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The Brain Observatory: Watch a famous brain being sliced up for scientific study STREAMING LIVE

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:21:11 -0500

The Brain Observatory: Watch a famous brain being sliced up for scientific study STREAMING LIVE:

“The man who could not remember has left scientists a gift that will provide insights for generations to come: his brain, now being dissected and digitally mapped in exquisite detail.

The man, Henry Molaison — known during his lifetime only as H.M., to protect his privacy — lost the ability to form new memories after a brain operation in 1953, and over the next half century he became the most studied patient in brain science.” - New York Times, Dissection Begins on a Famous Brain

See hot dog art depicting franks from around the nation at...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:20:00 -0500

See hot dog art depicting franks from around the nation at www.hawkkrall.net.

thephenthouse: So this was fun. Soooo fun. Want more.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:55:54 -0500

thephenthouse:

So this was fun.

Soooo fun. Want more.

Another incredible show

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:05:23 -0500

Amazing second set. Phish impresses me once again. Did that actually just happen?

"Phish plays Music. All of it. At once. Every single kind you could ever think about. Bluegrass and..."

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:12:36 -0500

“Phish plays Music. All of it. At once. Every single kind you could ever think about. Bluegrass and classical and funk and arena rock and country and avant-garde jazz and Afro-Cuban and power pop and folk. Technically perfect. For four hours straight.”

- Esquire (via thephenthouse)

NYTimes: Prague Travel Guide

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:45:25 -0500

NYTimes: Prague Travel Guide:

Bookmarking for my trip this summer!

The Evolution of the Hipster

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:37:45 -0500

The Evolution of the Hipster

James Lipton without a beard talking about your junk. Give it a...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:28:52 -0500

James Lipton without a beard talking about your junk. Give it a Ponder.

9 hours til Phish at MSG!

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:05:36 -0500

I am so incredibly psyched for this highly-anticipated concert experience. I hope they play Antelope.

False alarm...the best girlfriend ever said she'll tape it for me.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:47:57 -0500

(via thephenthouse)

I like the sound of that… :)

thephenthouse: Fastest nuns evar. Best photo op of the day.

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:11:32 -0500

thephenthouse:

Fastest nuns evar.

Best photo op of the day.

Soup Fly - Search New York City's Restaurant Inspection Scores

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:02:09 -0500

Soup Fly - Search New York City's Restaurant Inspection Scores:

So very very scary. More reasons to cook at home.

thephenthouse: Upsider

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:54:26 -0500

thephenthouse:

Upsider

shawnblog:mcjocar:(via arielleusually)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:24:37 -0500

shawnblog:mcjocar:(via arielleusually)

Name that word: What was the slang, possibly derogatory word for a Northern liberal during the Civil War?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:10:00 -0500

Not Yankee, Abolotionist, Unioner, Scalawag or Carpetbagger. My friend Steph needs to know! If you’re right, you win our undying respect.

UPDATE: So it turns out she was thinking of Tories. Yes, this is a term from the American Revolutionary War, not the Civil War, and denotes conservatives who sided with Britain. Don’t ask. Thank you for participating!

NYT: Homeless Organization Is a Fraud

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:57:43 -0500

NYT: Homeless Organization Is a Fraud:

“They are a familiar sight on street corners across the five boroughs: Men and women standing behind folding card tables, urging passers-by to throw a little change into the empty plastic water jug marked “U.H.O.”

But an investigation by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo appears to have confirmed what many New Yorkers secretly (if somewhat guiltily) suspected all along: The United Homeless Organization, supposedly a nonprofit group set up to help feed and house the homeless, was actually an elaborate fraud.” (NYT)

thephenthouse:caterpillarcowboy: Korean BBQ! Last night was my...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:00:42 -0500

thephenthouse:caterpillarcowboy:

Korean BBQ!

Last night was my first ever Korean BBQ experience, and it was a blast! Thanks to Caitlin & Will for the idea, and I’m so glad Kevin, Jamie, Kristin, Adrian, Lex, Annie, Mike, and Glenda could come!

Couple of my memories from the night:

Jamie has a Canon 5D Mark II and I audibly moaned (which Alexis heard. Awkward…)

Beef Tongue is all kinds of awesome (photo coming next)

Our dessert had Froot Loops as a garnish.

The bill came to $500 for the 11 of us, but then we subtracted the 5 phantom beers they tried to charge us for.

We’re getting together next month for an Iron Chef Potluck! We’ve decided the special ingredient is going to be ginger. I’m making a main course (as is Adrian). What should I make?

All in all, I hugely fun gathering and I look forward to the next one!

I have been fantasizing about eating more Korean BBQ beef aaaaaall morning. This pic is awesome.

NYT: Advice From Grandma

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:15:59 -0500

NYT: Advice From Grandma:

“…At least six things have come together to fracture [the U.S.] public space and paralyze our ability to forge optimal solutions:

1) Money in politics has become so pervasive that lawmakers have to spend most of their time raising it, selling their souls to those who have it or defending themselves from the smallest interest groups with deep pockets that can trump the national interest.

2) The gerrymandering of political districts means politicians of each party can now choose their own voters and never have to appeal to the center.

3) The cable TV culture encourages shouting and segregating people into their own political echo chambers.

4) A permanent presidential campaign leaves little time for governing.

5) The Internet, which, at its best, provides a check on elites and establishments and opens the way for new voices and, which, at its worst provides a home for every extreme view and spawns digital lynch mobs from across the political spectrum that attack anyone who departs from their specific orthodoxy.

6) A U.S. business community that has become so globalized that it only comes to Washington to lobby for its own narrow interests; it rarely speaks out anymore in defense of national issues like health care, education and open markets.

These six factors are pushing our system, which was designed to have divided powers and to force compromises, into the realm of paralysis. To get anything big done now, we have to generate so many compromises — couched in 1,000-plus-page bills — with so many different interest groups that the solutions are totally suboptimal.” (Thomas L. Friedman, NYT)

section9: caetiecakes: korean bbq mini tumblr meet up.so...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:53:36 -0500

section9:

caetiecakes:

korean bbq mini tumblr meet up.so amazing

Korean BBQ + Tumblr peeps = fab Sunday night :)

"The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:57:37 -0500

“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”

- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD), Meditations