JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

I read it first in Phil Ringnalda’s blog and then in others: You’re a Handsome Blog, What’s Your Owner’s Name? : Sam Ruby reports being confused by meeting Dave Shea and Matt Mullenweg, when he wouldn’t have had a problem with meeting The CSS Zen Garden guy and photomatt. […] Even though I know I’m […]

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From Tuesday’s Seattle Times Lungs of developing fetus may trigger start of labor : Researchers think they’ve discovered what sends women into labor, a finding that could eventually lead to prevention of premature births. New research in mice suggests that a substance made by babies’ lungs triggers contractions, ensuring that birth doesn’t occur until the […]

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Via Tyler Cowen’s post in Marginal Revolution I read this article by Sharon Begley from the Wall Street Journal Behavioral economists study spending habits In a provocative result from the new discipline of behavioral economics, scientists find that emotions that have nothing to do with the transaction at hand can influence what price people are […]

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Tonight I had the radio on again – different station – and on KUOW I heard the program Selected Shorts. This is one of my favorite radio programs but it’s been a while since I’ve been able to listen to the short stories read by actors. The following piece on tonight’s program had me laughing […]

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In Tuesday’s Seattle Times, an article describing the new president of the University of Washington, Mark Emmert, has this quote: Emmert grew up in Fife near Tacoma…The family attended Fife Presbyterian Church, where Mark Emmert married his high-school sweetheart, DeLaine Smith. “My greatest accomplishment is staying married,” Emmert joked yesterday. I don’t think it is […]

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