Watching an episode of Dr. Who I thought, "Hey, that's Moaning Myrtle!", aka Shirley Henderson, who also plays Jude in the Bridget Jones movies. I've always liked her (speaking, not screaming) voice, she's definitely cute and she's also older than I am, which is nice. In the Dr. Who episode I noticed something I hadn't before - she's short! (5' 1/2 ( Read more... )

I was talking with a friend of mine who has a new baby, and she said "When I'm nursing, the prolactin just puts me right to sleep." (Nipple stimulation, especially during nursing, increases prolactin secretion.) I said, "Well, now you know why guys fall asleep after sex." She says "Huh ( Read more... )

Rep. Patrick Kennedy had an incident the other night. Around 2:50am Thursday he was pulled over by Capitol Police after almost hitting a police car.

Kennedy told the officer that he was "headed to the Capitol to make a vote," the report said. The House was not in session at the time ( Read more... )

A couple more links I find compelling ( Read more... )

Something I read tonight gave me a weird thought. What if there was an antidepressant that, as part of its effects, made the user less monogamous / more poly? Would that be viewed as a desirable effect or a side effect? How would the marketroids spin it? Would it even be approvable? Would monogamous partners balk at letting their SOs take it, torn ( Read more... )

For many years now the FDA has banned the sale of tryptophan (L-Trp) for human use, on the basis that it's toxic. I'll spare you the history of why, and leave aside the fact that it's an essential amino acid, and allowed to be added to baby formulas, as well as the many other details that show they were on crack ( Read more... )