I just tried miraculin for the first time.  It's 30% crazy with about 70% awesome.

Next step is to convince some of my friends to try it.  :p

Scientists at the University of California San Diego are making the first microscopic survey of an entire human brain.  But not just any brain, the brain of Henry Molasion who passed away on Dec. 2nd (my birthday) 2008.  Psychologists and psychology students may be more familiar with Molasion's pseudonym, HM, which he used during the 50 some years as a research subject.  When HM was 26 years old he underwent a surgery to treat a severe case of epilepsy.  While the surgery was successful in its primary goal, the procedure left HM with a case of anterograde amnesia.  Fans of the movie "Momento" --whose main character was partially based on HM---may be familiar with anterograde amnesia which is define as the inability to form new memories.  Because of the severity of HM's condition he has been the subject of numerous studies and has showed us a great deal about how memory works.  And it seems --even in death---HM will continue to give us insight.  By freezing HM's brain and carefully taking approximately 2,500 slices, about 70 microns (70 micrometers) thick, researchers will be able to create a 3 dimensional replication of HM's brain with detail that goes down to the cellular level.  This is really exciting stuff, especially for those interested in neuroscience and memory formation.  Even more exciting, according to the New York Times article, the survey should be available to anyone that wants to see it.