A blog from a science nut, computer geek, sometimes philosopher, and a human. Based out of Denver, with a love of Antarctica, I seem to wander the world so who knows where I'll be in 6 months.
Somewhere in the last week I changed my mind about my next step. Rather then cool my heels for a time here in DC while waiting for Angela to return to Cape Town then migrating there, I decided that it makes more sense to get out there and stop treading water here in DC. I … Read more
Stand in front of the elevator, thinking about the 8 hours of work you are trying to accomplish and all the things you are falling behind on, or should do, and how exhausted you are wanting only to take a nap, all the while realizing that this is irrational, “not really you,” and just a manifestation of the depression makes you all of a sudden just want the tide to break… Even if it’s just for a few hours.
I just read a passaged that describes how a human body can become the niche that will develop anti-bacterial resistants bacteria. The book is Mountains beyond Mountains written by Tracy Kidder concerning the life and passion of Dr. Paul Farmer who set about to improve the Haitian condition using anthropology and modern medicine. I highly … Read more
I was revisiting the topic of soap today as I was thinking about the continuing discussion that i’ve had where people argue hand sanitizer are as bad for the Environment as anti-microbial soap and decide that it was worth continuing (and perhaps ending) this conversation. Many of you have likely heard about the superbug or … Read more
Man-o-man, housing drama is not fun! For those of you who don’t remember I live in a row house nicknamed 1019 with 8 other people inside the district, within walking distance of the Columbia Height Metro. I’ve now lived in the same house for the nearly 2 years I’ve been in DC, which I think … Read more
I still try and practice the art of photography occasionally and it’s really to keep me sane then it is to win anything, but occasionally I get notice for random things. I put some of my photos on flickr and this one here in DC has been included on a virtual guide. Not much, but … Read more
I realized probably lost a few people when I jumped from my grandma dealing with death, to FISA and our civil liberties, so I wanted to catch you all up on my grandma. She’s quite alive and being as feisty as a grandma should be. She’s on dialysis on a regular schedule of Monday, Wednesday, … Read more
Many of you asked what I was doing in urgent care and how urgent it was. I am fine, I just had yet another sinus infection and my Primary Care Physician is at GW University’s Medical Facility Associates (part of a Teaching Hospital) where getting a regular appointment is generally more then a week out. … Read more
It’s been a while, nearly a month an a half since I’ve chimed in on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I’ve been provoked by the fact that I’m sitting in an urgent care waiting room contemplating how mood, pain, sanity, and learning to be happy in all situations co-exist. On the one hand … Read more
I’m generally in the habit of doing my own research these days, but I couldn’t resist this post on howto.wired.com. They did such a good job covering all the basis and giving some good background that I felt it deserved a re-posting. (And thanks to the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Copyright I can.) The link … Read more