NYC Trip: American Museum of Natural History
I have fond memories of the AMNH from when I was a little kid, but was disappointed by yesterday's visit.Posted on May 14, 2008 7:54 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Stuck in an Elevator
I've found myself stuck in an elevator, not once, but twice. Weirdly, both times were in Charlottesville, Virginia.Posted on April 20, 2008 10:12 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Beer Run
I drank the last of the Dogfish Head Raison d'Etre last night (I don't go through beer very quickly these days), which means the fridge is nearly empty, and it's time for a beer run. Which, of course, is a...Posted on April 18, 2008 11:04 AM • 37 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Kids Those Days, Parents These Days
I never rode the subway at nine, but did get dropped off at the Air and Space Museum with lunch money and a map to the Natural History museum...Posted on April 15, 2008 10:11 AM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Six, If You Live in a Trailer Park
In honor of my weekend, here's Larry Miller on the Five Stages of Drinking. This is one of my all-time favorite comedy bits, and it's defintiely in the "funny 'cause it's true" category. Details will, of course, need to remain...Posted on April 13, 2008 9:32 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Let's Zen!
Wow. I'm cranky today. I really need to be more Zen about things. Here's a picture to meditate on: This is the famous "Crane and Turtle" garden at Konchi-in in Kyoto. It's one of very few gardens absolutely known to...Posted on April 3, 2008 12:07 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Baby Advice Open Thread
If you could only give me one piece of advice [regarding FutureBaby, due in July], what would it be?Posted on March 28, 2008 8:42 AM • 46 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Happy Easter
Today is Easter Sunday, which I will be celebrating in the traditional manner: by, um, driving across half of New York and Pennsylvania... OK, maybe that's not the usual tradition... I'm giving a talk tomorrow at Bucknell, so I need...Posted on March 23, 2008 9:36 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Young and Photogenic
Ladies and gentemen, one of the three worst pictures ever taken of me: There is, of course, a story behind this. It's not a particularly good story, but there is one......Posted on March 23, 2008 8:33 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It Snows In Detroit, Right?
I'm very happy with my 2007 Ford Freestyle, but there's one major design flaw that drives me nuts. It's only a problem in the winter, though, which makes me wonder what the hell the folks in Detroit are smoking. If...Posted on February 27, 2008 11:44 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Roller Coaster Pregnancy
All is well now with our baby, but there were a couple of scary weeks in January.Posted on February 25, 2008 7:33 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Why I've Been Preoccupied Lately
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Starting Young
Proof that I got an early start on the geek thing.Posted on February 12, 2008 9:16 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Alternative Beverages
I don't drink coffee, and never have, but I used to drink a lot of tea. Unfortunately, I suspect that 6-8 cups of Earl Grey a day may have played a role in triggering the Great Stomach Unpleasantness a couple...Posted on January 28, 2008 9:35 AM • 44 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The ScienceBlogs Diet, Year Two
A couple of years ago, I decided to lose some weight. Because I'm a big ol' nerd, this involved keeping a more-or-less daily record of my weight, and inevitably, I made a graph of it. Here's the latest version-- the...Posted on January 5, 2008 10:18 AM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Year in Blogging, 2007
A look at the year in blog traffic, and the top ten postsPosted on January 1, 2008 1:24 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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