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Dr. Robert Epstein theorizes that two people, given a certain level compatibility and physical attraction, can learn to love each other. And, he’s put himself into the experiment:

What does he know that we don’t? Epstein, the editor in chief of Psychology Today, recently published an editorial in the magazine searching for a woman who would be willing to fall in love with him. The two would read up on love, meet with counselors, learn to fall in love with each other and write a book about the process. If all goes according to plan, by the end of it he'll have a steady girlfriend and a book deal. He swears it’s in the interest of science. [...]

(link from Media Bistro)

The Webby Award winners were announced last night. Really, there weren’t many surprises (Google won Best Practices, for instance). Still, my favorite part is the five word limit on the acceptance speeches. A few excerpts:

Finance
Yahoo! Finance: “Enriching your lives and accounts.”

News
BBC News: “Striving to report things fairly”

Via this thread on MetaFilter, I've discovered “In Passing”, a collection of the random things the author sees and overhears on a daily basis. For instance:

“It’s really hard not to go up to an intern in the middle of surgery and say, ‘Don’t freak out, but you're doing that all wrong.’ I try not to do it if the patient’s only under local.”
— A man talking to a group of men on the patio at Raleigh’s.

From this article in the New York Observer, Slate is apparently becoming more like Salon:

Consider some of Slate’s recent material. In just one week, Slate ran cover stories including a review of Barbara Kopple’s ABC TV documentary on the Hamptons, superhero celibacy, Lew Wasserman and the very un-Slate-ish R&B star Ashanti. There have been recent essays on the phenomena of the celebrity shows Extra and Access Hollywood, and pieces explaining the “appeal of Aerosmith’s aging, derivative, eyeliner-wearing hams.” [...]

I’ve always been a Salon fan (and I’ve been meaning to subscribe for some time now), but maybe I’ll give Slate another look. (Link from MediaBistro)

It looks like Yahoo is revamping its homepage. You can even see the new design for yourself at their beta page. But, then again, who uses Yahoo anymore? (Link via MetaFilter)