What a shock to hear a call from my home town of Killingworth, CT, on NPR’s “Car Talk” this last weekend. I always tell people Killingworth is the CT town they’ve never heard of. Now, I guess Chester gets that distinction.
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I recently made the analogy between the potential mis-management of stimulus money to hire lots of people, and the mis-management of diabetes [1]. This analogy resulted from a conversation with a close colleague of mine. Today, my discussions with that colleague (I’ll respect his privacy for the time being, referring […]
It’s been 200 years since the births both of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. I’m not smart enough to pontificate on the significance of this day, but I will say this: what a day, that marks the birth of the man who would one day reunite a broken nation, that […]
At a time when scientists and politicians are trying to raise the federal investment in research, selling it not just for its intended work but its benefits to society, we see the emergence of criticism of some of the culture in the federal research agencies. Specifically, an astronaut has apparently […]
Stephen “Cooley” Sekula [1]. Heh. Hilarious. [1] http://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=2015066&postcount=2
Last night, Jodi and I attended a farewell dinner for one of the students I work with on BaBar. I’ve begun to realize that a lot of the students I’ve come to know in the last year are defending their theses and moving on to better positions in the field. […]
I injured my ankle on an over-aggressive run back in late August or early September. Since then, I haven’t been able to run more than about a mile before inviting shooting pain. However, I’ve still needed a stress outlet, so I dusted off my road bike and started taking rides […]
For those of you trying to find news about the fatal car accident in front of SLAC this morning, the accident report has started to make rounds in the local news: http://www.almanacnews.com/news/show_story.php?id=2849
Millie thought back to the time she’d messed around with that Duke kid, the one that strutted around like he was king of the penthouse but he was really just a thieving piece of shit who slept around for homework. It still wasn’t quite as disconcerting as this e-mail. She […]
For those interested in knowing how that money McCain complained about was spent, you can find the study online [1]. McCain, in the past and in last night’s debate, used this research as an example of pork-barrel spending without actually saying what the study was for. According to the online […]
I’ll jot thoughts here, with timestamps (EDT) as the debate unfolds. [9:04] where do the candidates stand on the current economic recovery plan Obama: – oversight of the financial rescue spending – taxpayers must get money from bailout back when market improves – no CEO golden parachutes – solve the […]
Citations are the best way to let readers go back through the chain of references that were source material for statements in your work. While I generally have a lot of respect for journalists, I find the practice of making statements without citing the reference both frustrating and undermining. It […]