
Chrome Cow » US Democracy Server: Patch Day →
hehe
Pacific Union Listing Details - 271 7th →
This is a not-particularly-nice block of a nice neighborhood. At barely 2000 sq ft, with no garage, there is no way that a home in “as-is” condition on a noisy block should fetch an above 1 Mil asking price these days, even in the 94118.
Ex-leader of school parents group accused of... →
Here is a link about someone who really sucks as a human being.
No link, I am writing about a magazine I saw in...
Dear Jenny McCarthy:
There is no such thing as recovery from autism. Your son simply learned how to adapt to his environment. This is good, but your trumpeting that you’ve found a cure is very painful for the parents of autistic children who are not as high functioning, and very insulting for high functioning autistics who understand that there isn’t anything wrong with them, they...
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First shots of ball gowns for the inauaguration. I am not that fond of Michelle’s dress, sadly: http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/84380663.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19346E4C5E9CA07326116D7C01DBCD3D050284831B75F48EF45
BBC NEWS | Health | Staying calm 'prevents... →
Another reason to reconsider those anger management classes that I really ought to take.
Ask A Urinal - Wisdom From Bathroom Graffitti →
This is awesome.
Study: Women less able to suppress hunger than men →
Interesting study, not for the gender difference but for the evidence of what we already should know - for some people, “will power” is a completely different physical, real world experience than for others. Yes, perhaps there is a skinny person who has more moral fortitude when it comes to self-denial than a fat one, but the situation is just as likely to be reversed and we’d...
Ashford & Simpson: HuffPost Premiere: "Solid As... →
Sometimes I fear the hero worship’s gone a little too far - who can stand up to a song like this?
I’ll be coming in late to the office on Tuesday though, since the kids have “teacher development day” off and I want to watch the swearing in with them. Just to make sure it actually happens, really. Living on the west coast, I’ll only be a half an hour or so off...
Gum is a sticky issue in the Richmond District →
The one good thing about this newsstory about the gum splattered sidewalks in my neighborhood is that those splotches are actually gum. All this time I assumed they were dirty gobs of phlegm!
The boreout-trap →
Are you bored at work? These Germans may be able to tell you why, and what negative behaviors you’re doing as a result.
Shooting in Golden Gate Park - Murder Killing San... →
This kid was the same age as my oldest, and shot to death, apparently by a stranger, not more than six blocks from our house.
More information: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/16/BAP5159KH0.DTL
Medical News: Cognitive Rehab Helps Patients with... →
Article claims that patients with TBI (traumatic brain injury) do not show improvement. One of my PIs (“principal investigator” AKA researcher) just started a clinical trial looking at this very topic, but we won’t see the final results for five or six years. Stay tuned.
Box of Tricks - The New York Times > Home & Garden... →
Gary Chang, a Hong Kong architect, lives in a tiny apartment, but thanks to accordion-like wall units, he can create at least 24 different room configurations.
Perhaps he can come help us out at our house!
Science closing in on cloak of invisibility →
Seems more like Dune’s no-chamber technology than Harry Potter but still a bit life imitating art.
A village in peril in Alaska. →
Alaskan village didn’t get their food and fuel shipments due to early freeze this autum and weather that has only gotten worse. As a result local fuel prices are in the 7-10 dollar a gallon range and many can not afford to both eat and keep warm. In these cases, usually the governer declares a state of emergency, but so far, Ms. Palin has not dealt with this town’s crisis.
Help if...
Sleepwalker who froze to death had Ambien bottle →
Ambien + drinking is dangerous. I have witnessed people act completely out of character in their sleep, with fairly bad repercussions.
mmm donuts? →
What our friend BP has to look forward to if she continues to persue a career as an emergency/general surgeon.
What will happen to exurban developments vacated... →
Actually, even in the middle of the housing boom, they generally were rented out to families of migrant farm workers, sometimes several smaller families per McMansion.
Medical News: High Caffeine Intake Linked to... →
Too much coffee, man!
Is the rise in autism rates real?
This essay is a good example of my particular take on the topic.
I thought love was the drug?
Love-blocking drug on horizon: http://gawker.com/5130287/drugs-are-the-new-anti+love