I’m on the cover of the May 31, 2010 issue of TIME Magazine – and I didn’t commit a crime (yay) or win a Nobel Prize (aww) to get there! Here’s an image of the cover as a whole: Image courtesy TIME Magazine. And here’s one of a closeup of where I am, with my [...]

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Good news: The “Hawaii Five-O” remake has made the CBS fall lineup! It is slated to take the spot that’s currently occupied by “CSI Miami” (important to note that it’s not replacing “Miami” – apparently, that’s just being moved to another time slot). CBS released video of the updated intro today, and the web is [...]

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I hurt myself at work today while fetching the mail. The way the mail works in our building is, either the postal carrier puts whatever you have in the little box assigned to you as a tenant, or he/she puts a key in your box with a tag on it, and that key opens one [...]

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I just realized that I only covered half of our last trip. For shame! We also had a great time visiting with my aunt and uncle in Maryland and the surrounding area, including our nation’s capital (where only one tree along the tidal basin actually had any cherry blossoms left) . . . . . [...]

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I try to keep this blog lighthearted and entertaining, but – BUT! – I must make a comment on this because it has been all over the freakin’ news, and that just upsets me as a scientist: Policy and individual-level recommendations, especially those that come out of groups that are led by MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, should [...]

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I saw a kid – like a five-year-old – wearing a certain T-shirt the other day, and at first, I thought it was really rude that his parents would let him run around looking like a little racist. But then I realized that the back (or was it the bottom – whatever) of his shirt [...]

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I thought I gave myself a hernia at the gym tonight, but I didn’t. Cha-ching. One thing went right today.

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