Sartorial-ish

I'm no Sartorialist, but I saw this gentleman walking to work today and couldn't resist taking a picture. It might be a little hard to see (iphone cameras, no zoom, didn't want to look like stalker) but he was carrying the best 1960's style tan leather briefcase and sported that fabulouso cuban inspired hat. Not to mention, I had to give props for his ankle length trousers, donned without socks, and his dress shoes.

Tina Fey is my Favoritest

On SNL doing her Sarah Palin impression with Amy Poehler as the Hill. Maybe SNL isn't dead after all?

In a Girl's Head

It's all complicated. Even for us. You know, there's all this blathering about your loved ones, and your not-so-loved ones, and about what you're wearing, and about how long you take in the shower, and omg I didn't do the write-up correctly for this meeting AGAIN. Generally, you're multi-tasking all the time, more so than men, and as soon as one of the many balls you have in the air drops you become overwhelmed by a wave of anxiety and worry.

To combat all the building concern, we use this handy tactic of discussion with our lady friends. Otherwise known as Girl Talk (thanks, NYtimes). It's how we've been socialized since we were little, sorry, boys. What few women realize, though, is how terrible too much talking can be. Science has happily named this overshare of feelings "co-ruminations," and let me say that post women's college, I can frankly say that this happens all too often. You spend so much time discussing one worry over and over again, that eventually you end up losing the original point while becoming mired waist-deep in depression. Whoops. Read to finally unravel why girls never. stop. talking.

Point of resentment: while this was a discussion of the brain, and the results of various psychological studies, somehow this entire article got placed in the "Fashion & Style" section. WTF, NYT?

Anxiety Can Kiss My...

fMRI! Wired Science does it again, delving into the nitty gritty fun stuff that everyone wants to learn about. Like, say, finding out whether it's possible to control anxiety and fear that people experience in touchy situations. Apparently you can be trained to manage the anxiety, and even better, it's possible to overcome your fears! It's an old concept, with a new brain-study twist a la Stanford's researching team that use fancy fMRI's to measure your responses. Fair warning, it's informative, but for the real deal, you'll have to wait for a book that's coming out in March '09.

Oh, gmail, thanks a lot for the heads up! I like how personalized that selection was for me. I just wish you wouldn't read my emails, and my chats, and basically everything that I do with such frequency and dedication to do that. It freaks me out. Thank goodness I haven't installed Chrome...yet.