To service my news habit, I often turn to two of the newspapers on the
web, the New
York Times and the Washington
Post; they help satisfy my thirst for movie reviews, too. I also
read the print edition of the San
Francisco Chronicle. Slate often
has interesting articles.
The high school from which I graduated, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, has a number of useful web pages associated with it. There's a school page, of course, but also a well-maintained alumni page with information on e-mail addresses and web sites of NCSSM graduates.
I keep kosher (i.e., follow the Jewish dietary laws), though these days I do it by being basically vegetarian. At the University of Maryland, I was on the meal plan at Hillel. An interesting site with both recipes and links to useful information (like a list of kosher and nonnkosher fish species) is maintained by the Asian-American Kashrus Services. I am a Conservative (which is actually the middle-of-the road branch, as opposed to Reform or Orthodox) Jew, though a political liberal, and attend Netivot Shalom synagogue.
I live with "delayed sleep phase syndrome" (DSPS), a sleep disorder
due to which I used to be unable to fall asleep till 5 AM, or wake up in
time for classes in the morning. Due to recent research (check out this
link), I have found an effective solution: minimizing my exposure to
light (even typical levels of indoor room light are problematic) in the
evening. I now keep more normal hours, often falling asleep around midnight.
An excellent
page on DSPS, with links to more general information on sleep disorders,
has been created by Su-Laine Yeo.
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