2 years ago (Apr 12, 2010 at 4:38pm) Tags: article

Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again - NYTimes.com

Dr. Martin credits that six-hour experience with helping him overcome his depression and profoundly transforming his relationships with his daughter and friends. He ranks it among the most meaningful events of his life, which makes him a fairly typical member of a growing club of experimental subjects…

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1 year ago (Nov 24, 2010 at 9:44am) Tags: article culture
NYT leading the revolt against precious coffee snobbery?  It was only a matter of time. Frank Bruni wonders how much is too much Pete Meehan on snobby baristas (scroll to ‘Episode 2’) Entertaining reads, the both of them.  As a computer nerd in San Francisco, the coffee professing and snobbery (I’m guilty in it as well) is sometimes offensive.  Meehan sums up my current feelings with the great little anecdote: My friend Mark summed up the way he feels about such coffee-shop culture with the joke that he’s going to order his next drink as a “cappuccino, no leaf.”

NYT leading the revolt against precious coffee snobbery?  It was only a matter of time.

  1. Frank Bruni wonders how much is too much
  2. Pete Meehan on snobby baristas (scroll to ‘Episode 2’)

Entertaining reads, the both of them.  As a computer nerd in San Francisco, the coffee professing and snobbery (I’m guilty in it as well) is sometimes offensive.  Meehan sums up my current feelings with the great little anecdote:

My friend Mark summed up the way he feels about such coffee-shop culture with the joke that he’s going to order his next drink as a “cappuccino, no leaf.”

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8 months ago (Sep 16, 2011 at 10:53am) Tags: society article urban planning

Suburban homes obsolete?

Very interesting read over at Design Observer about the changes afoot for suburban developments and neighborhoods, including history, economics, and realities of postwar priorities versus today’s needs.

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