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I just read a little blurb from a study that suggests women prefer Web sites designed by other women, and men prefer Web sites designed by other men. Fascinating! Key Website Research Highlights Gender Bias {snip} “We started off by looking at the personal websites created by 60 university students, 30 male and 30 female, …

I saw an MSNBC review of NK-News.net today and checked it out. Decorated with imagery dangerously close to Team America: World Police, the site’s both horrifying and hilarious. It’s also an unparalleled opportunity to see the reality of North Korean insanity, in their own worlds. Take a peek sometime.

I just offered my first-choice candidate the student assistant position, and she accepted! She starts Monday. I’m so excited!! 🙂

Through the hustle and bustle of everything else, I forgot to mention my shock and surprise when I found, on Monday, troops of children marching towards the elementary schools I pass along on my way to work. Indeed, Plano schools started back August 8th. Does anyone else find that just a slight bit crazy??

I think maybe the only person who truly grasped my emotional condition following yesterday’s trip to the dentist was my mom, whose lone question about my post-tooth-pulling adventure was, “Why aren’t you in bed?” There’s no way around it; it totally, completely sucked. My fabulous new dentist, of course, wasn’t the person who actually yanked …

I’ve talked before about my hatred of going to the dentist — I think of dentists as a profession only slightly rooted in the scientific. (As an example, take Alex’s post about the varying dental opinions on the decaying properties of diet soda.) Consensus among dentists is something I have never seen in my life… …

Seriously, I *love* Fridays. Everything just feels better on a Friday… I have far more patience and much more of a spring in my step. And, at least today, I get lots more done because of it. Call it a fluke; chalk it up to my entirely taboo denim capris (which I wore in spite …

Seriously, guys, read his book. A few good links: Switched Off in Basra: His last article, for the New York Times‘s July 31st editorial page The Shape of Days: Interview with Steven Vincent Another snippet from the book (about the nomenclature of how to refer to those fighting US troops in Iraq): Of these three …

CNN suspends Robert Novak He swore and walked off set during a debate with James Carville NEW YORK – CNN suspended commentator Robert Novak indefinitely after he swore and walked off the set Thursday during a debate with Democratic operative James Carville. The exchange during CNN’s “Inside Politics” came during a discussion of Florida’s Senate …

Last night, I finally went to see the highly acclaimed movie “March of the Penguins” at the Angelika Plano. We’d talked about going to see it while in DC, but the group decided instead to see “Batman Begins” (which was a great movie, too). The most amazing thing about this movie was the visual impact …