I was just reading this article about the "new" weight loss drug and how it isn't a magic bullet and its side effects and how they're exacerbated by eating a high fat diet, et cetera..., and I came across this sentence ( Read more... )

When my lab had significantly more people in it, on of the conversations which came up was how irked a few of the members get when they hold the door open for someone else (especially with some delay), and don't receive a "thank you" in return. I find it mildly annoying, but on the whole I'm not fussed about it ( Read more... )

urbpan posted the domestic rabbit as urban species #218 today, discussing the ecological implications of unleashing organisms (in this case pet rabbits) upon an environment in which they do not naturally occur ( Read more... )

I wish I could say something meaningful and profound, instead of recounting the tedium of modern existence. I don't stop and think enough, and I don't share what little I think: I'm not being expressive and it is only my own loss ( Read more... )

addendum to previous note:

My problem
is I'm a
shy, introverted
person who loves
people.
Therefore,
I am chronically
people-deprived,
not because I
don't see
people, but because my
need exceeds my
capacity to seek them out.

I need a social life. Or maybe just a life period. I spend too much time worrying and/or engaging in mindless activity, or that which passes as activity, or not acting on my indecisive thoughts. Sigh . . .