Year in Review Meme

OK, everyone is doing this (Janet was the last one I saw), so I'll do it, too. Instead of writing a creative year in review, just copy the first sentence of the first blogpost of each month in 2006. Until June 9th I had three blogs, so I have to pick the first sentence from the first post on each! Since then, this is the only one. Here are mine (I skipped quick shout-outs to carnivals and such):

January
I am obviously using the extended holidays to recharge my blogging batteries.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute which funds a number of researchers in the field, has made, a couple of years ago, an excellent website about circadian rhythms.

Look at these different views on the same incident (a student expelled from Le Moyne College in upstate NY for writing a paper endorsing corporal punishment)

February
Give up on working today...as there is just too much cool stuff to read!

Interesting, but not surprising, though the mechanism may be different in SAD and other disorders.

I will be hosting the sixth edition of the Teaching Carnival on Science And Politics (my 'home' blog) on February 15th, 2006.

March
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

The very first circadian rhythm ever observed was a rhythm of opening and closing of leaves of a mimosa plant.

Rob the Dirty Liberal has some interesting and thought-provoking ideas about a college freshman science course - or how one can be designed: University Science Education: A New Approach.

April
I don't know how much that will help in the future, but nobody beats John Edwards in Internet savvy.

This being the National Sleep Awareness Week and in the heels of the recent study on sleep of adolescents, it is not surprising that this issue is all over the media, including blogs, these days.

This being the National Sleep Awareness Week and on the heels of the recent study on sleep of adolescents, it is not surprising that this issue is all over the media, including blogs, these days.

(actually, the two posts are completely different except for the first sentence)

May
Videos from this conference can now be found here.

I wrote before about the effects of circadian time and/or body temperature on time perception.

This is the summary of the first part of the first lecture in Introduction to Life Science (this is a science requirement for non-science majors at an accelerated adult education program at a community college).

June
After enjoying Bryant Park for a while, taking pictures, and exchanging presents (actually, receiving presents, including chocolate bananas) it was time to move on.

Interesting idea, via Sleep Disorders blog: a pre-recorded morning talk-show puts you to sleep because it is a distraction from Real Life worries that may otherwise keep you awake at night, yet no need to worry that you'll miss something interesting.

Biology is concerned with answering two Big Questions: how to explain the adaptation of organisms to their environments and how to explain the diversity of life on Earth.

OK, let's try to figure out this Movable Type thingie.

July
Go here to see what the best strategy is for maximizing the impact.

August
A couple of days ago I took my son to see "Monster House".

September
First seen on Thought From Kansas.

October
Wow, it's been a while since I last hosted the Tar Heel Tavern.

November
Yikes! I hope nobody gave you this candy last night!

December
Genes may help predict infidelity, study finds: Could DNA tests tell you your risk of being cuckolded?

Hmmm, it seems I almost never start a month with a decent post! I'll have to try better next year for the sake of this meme!