Science Saturdays at Yale

For FREE at Yale, 10 am Saturdays, you can do cool stuff like this

and then listen to really smart professors for an hour. Last week was 'Game Theory,' which aligned much better with my undergraduate experience than this week: "Anti-matter." But of course it's about Owen who spends many an hour pondering the physics of black holes so is sure to be sucked in by this one.

Opening Day 2012

Here's an interesting tidbit: The O's are 13-4 in Opening Days at Camden Yards including yesterday's 4-2 victory over the Twins. How is it that a team that has had 14 straight losing seasons has a .764 winning percentage when opening at home? Sure, there's home field advantage, and there's also the fact that they're starting their best pitcher. But so is the other team ... and let me tell you that in many years, the other team's best pitcher was better than ours. Here's the best explanation: the 13-4 record reflects the true Orioles and the rest of the decrepit 14 seasons has been massive underachievement. Until 2012.

Relationship advice

Every armchair psychologist (and real one) gives out advice on how to prevent or defuse fights in a relationship.

Here's an idea on how to start fights:

Respond to *anything* your mate says by narrowing your eyes, raising your eyebrows and saying in an agitated fashion, "What's *that* supposed to mean?"

Example:
loved one: "What's the plan today?"
you: "What's *that* supposed to mean?"