When I was little I played with dolls and made mud cakes, like any other girl my age. I had a ballerina doll that looked like a Barbie but wasn’t actually a Barbie. She was Nadia, a name she got because of her gymnast-like, very slender body. Unlike gymnasts, she also had boobs but that [...]

I’d like to take this opportunity to declare my undying love for J Crew and all the goodies in that store. But especially the shoes. The flats, the pumps, the heels, the d’Orsays, peep-toe, no peep-toe, with bow, bow-less, the shoes are divine. Take a gander. Is there a person in the right mind that [...]

I has already seen this video and perhaps so have you. But I just came across it on Swiss Miss and watched it again.     The title is pretty much self-explanatory. People basically take their pants off during the subway ride. It doesn’t surprise me that much since it takes place in NYC, the [...]

Oh boy! It’s hot outside. I’m not exactly pro-AC but we had to take out the big guns on Wednesday because little Alex drops were beginning to drip on the floor – I was melting! So while we were chillin’ in the AC breeze yesterday afternoon, we hear leaves rustling then thunder and all of [...]

When they say that 30% of the rainforest  has been cut, do you know where the trees went? They reincarnated in many sheets of paper that ended up stapled together in a scholarship application file. My scholarship application file. I’m not going to give any details about the nature of this scholarship, out of political [...]

Mircea Cartarescu, a Romanian writer became famous for his “Why we love women”, a short essay on why men are fascinated by women. Here’s a tentative translation of this essay for my English readers. Enjoy!   We love women because they have round breasts with nipples that stick out through the blouse when they are [...]

Friday evening began what will be known as the Pushing Daisies phase of my life. I have no idea how I haven’t watched this show until now (thanks again Phil), it’s absolutely amazing! Not only are the story and the setting as if stolen from a fairy tale, or Amelie Poulain, but also, Chuck’s outfits [...]

I’d like to share two videos with you guys. They certainly brightened up my day and I know you’ll like them too.   Video #1: a short film about love seen through the eyes of a little boy. This will make you feel all warm inside     Video #2: what 6000 post-its and large [...]

Disclaimer: some science-related babble will follow. Avert thine eyes!     You all know what happens when you leave kiwi peels or a slice of tomato on the counter overnight, right? Fruit flies galore! I’m going to tell you something funny about the fruit fly, also known by its fancy Latin nomenclature Drosophila melanogaster.   [...]

You want to know what I did today and yesterday for that matter? Working in a lab at 33 degrees. Celsius. How many of you know what that’s like? Nobody? You lucky bastards! Let me tell you what that’s like. It’s like walking through the rainforest only that you hear the sound of centrifuges 2 [...]