Do yourself a favor and listen to minutes 7:30-20:55 of this episode of This American Life from 2008. I was laughing so hard on the airplane to Miami I was almost embarrassed. The ease of listening to podcasts is by far the best feature of my new iPhone. This American Life is my favorite, along with everyone else on iTunes (12405 ratings, with an average of 5 stars).
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/361/fear-of-sleep
Think Like a Doctor Contest
Nytimes.com readers went nuts for this “contest” based off the must-read Diagnosis column from the magazine - nearly 1400 comments!
Just finished watching this year’s Academy Award winner for Best Documentary: Inside Job. My initial reaction is first, that everyone should see this film, and second, that the rest of the world should be really pissed off at the United States government and the financial services industry for their irresponsibility. Inside Job is another one of those documentaries (like Sicko or Food, Inc.) that leave you thinking, “This is so f*@#ed up.”
"You might think half a muffin over an entire day wouldn’t matter much, particularly if you exercise regularly. After all, doesn’t exercise turn fat to muscle, and doesn’t muscle process excess calories more efficiently than fat does? Yes, although the muscle-fat relationship is often misunderstood. According to calculations published in the journal Obesity Research by a Columbia University team in 2001, a pound of muscle burns approximately six calories a day in a resting body, compared with the two calories that a pound of fat burns. Which means that after you work out hard enough to convert, say, 10 lb. of fat to muscle — a major achievement — you would be able to eat only an extra 40 calories per day, about the amount in a teaspoon of butter, before beginning to gain weight. Good luck with that."
From the 2009 Time Magazine article: Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin
It wasn’t available for me on February 10th and the last 32 days of waiting have been excruciating, but finally, after a 2.5 year wait, I have a iPhone. Yay!
why CT scans are bad for children
Nice piece about the dangers of radiation from unnecessary CT scans in children. From the Tufts alumni mag.
Maru is safe
While clearly there are other things to worry about in Japan, it is nice to know that my favorite box loving YouTube superstar cat is safe.
"Feist, whose conversation is often a stream of poetic imagery, said over a cup of tea, “I’m on the archaeological dig to find the place where my heart ended up."
NYT
