Posted in academia, sociology on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
As a graduate student in the field of sociology, I find the ideas presented in this book to be fascinating and presented well. Trepagnier reviews existing theories insightfully and then presents a fresh perspective on a much-discussed topic. In doing so, she offers both compelling evidence for her theories and solutions to the problems she [...]
Posted in austin, tagged austin, birdsbarbershop, hair, lauraharkness on May 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
When Birds first opened, it seemed cool. I went in to check it out and got Laura Harkness as my stylist. She was the art director. She gave me a great cut and made me feel like a rock star. Her energy and skill can’t be beat. The next couple of times I went [...]
Posted in sociology on May 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Atypicals have become popular because they can settle almost any extreme behavior, often in minutes, and doctors have few other answers for desperate families.Their growing use in children is closely tied to the increasingly common and controversial diagnosis of pediatric bipolar disorder, a mood problem marked by aggravation, euphoria, depression and, in some cases, violent [...]
Posted in the internet, tagged babies, children, havingkids, nealpollack, offsprung, writing on May 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Introducing Offsprung
Originally uploaded by Ben Brown.
Take a look at Neal Pollack’s new project! Even if you’re not a parent, which I imagine that most of you are not, the writing’s pretty good.
Posted in personal on May 9, 2007 | No Comments »
My public humiliation post worked. I quit smoking again.
Horray!
Posted in technology toys on May 9, 2007 | No Comments »
New toy! I just downloaded this browser. I’ll let you know how it goes. It’s pretty nifty off the cuff, though! I’m not likely to switch off Firefox completely, but I’ll tell you this… I just selected some text on the page I happened to be on, right-clicked, and now I’m [...]
Posted in personal on May 6, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m a nicotine addict. That’s first and foremost. It affects my brain chemistry, and drives me to smoke even against my better judgment. Because I know I’m an addict and that my brain chemistry will be affected if I stop smoking, I have a tendency to try not to stop smoking when [...]
Posted in personal on May 1, 2007 | No Comments »
I don’t even know who most of these people are, but it’s funny to me that Rob Lowe is in there. OK, back to paper-writing madness.
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