Profile of Malcom Gladwell (Blink, Tipping Point) by Rachel Donadio of the New York Times. I’m a huge Blink fan; I think not many theories in modern anthropology match “temporary autism” for the power to, pound for pound, explain combat and police decision making under fire. ~

I keep trying to write a cohesive post about why I hate Sex In The City. Mostly I hate anything that glorifies the childish behavior of a group of selfish people who should know better, treating each other like shit in the service of getting off. There’s something like that already; it’s called real life. Gah. Cheer us up for once, you sick bastards at HBO. I say this because apparently they’re re-packaging the episodes by theme now for DVD ( you know, Greatest Breakups, Greatest Lustings, Greatest Episodes Where It Looks Like The Emotionally Crippled One Might Have Caught Something And You Have To Guess Which One We Meant By ‘Emotionally Crippled’) and everybody’s linking to them, including (mysteriously) largeheartedboy. While I refuse to link to this tripe I feel obliged to vent my spleen about it. I think you have a little on your keyboard. Sorry. Let me get that. ~

According to several doctors (well, Canadian doctors) stretching before exercise can actually be a bad thing, and some people don’t get anything out of cardiovascular exercise. Also, the Canadians spell “exercise” really funny. ~