No one warned me I’d miss my oncology nurses, the radiation techs, and the feeling of safety I got from the routine of cancer treatments. But I did. I seemed to cruise through that part but then came year two. It was really hard. I didn’t go back to a full-time career or kids, just a loving husband who had taken such good care of me–even read to me at night. I floated aimlessly around–with a lot less money and confidence than I once had. I couldn’t focus or get things done. I even read and reread the same books over and over again. (I know Harry Potter really well.) I missed the closeness with my husband and the amazing clarity and gratitude I’d found in the mundane.

Compare to http://routeabout.blogspot.com/2008/07/fwd-george-lakoff-co-foundersr-fellow.html "discusses what the seemingly disjoint topics neuroscience and sociology have in common, and why he feels that they are important. He talks about why some people succeed, and why some people don't. He also explores the connection between a high I.Q. score and the love and emotional care a person receives from his or her family. We get to hear about what roles the conscious and sub-conscious mind play in decision making; how different factors affect how we live our lives; and how we unconsciously seek out familiar things in our environment. Brooks talks about the permeability of the human brain; how emotions gives us the ability to remember and learn; our ability to copy behavior from our peers; and the shaping of thought processes. He also gives us his view on the emergence of human capital as a global currency, and why this is more important than the rise of developing countries.

"he was the second most conservative member of the previous Senate. Add: Barack Obama, by contrast, while more liberal than the average Democrat, is considerably closer to the center than McCain. "

Mentioned: Silverlight, ManyEyes, Notable Hans Rosling presentation at TED, MediaStorm

"a crack team of whipsmart librarians. Armed with some guidelines and an organizational zeal, they’re able to maintain consistent tagging rules on our daily output. They and their predecessors have been doing this for our material all the way back to 1851. While we are not able to share all of that metadata with the general public, metadata is available for all our electronic Web content from 2001 onwards. To see an example of this in action, view the source of a story like New Coast Guard Task in Arctic’s Warming Seas, and you will find the following metadata tags inside (but not all of them used):"

"Just as "Uncle Tom's Cabin" gave ammunition to the American abolitionist movement, "Max Havelaar" became the weapon for a growing liberal movement in the Netherlands, which fought to bring about reform in Indonesia. Helped by "Max Havelaar," the energized liberal movement was able to shame the Dutch Government into creating a new policy known as the ethical policy, the major goals of which were to promote irrigation, interisland migration and education in the Dutch Indies."

"new trains accelerate at a faster rate, about 2.5 miles per hour per second, compared with 1.9 miles per hour per second for the older trains."