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Helsinki for a day
For not the first in my life, I find myself passing thru Helsinki. To me, it keeps being a waypoint between places that gets slept in, wandered about in, and then left behind. The first time I was here was 24 years ago. I and 24 others were on our way back from...
I’ll Fly Away
For the past week, I've had the Alison Krauss & Gilian Welch song, "I'll Fly Away," stuck in my head. This fabulous song is one that I hope someone will remember to play when I die, but... beyond that... I'm wondering what my subconscious is trying to tell me...
Speaking Truth to Power: The once and future speech
On the wall of my office is a framed piece of paper that I often think of removing because it may just seem too ostentatious. I keep it there for me - not for anyone else no matter what they may think. It is a just a flattened out table name-card like you get at a...
When life gives you s***, find the manure fork
TL;DR version - Will join me Friday in writing & calling our legislatures to argue for science and science education? There are days that are rotten, and weeks that need a reset button. Sometimes moments of too much wrongness extend across months or even...
My best friend
A few months ago on Twitter (or maybe it was only weeks?) I remember reading about Neil Gaiman losing his beloved dog. A few days ago, JC Hutchins spoke of the death of Lap Kitteh. I haven't lost a pet in many years, but when my first horse died in 2003 the anguish...
Boston, terrorism, and racial profiling of motive
I am a child of Massachusetts. My high school weekends were spent roaming MIT, taking classes with their Educational Studies Program. My summer days were punctuated with afternoons running around the Boston Museum of Science as my friends and I escaped the summer...
Fighting Funding Cuts & Sequestration
Disclaimer: I am writing this post as a private individual. The views in this post are strictly my own, and no approval of an outside entity should be assumed. I have spent the past several weeks trying to figure out how to write this post. Sometimes emotions are so...
Looking for inspiration
I have to admit, life has gotten sufficiently busy that I've lost all track of time and place. Yesterday, waking up in Austin for SXSW Interactive, I was reminded by the intertubes that it is Women's Month, and yesterday (not today) was International Women's Day....
Last Minute Giving
Currently I'm somewhere between the Yucatan Peninsula and Florida. I've been at sea on the Norwegian Pearl since Dec 16 for the End of the World (not) Cruise, and all intentions of buying gifts and sending Christmas cards prior this trip were a complete failure. I...