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3 Years, A Busy Weekend, and A Winner

Apr 18. 2011

Three years ago today, J and I said "I do" in front of 250 of our closest friends and family. We've certainly had our ups and downs along the way, but I wouldn't trade what we have right now for anything in the world. The amount of love and respect I have for this man has grown exponentially since we first started dating 8 years ago, and he continues to amaze me every day. It also doesn't hurt that I still catch him looking at me with the same expression as below: (photo by Danny Weiss) Happy anniversary, my love. Here's to many, many more to come. *     *     * We celebrated our anniversary this past Saturday with a lunch at my...

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16 Things You Didn’t Know About Sleep [Infographic]

Apr 14. 2011

I have been experiencing horrible insomnia lately. It got a bit better last month when I started taking sleeping pills, but now I almost feel like my body has become immune to them. Can this happen? Whenever my body is in dire need of sleep it responds with migraines. Needless to say I have not been a happy camper lately. Coincidentally, I found this interesting inforgraphic about sleep over at haha.nu today. After looking it over — and realizing the crappy state of my own sleep-deprived body and mind — I have no doubt that you will die of sleep deprivation before you die from food deprivation. P.S. — The Magic Sleepsuit giveaway ends tomorrow! Be sure to comment, Tweet, and "Like" for...

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Pink is for Girls, Blue is for Boys?

Apr 12. 2011

Before having Claire I couldn't understand why some mothers — even the die-hard feminists who eschewed all traditional takes on gender roles — would dress their baby girls in pink, frilly clothes all the time. And as soon as Claire was born, I discovered why. It's because whenever she's not wearing pink she's often mistaken for being a boy. And I'm sure that this is the exact reason most parents dress their baby boys in predominantly blue wardrobes as well. I have personally never questioned these color associations with gender before. I always assumed that they are what society once deemed appropriate, and so I — along with billions of others — automatically grew up thinking this way. What's strange about this assumption is just...

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Harvard Entrance Exam from 1869

Apr 11. 2011

NYTimes' "The Choice" blog has an interesting piece titled "Remembering When College Was a Buyer's Bazaar" which contrasts university admissions policies and practices between the late 1800s to now. For example, did you know that top universities such as Harvard and Columbia used to advertise for students right up to opening day and offered entrance exams the weekend before classes started to give students every chance of taking and passing them? And that Harvard even downplayed the difficulty of its entrance exam in advertisements, noting that of the 210 applicants who took its test in June 1869, 185 were admitted? (Don't ask me about my own college application process. Suffice it to say, I was deferred, wait-listed, then rejected from my top choice...

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