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Happy New Year, everyone!

I think it’s easy to get jaded about the New Year and the mindless and commercialized sense of renewal exploited to hawk exercise programs and self-help books. But human beings really do work in cycles, and I think it’s a great thing to view the New Year as a time of planning and anticipating growth, change, and new adventures while reflecting on the journey thus far.

All the best to you as you take on new challenges and make new friends in 2012.

  • January 4, 2012

The EQ of beer: Red Hook Long Hammer IPA

Red Hook Long Hammer IPAI have recently discovered a few things:

(1) I think of the taste of a beer in terms of an EQ curve.
(2) I am not alone in this odd perspective.

What’s the “frequency contour” of your favorite brew?

  • January 4, 2012

A very Mad Men evening.

a photo with John SlatteryLast night I got to see a screening of the Mad Men episode “Suitcase” at the Television Academy, then watched a hosted panel and Q&A featuring producer/creater Matt Weiner and about eight cast members… and then enjoy a reception where most of the actors on the panel hung out to sign autographs and take photos. They were all just fantastic, and the whole thing was a blast.

  • May 19, 2011

Sound dentistry 2.

My experience yesterday with my dentist using sound to assess problems with my teeth made me ponder how else sound is useful in dentistry. After a little Googling: • First,...

  • April 13, 2011

Sound dentistry.

This morning I was at the dentist for the final fitting and cementing of my crown following a root canal a few weeks ago. Yay. But while they were checking...

  • April 12, 2011