(★★★★★) Here we go again! Moon Quest 2025: Another trip around the sun.

(★★★★★) I seem to be filling my condo with forest-themed decor; this probably indicates something.

(★★★★★) The Guardian asked experts whether glucose monitoring is meaningful for healthy people. The resounding response: No.

(★★★★★) Happy New Year! The accountability to last year's resolutions is dawning on me.

(★★★★★) Last one! With today’s Cold Moon, aka Long Night Moon, Moon Quest 2024 is complete!

( ★★★★★ ) This trip had it all. It had axes! It had fire! Plus normal stuff: Friendsgiving with Wisconsin expats and Seppi’s veggie...

(★★★★★) Every cell hurt this morning. But it's full moon day! Can't skip.

(★★★★★) I’ve visited the Tahoe area before, but this was my first solo Barb-style trip. I can’t wait to come back.

(★★★★★) Sleep headphones are a thing. When I found out, I had to try them.

(★★★★★) Ten years ago I left Minneapolis for an uncertain future in the Bay Area.

Five stars. ( ★★★★★ ) Sports bras did not exist until 19-f-ing-77. I can’t get over this. There are so many mind-blowing facts and enraging/inspiring stories in Maggie Mertens’ book, Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women , you should rush to read it. Just don’t run, or your uterus might fall out.

Five stars. ( ★★★★★ ) I am fascinated by anauralia (lack of an inner voice), aphantasia (lack of visual imagination), and the general diversity of the inner human experience. Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination explores a range of neural diversity from faceblindness to super recognition. Sadie Dingfelder describes with great humor how her special brain has presented challenges in life, but also some surprising

Five stars. ( ★★★★★ ) Science! Not woo-woo. I can see why the author of The Expectation Effect was compelled to explicitly distance his book from The Secret and other nonsense. The book explains how perceptions and expectations influence outcomes – from learning, to health and wellness, to stress management, and aging. The audio version was an easy listen and a useful mindset tune-up. (I will be bummed if this one ends up in the debunking crosshairs of If Books Could Kill