October 2011
3 posts
“Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, with your friendly weekend reminder to get creative.
[Quote from his 2006 essay collection A Man Without a Country]
(via jasonweinberger)
“As I write this, I can’t help thinking how very strange it all was. It was...”
– From Akira Kurosawa’s autobiography, which I’m currently enjoying. The sentiment sounds familiar, no? (via hv23)
September 2011
3 posts
“Would your revved up immune system (from your predisposition to psoriasis)...”
– Medicine: A Tough Pill to Swallow
2 tags
“As a result, medical students are trained to view patients as nothing more than...”
– http://toughpill.wordpress.com/
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
3 posts
“In immaculate, glass-walled and neon-lit rooms resembling intensive care units,...”
– China Is Rewriting the Book on Genome Research - Newsweek
April 2011
5 posts
The scientist who studies scientists—An interview... →
What is scientific consensus?
HC: The surprising thing for somebody who comes from the history book or schoolbook version of science is that scientific consensus turns out to be a lot like other kinds of consensus. Of course, you have theories and evidence. But at the heart of it there’s usually a point where decisions are made in a much more commonsensical or philosophical way.
...
“Shadows of her hair” by Phatty Acid
...
Watchjasonweinberger:
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is involved in yet another genre-defying project, this time hooking up with Memphis Jook virtuoso Lil’ Buck to open up the creative minds of in-need Los Angeles kids. Wait for their collabo on Saint-Saëns’ Swan from Carnival of the Animals at 2:30 – it adds a whole new dimension to the idea of breaking down the classics.
[Discovered via culturite, who posted...
“When I talk to biology graduate students about getting into science policy, the...”
– Are biology graduate students the unhappiest? : bioephemera
March 2011
6 posts
WatchPlans for downtown Cleveland revitalization: exciting!
aM laboratory →
That was entertaining
“This new style of test-avid, cover-all-possibilities practice is bankrupting our...”
– Yup. So you can fiddle with the numbers all you want, people, but it’s the practice of medicine itself that’s broken.
Daring to Practice Low-Cost Medicine in a High-Tech Era | Health Policy and Reform
“The scientific enterprise is run on what economists call the...”
– Give postdocs a career, not empty promises : Nature News
February 2011
5 posts
I made a new song! (Haven’t slept on it yet,...
Falling Off the Ladder: How Not to Succeed in... →
January 2011
7 posts
What's Happening in Egypt Explained →
Human Cheese →
Really stretches my imagination. A bold way to make us think about where our food is coming from.
Miriam Simun created human cheese as a way to engage people in conversation about biotechnology, food systems, and the human body.
“The mind makes tens of thousands of decisions every day and makes each in an...”
– - adapted from a scene from the movie “The Very Thought of You”
Finally made a new song. It’s been months...
“There will be NO free downloads there will be NO bonus tracks there will be NO...”
– Geoff Barrow on Twitter, laying out Portishead’s approach to its new record.
[via Nikola Tamindzic, who left out the obvious punchline: ‘Just music and us’]
(via jasonweinberger)
472. Love the one you're with.
December 2010
4 posts
471. Never tell your old man that he's lost a...
November 2010
6 posts
That Little Voice →
davidfuternick:
Who is that little bugger in your head? You know who I’m talking about. The little guy who tells you you’re not talented. The bastard who spits in your face and reminds you that you’ll never make anything of yourself. Some other person has done what you want to do and they did it better. Surely if you put yourself out there people will think you suck. Whoever or whatever that...
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in...”
– Albert Einstein (via hv23)
Watchbellcurved:
Be prepared to repeatedly hit PAUSE between the :48 and :58 second marks.
“…universities aren’t just about discovering and capitalizing on new...”
– Genome Biology | Full text | A Faustian bargain
“In fact, that is my favorite takeaway from the midterm results: The Republicans...”
– Mitchell Bard: Three Good Things for Progressives to Take From the Midterm Election Results
Dave Morin: The Invitation (A Statement on... →
davemorin:
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.
It…
October 2010
2 posts
“Britain has recently come up with a new approach entirely: You only have to pay...”
– Should Tuition Repayment Be Based on How Successful You Are? Good Magazine (via bellcurved)
hello-zombie:
The Budos Band — Chicago Falcon
...
September 2010
8 posts
Irish coffee
= Columbian roast + splash of Jameson
Finally. I’ve been wanting to drink this concoction for a while now, but I haven’t seen it any of the local establishments I frequent. It’s pretty tasty. Jameson isn’t as smooth as I hoped though. I had a bottle of Famous Grouse before this, and that was a bit smoother (also a bit sweeter though).
Revolutionary Road (2008) →
A horror movie, if I’ve ever seen one. Freaked the shit out of me. The torture was so brutal - and unavoidable - that I had to shut it off several times.
Like watching two people be dismembered - over the span of 119 minutes.
3:26 pm: Jameson time
Sipping on Jameson, staring at the internet, trying to force myself to relax because I actually do not have anything to do on this Monday afternoon. I didn’t have anything to do over the weekend either… but I was missing the Jameson. My PhD research is on hold for a few days (just waiting for samples/emails/software). And I could try to provide a childish sense of import to my life by...