It’s been a while since I jotted some thoughts here in the old blog. It’s been a rather on/off series of weeks. I went on a four-day vacation while my sister was here, then returned for a full week of research. Labor Day weekend was spent in Connecticut with my […]
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This has been a really refreshing week, quite a turn of events from the constant obsession with fundamental particles. My sister arrived on Tuesday, and after finally clearing my plate of all my last minute research items I was ready to put aside physics. We hiked, we biked, we watched […]
Two years ago, we in the United States were treated to the destruction of an entire city, the failure of local, state, and national government institutions, and an ongoing saga regarding the New Orleans’ levee system. Last year, predictions were for an equally destructive season, something that was averted thanks […]
Jodi and I finished dinner tonight and the suggestion arose that we shouldgo to a local cafe for cake, coffee, and a little atmosphere. She had some work to do on a research project, something she could do with her Powerbook, and I had a paper to edit and some […]
YAWN STRETCH OW! Well, at least I won’t need my legs to type this. This morning, Jodi and I met friends at Sequoia High School down at the bottom of our hill. The occasion was not breakfast and coffee, though it became clear an hour later that both of those […]
A month ago, I mentioned that our car was broken into and a number of canvas shopping bags were stolen [1]. The reason we have them is the same reason people buy canvas shopping bags: we’re more and more tired of only having the choice of paper or plastic. Neither […]
In the past few years, there has been a lot of fuss about music sharing. Something that I and my friends regularly engaged in during high school and college – making mix-tapes, in this case – became so easy with the advent of the web and p2p programs that suddenly […]
Can you spot the music critic from the Hartford Courant? Bonus points: can you find my sister? (Photo from the Shag Frenzy website) (Need help spotting the Critic? Check out his blog for a likeness: http://blogs.courant.com/eric_danton_sound_check/ Powered by ScribeFire.
Last year, the sixth seal was broken and at&t rose from the ashes of the baby Bells, which in turn resulted from the sacrificial burning of AT&T. It’s in the Bible. I swear. Can’t find it? Try the Qu’ran. No? Keep looking. Anyway, a lot of people have laughed at […]
I was recently witness to the kind of modern slight against women in physics that reminds me that while we’ve all come a long was as a field, we have a mighty long way to go to achieve mutual respect. Without going into details, or naming names, the incident can […]
“Marketplace”, a daily show about money, the economy, and the intermingling of business and personal lives, presented a short piece on how the desire for a life of academic pursuit, and the desire for a life together with another, can come into conflict. On tonight’s program, reporter Jane Lyndholm presented […]
I’ve been running pretty silent again lately. It’s not like interesting things have stopped happening in the world. About a third of the Republican presidential candidates still don’t believe in evolution, the basis of progress in the entire modern medical and social fabrics of our world (good luck on real […]