JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

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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UPDATE 1/22/05: Malcolm Gladwell’s stop on Bainbridge Island tomorrow has been postponed until March 7. I saw this in an island paper last night. When I called the bookstore this morning they didn’t know why. I don’t know whether other Seattle-area dates this week are also postponed. Calling ahead to check before going to the […]

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The death of 16 year old Sarah Gillette in a reckless auto accident this summer has saddened our island community. Recently two 14 year olds were sentenced for their involvement: one of them stole the car from her parents and the other was driving at the time of the crash. Although descriptions of the first […]

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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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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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