RehabRN reading continues...

It's so nice that Bubba's been feeling like reading, so Dahey and I take him regularly to RehabLand's public library (which is pretty darned good).

Here's a couple of things on the burner right now.

1. Child, please by Ylanda Gault Caveness. This author works the parenting sites and has lots of interesting perspectives as the mother of three kids.

While my childhood deviated on many planes from hers, due to ethnicity, etc., there were more than a few common sayings mentioned in the book that I heard in our house among my parents.

I chuckled to myself more than a few times reading this book, and frankly, there are some hilarious moments that will make you laugh out loud. (and even disturb your neighbors sitting nearby).

Little book with a whole lot of parenting wisdom. I highly recommend it.

2. Shrinks: The untold story of psychiatry by Jeffery Lieberman I just started this one, and the intro is just right. It sets you up in a patient story, and draws you in. The stress, anxiety and the ambivalence of the general public to consider the benefits of a medical psychiatric workup.

I can't wait to continue down the road of this story penned by the former president of the American Psychiatric Association.

Stay tuned!

Something for the science teachers

My high school science teacher was a nun. She had a sibling (also religious) who would work with her on research and mission projects during summer vacation.

Sister L. was kind of out there but wickedly funny. She was also from Fargo. I could see her laughing about this one.

Many science teachers can appreciate the irony of physics.

Stay tuned...Nobel season continues this week.

RehabRN book club

And now for something completely different....

Tired of reading a bunch of boring old literature that's not very interesting? I went to the stacks of the local library recently and found an interesting book. Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? by Jena Pincott is subtitled Bodies, Behavior and Brains--The Science Behind Sex, Love and Attraction and this book is an easy read since it's got a lot of small sections that describe the larger categories of bodies, behavior and brains.

Here are some interesting things mentioned in the book.

1. Praat software (found here) can analyze the attractiveness of your own voice right on your PC or Mac.

2. The relationship of the size of your index finger and ring finger can tell you about prenatal hormone exposure.

3. On page 248, the authors of one study discuss the Nash equilibrium related to dating and buying your date gifts. Who'd have thought game theory would appear in this book?