Some Things Fishy: Fish oil improves learning skills in toddlers according a recent study. Which may explain why I'm so smart: my dad used to make us take daily fish oil supplements. Seriously though, even though the study looked at toddlers, I think I'll start taking them again, since I remember reading recently that the brain is 80% fat, and needs to be kept well lubricated. So my new law school prep plan is not reading, just getting daily omega-3s! Salmon is a great option for omega-3s, but apparently, Salmon is becoming pedestrian: "These days, there's a numb and slightly uneasy feeling when you see a lump of the pink fish dumped on your plate. The feeling, the opposite of the salmon worship of the late 1980s, is more like salmon fatigue—an abiding sense that the wonder-fish has become déclassé."

What do Congressmen do after they finish their terms? They become lobbyists. I guess, living in DC this is not such a shocker, but since we shouldn't be so jaded I am posting the link anyway. The Roberts nickname contest results are in: and the winner is... Tort Blossom! I like that one, but there are a bunch of other good ones in the runner ups!

And as a follow-up to the Man's World piece in my last post, this Economist article about the glass ceiling, on why women still aren't better represented in the top positions: the culprits are "maternity leave, unhelpful husbands, and top officials' propensity to bond over strippers and whiskey shots. And yet, "Women are superior to men at multi-tasking, team-building and communicating, which have become the essential skills for running a 21st-century corporation," said Chris Clarke, the American-based CEO of Boyden."