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Heavy Petting Human Zoo
I went to a Rangers game the other night and was transported back to my childhood in Maine, where we would get up before sunrise for morning practices and occasionally make the drive to Portland to watch the Maine Mariners, now the Portland Pirates, our state’s National Hockey League farm
Lightning Happy Hour at The Skinny
The weekly Wednesday night party “Rock n’ Roll High” at the Skinny jumps off tonight at 10 pm, but really starts with free vodka from 11:00 – 11:30pm. Music skews fun with every damn blog and event posting referring to Chuck Berry, The Ramones, and anything in between that’ll make
Broke-Ass of the Week – Monica the Intern
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.
Make Some Memes
Last night’s free lecture was pretty sweet, and not just because professor Patrick Gannon had a delivery like Kids in the Hall’s Kevin McDonald. He showed us some gross anatomical brain asymmetries consistent in humans, chimps, and gorillas in the ‘œcomprehension’ brain regions before propelling into more subtle asymmetries in
Get Your Neuroscience!
Today I’m going to reveal a little inner dorkling, but don’t worry, I’ll temper it with some theatrical overcompensation, Tarantino style. After university, I walked away from a neuro-imaging internship with Harvard to go teach tennis in Switzerland. I’ve been sidetracked ever since, but still love all things neuro, including
Pint Exchange – Give Blood, Get Beer
Like organizations that use anime-eyed children in fundraising campaigns, Brooklyn brewer Kelso is using something we have a powerful weakness for – free beer – to leverage positive impact. For the rest of this month they are offering a ‘œPint for Pint’ program whereby you can present an official declaration
Out of Bizznass Vintage Sale!
Thanks Mr. Madoff! Now that people can’t really justify those timeless animal prints or crinolines and cat-eyes from the 50’s, we can reap the benefits at a huge sale at Amarcord Vintage, a company “dedicated to the upscale European vintage clothing and accessories from the 1940’s to 1980’s”. It opened
