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Migraine Log – Week 2
It’s time for your weekly migraine update! I’ve been on Petadolex for a week now. Side effects: if I burp after I take my pill, it tastes bad. Nothing like the hair loss, parathesia, or difficulty concentrating I’ve come to expect from migraine meds. Things have gone about the same as last week, though I’ve […]
Action Tuesday!
The Washington Post reported yesterday that politics rather than science guided decisions about threatened and endangered species and habitats under Bush and his appointees: investigators found that she had tampered with scientific evidence, improperly removed species and habitats from the endangered-species list, and gave internal documents to oil industry lobbyists and property rights groups. We’ve […]
Classes
I know, I know – classes just finished. I’m very, very happy about that right now. But I’m doing an independent study over break, and I’m looking forward to most of my classes next semester. For my independent study I’m getting cozy with the statistical programming language, R, and using it to recreate a model […]
Weekly Top 5
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What I’ve Noticed
PZ points out the ridiculousness of Pat Boone’s article equating the attack in Mumbai with Prop 8 backlash. China and India will follow the US on climate change policy, but countries like Mexico are leading the way. Dr. Isis has an inspiring post up on being a woman in science. And believe me, we need […]
Happy Winter Break!
I’m leaving for work at 7:30, and it’s going to be a very cold 30 minute walk today. Why so early, and the day after finals ended, too? I really love my job, but I’ve been too busy with school to get many hours in lately. So I’m in a wonderfully good mood this morning. […]
Exams are over!
I’m so happy! And even though I have an awful cold, my headache is finally abating. To celebrate, I’m cleaning my house, which suffered quite a bit this week. After the amount of time I’ve spent lying in bed feeling awful or sitting at my desk frantically studying, cleaning actually sounds nice. I’m also going […]