One of My favorite places to hang out: the Nautical Bean In San Luis Obispo

Here is what I am reading today:

“Give it up for in-laws. Those much-maligned meddlers helped spur an ancient social revolution that propelled human groups from savannas to cities, a new study suggests.”

“Unconsciously, right-handers associate good with the right side of space and bad with the left. But this association can be rapidly changed, according to a study published online March 9, 2011 in Psychological Science, by MPI researcher Daniel Casasanto and Evangelia Chrysikou (University of Pennsylvania).”

“For people with friends and family living in regions affected by earthquakes, watching news coverage of the earthquake’s devastation can be very distressing, particularly if there is no news on their safety and well-being.  Even for those without personal connections to the country, the news coverage can be overwhelming. “

“Billy R. Williams took the pictures of his head in a halo to church with him Sunday to share the news of his miracle. The halo was fastened to his head at the University of Virginia Health System two weeks ago as Williams became the first patient to undergo scalpel-free brain surgery using focused sound waves to relieve symptoms of the essential tremor that has plagued him for nearly a decade.”