Category: Personal
Starting Young
I don’t get this Internet thing. I was sure that yesterday’s dog dialogue about evolution would generate some traffic, if only from biologists whining that I didn’t explain evolution correctly. But– nothing. I guess I failed to include the magic attention-generating phrase– “Darwin Day” or “Michael Behe is Dumber Than My Dog,” or something. Anyway,… Continue reading Starting Young
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 of years ago. Certainly, hot, acidic liquids with caffeine are on the List of things… Continue reading Alternative Beverages
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 blue points are from 2006, the green from 2007: (It’s not science without graphs.)
The Year in Blogging, 2007
Because it’s not science without graphs: That’s the traffic for this blog for 2007. If you integrate the area under the curve, you get a total of 833,275 page views for the year, which is, frankly, kind of astonishing. That’s up from last year’s total of 574,676, so I guess the goal for 2008 is… Continue reading The Year in Blogging, 2007
Happy Arbitrary Numerical Signifier
There’s really no global significance to January 1– it’s not even universally acknowledged as the start of a new year– but it’s good now and then to take a little time to reflect on things. As a culture, Americans tend to be fairly bad at this (we’re a low albedo nation), but we’ve built two… Continue reading Happy Arbitrary Numerical Signifier
Family Traditions
Tomorrow, Kate and I will be heading off to Scenic Whitney Point to spend a few days with my family. Part of this will be the traditional Christmas Eve dinner with my father’s side of the family (described in more detail below the fold). It occurred to me a little while ago that this is… Continue reading Family Traditions
Dork Nostalgia: Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time
“Do you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?” — Steven Brust, Dzur Way, way back in October, when I was annoying you all with DonorsChoose fundraining posts, I offered to sell post topics for $30. I’ve paid off most of these, but I have three left, one of which was for… Continue reading Dork Nostalgia: Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time
Liquid Turkey
… or, Emmy’s Best Thanksgiving Ever! We did the traditional turkey-and-trimmings dinner Saturday with both sets of parents. Again, we brined the turkey overnight, following the Good Eats recipe, and other than a small glitch with the thermometer placement, everything went very well. The turkey was nicely roasted, moist, and juicy. And that’s where the… Continue reading Liquid Turkey
Thanksgiving 2007
Kate and I will be hosting Thanksgiving again this year, but not until Saturday, for reasons having to do with pet-sitting– the Queen of Niskayuna will not tolerate inferior dogs (i.e., any dog who isn’t her) in her house, and for some reason, it’s hard to find a pet-sitter for Thanksgiving Day. Imagine that. Anyway,… Continue reading Thanksgiving 2007