The Courtroom of Teaching - A bit more on kindness.

Genes predispose some people to focus on the negative - Interesting. Explains some people I know. (Via David Goldman.)

European origins laid bare by DNA - DNA from ancient skeletons has revealed how a complex patchwork of prehistoric migrations fashioned the modern European gene pool.

The ( Read more... )

The Story Coaster - Hahahah. (Via David Goldman.)

Lakeside Backstory - More on the movie, and me, from Waterloo Productions.

Rev-e-rie - Jay Lake, Cancer, and God #4: Prevailing - My friend UMC pastor Dave Raines continues his meditations on life and death.

How Doctors Die - Yeah. Sigh. (Via Ellen Eades.)

Finding Cancer Cells in the Blood - ( Read more... )

The cover art of my German editions of Mainspring and Escapement has been nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis in the Beste Grafik category &mash; Which doesn't really have much to do with me directly, but is still pretty cool. Kudos to illustrator Max Meinzold.

Why Do We Hate Certain Words? - The curious phenomenon of word aversion.

‘I’m Google ( Read more... )

The Macroeconomics of Middle Earth - Hahahah. (Snurched from ( Read more... )

The joke threads are pretty funny: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] - Check them out.

Half-Drag - Some very curious portraits. (Via ( Read more... )

The paths and links of language and memory - ( Read more... )

If you haven't already done so, don't forget to vote in the One True Pop-Tart poll - Feel free to boost the signal on this one. I'll close it in another couple of days.

I will be your dancing monkey, hat on the table. - Scott Lynch is helping people.

Parents can inflict emotional harm, not realize it - Parents and other caregivers who demean, ( Read more... )

Cello Wars - Um, wow. A Star Wars parody. At about two minutes in, this goes utterly over the edge. (Via ( Read more... )