"Recently, however, an alternate hypothesis has emerged from this one and is turning it inside out. This new model suggests that it’s a mistake to understand these 'risk' genes only as liabilities. Yes, this new thinking goes, these bad genes can create dysfunction in unfavorable contexts—but they can also enhance function in favorable contexts. The genetic sensitivities to negative experience that the vulnerability hypothesis has identified, it follows, are just the downside of a bigger phenomenon: a heightened genetic sensitivity to all experience.

"The evidence for this view is mounting. Much of it has existed for years, in fact, but the focus on dysfunction in behavioral genetics has led most researchers to overlook it."

"There is no reason at all whatsoever to freak out about those things, but when you let sleep deprivation creep up on you, or certain other parts of your life start to spin out of control, those little things can seem like a giant concrete wall holing you up inside a bottomless pit." It's important that people write these words, because one never knows who will read and feel comfort in not being alone. More soon, I promise. [Want the official diagnosis.]

"The iCalendar validator has a long way to go yet. But the road ahead is well lit, and I’m grateful to Doug Day for resolving to travel it." I remember when we had to talk about valid feeds, and eventually, people learned to largely make well-formed feeds, and then we didn't have to talk about feed validation anymore. I think it's important to talk about iCal validation to the point that, in a year or two, we won't have to talk about it anymore.