Author: Will Truman

Russell Foster has a good piece in the New Scientist about teenagers and sleeping: The biology of human sleep timing, like that of other mammals, changes as we age. This has been shown in many studies. As puberty begins, bedtimes… Continue Reading →

States with the largest and/or most: Vermont, New Mexico, South Dakota, Oregon, Maine, Washington, Arkansas, West Virginia, Idaho, Wyoming. States with the smallest and/or least: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Utah, Nebraska, Illinois, Maryland, California, Minnesota, Rhode Island

Our former landlords have informed us that they’re keeping most of the deposit, possibly all of it. On account of our apparent culpability regarding the piping. On the upshot, the house is getting new piping! Yay.

Health: [H1] Dave Schuler’s thoughts on obesity are worth reading. Southerners may not be fatter than the average American so much as they are more honest about their fatness. [H2] Conventional wisdom is that skipping breakfast is a bad dietary… Continue Reading →

So one of the things Clancy had the bright idea to buy is a “play gym”, which is basically a mat with a couple arcs with dangley thingies that the baby can grab, bat around, and so on. It’s proven… Continue Reading →

If Alaska and Hawaii were shown, they’d both be of a darker hue.

McDonald’s is looking at making some changes, including the possibility of all-day breakfast: When asked whether there was potential for McDonald’s to serve breakfast all day, Thompson replied: “Yes, we would consider it. We have the focus on our existing… Continue Reading →

Health: [H1] Infant mortality rates in the US are falling! [H2] Limiting soda size may backfire. China: [C1] These pictures of Hong Kong borg cubes are… beautiful. It’s funny that for a guy who lives in the country and was… Continue Reading →