1) Randy Covington of Newsplex came to our offices last week to speak to a group of us on global trends in converged newsrooms. 2) I placed my pre-order for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT.

Here's some brain food that arrived recently: 3) Leaves start to emerge on the trees in front of the building where I work 4) Go! Sudoku for the Sony PSP and In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind by Nobel winner Eric Kandel 5) The Week magazine, probably the best (and slimmest) little news magazine around and Dwell with a cover story on interior designs of homes under 1,700 sq. ft. 6) Burlesque and the Art of the Teese by Dita Von Teese. Simply breathtaking model, wardrobe, styling and photography. And Field Notes from a Catastrophe, by New Yorker reporter Elizabeth Kolbert on climate change.

Cianna update: her medication has helped a lot, but hasn't eliminated the seizures. So this week we start experimenting with another drug. She also has to undergo an ambulatory EEG for 24 hours this Thursday and Friday. She'll have electrodes glued to her head the whole time feeding data to a portable computer strapped to her waist. I'm taking off work as I have to watch her the whole time to manually log the seizures. Look for some fun photos of all that...

- mike lee - wheaton, md