JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

The news this week has sickened my stomach. The other night I was listening to NPR while making spaghetti, and I had to stop, too distracted to continue cooking. I was upset, but this time in a good way: I had caught most of the segment Breaking the Color Barrier: U.S. Marshals Recall Life on […]

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In addition to writing about subjective time, at Marginal Revolution this week, Tyler Cowen has also described controlling pain through biofeedback while Alex Tabarrok mentioned fighting fatigue by changing mental and emotional expectations (“central governor” theory). I wonder how these theories would apply in particular to the pain of childbirth and what neural processes are […]

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Ah, the week is disappearing as Saturday slips into the afternoon….below are some links that I enjoyed and want to post before they get away from me…. What does your reptilian brain say about you? “It says if you want to fight, I can fight. But you will die.” originally seen in Seattle Times but […]

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What Ted and I discussed (and he posted ) about Pat Tillman’s death reminded me of Jeff Sanquist’s post on saying thank you. MD at Chai Tea Latte yesterday wrote “Can you imagine?” I say. No, I can’t imagine. I feel I whine enough about the little sacrifices I make each day, such as getting […]

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Abigail and I have tested a number of experiments for kids I’ve found on the web. One that looked interesting involved chewing Wintergreen Life Savers and seeing the spark they generate. At that time Abigail was still a bit scared of the dark, and I somehow convinced her to sit in a small windowless bathroom […]

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