Tomorrow I turn 39. I’m freaking out. In other, more random news, the Marabou stork, which hails from sub-Saharan Africa, is quite possibly the ugliest
I was just on the radio, on a program called Insight, which is produced by our local National Public Radio affiliate, KXJZ. And because I
Most readers of my blog (and associated LJ) won’t care about this, but maybe someday someone doing a Google search will need to know the
So, I’ve got a degree in Philosophy. Everyone to whom I’ve told that has asked me Why. “What did you think you were going to
I don’t usually repost things that I find elsewhere on the web in my blog here, but in this case I’m making an exception. I
Charles Darwin’s tortoise dies – Top stories – Breaking News 24/7 – NEWS.com.au Harriet was 176 years old. Imagine that; imagine being a tortoise 176
The cold I picked up in Ireland appears to have mutated into some sort of annoying permanent viral respiratory infection which has knocked me on
Over the past month or so, I’ve been sick with a persistent URI (though my doctor and I are working on a different theory now
On the other hand, not everyone in the world is a schmuck. Dean Kamen is not a schmuck. If the man who gave us the
In which I expound on cynicism, politics, science, and other random topics. Because I’m bored and unfocused.