My friend, canis28, sent an email this morning with the subject line: why coffee is good. In it he linked to a BBC News Article about the results of a study on the effects of caffeine on the blood brain barrier in rabbits.

The title of the article? Daily caffeine 'protects brain'
"Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol ( Read more... )

I am honestly not avoiding you. I've just been very busy. Don't believe me? Take a look at my week:

Saturday and Sunday I spent the day helping out at SFSI training. Saturday night, I also made it to a birthday party afterwards. Sunday I was too wiped out for another party and just went home and vegged.

Yesterday, after work, I met up with caramida and rhiannonstone ( Read more... )

Caramida pointed out this article about Stem Cell Fast Food from Popular Mechanics to me this morning ( Read more... )

This year, for my body, I'm thinking about joining Curves again. There is a location in downtown Oakland that is not too far from my house. I think this will be good for me. I want to feel more able-bodied.

I am also wanting to feel more able-minded this year. I am thinking of finding a list of the most frequently banned books in America (possibly ( Read more... )

Let's see, weeks ago, coincidentally on coming out day, I told my parents about the Sex Educator training class I'm taking. Once I got them past the misinterpretation that I was planning to volunteer as a phone sex operator [to which my dad said, "don't they get paid for that?" which spurred my mom to comment, "what do you know about it?"] it went ( Read more... )

We did, indeed go tubing down the sacramento this weekend. Despite the ouchy sunburnt bits, I had a wonderful time. Good people, lots of adventure and fun. Yay!

We rode back yesterday and stopped at Meal Ticket for brunch. Mmnn.. I've always wanted to stop at that place, but the only times I really remembered it I was already on my way to sam's ( Read more... )

Usually I'm quiet [on lj anyway] because I feel like I don't have much of interest to chat about, lately I've been quiet because I've been so damn busy ( Read more... )

I hate to admit it, but in some ways, I think I must be a prude ( Read more... )

With A Clean Well Lighted Place For Books being sold and now Cody's books closing it's "flagship" store on Telegraph, the closing of Valencia Street Books and last fall's near-save of Kepler's.. I've started to wonder about bookstores ( Read more... )

I think we're going to hit the parkway tonight:
Thursday, March 23, 9:15
It's our first Onion AV Club Film Series! The irreverent but very relevant newspaper hosts an evening of satirical splendor featuring Kubrick's nutty nuclear nightmare DR. STRANGELOVE (1963)!
Admission: $5