Psych

Earlier this evening I had the pleasure to rate the humour in Seinfeld, Friends, and Looney Toons clips through 6 electrodes tuned to my eyebrow muscles. Strange that the quantification was based on conscious muscular contraction - in that light the whole eyebrow setup seemed a bit contrived.
Anyway, I was sufficiently well behaved to prevent the experimenters from applying the electroshock feedback and I even did a good deed on the way back home.

Tibet

Ever since China's "Peaceful Liberation" of Tibet in 1951, the human rights abuses in the country have been steadily worsening. Everyone knows that something's going on there, but the effective genocide of the Tibetan people by the Chinese leadership is rarely treated as more than a curiousity.

Get yourself informed: Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion

Keep in mind that the Chinese people are comparably imprisoned by their leadership.

The situation in Tibet is sadly a symptom of our times and similar cases occur worldwide. Check out the Amnesty International site now and then to be aware.

Melts

Well, my guided research is finally settled and I will continue the inquisition of Pseudomonas started over the summer. Nostalgia brings to mind a ninth grade debate on genetically modified Pseudomonas syringae leaking into the biosphere and now, here I am, genetically modifying Pseudomonas syringae and lea....keeping it under secure and sterile conditions....yes.
Currently, however, the mysterious greying of sage tea in around 6 hours consumes the mind...