Piccies from LSU They like their football at Louisiana State University. Their football stadium is huge, seating about 90,000 people. An...

Louisiana update I spent a good chunk of yesterday with fellow neuroethologist Jim Belanger, commiserating over Provost woes, etc. I also ...

Time, time, time, look what you've done to me Yup, it was all about time yesterday. Like looking at my watch when the pilot of my plan...

Can't sleep My inability to sleep before a trip came in handy again today. I had changed the alarm to the right time, but forgot to se...

Did I mention the gods hate me? Yesterday, I was just about done everything I could do that day, and was thinking of going home a little e...

A few weeks back, I went to see a movie, which is something I try to do every week if there’s anything remotely interesting. This particular...

My student Sandra and I made a run out to the Coastal Studies Lab today to pick up some animals, examine a few plots I set in motion, and go...

Link of the day: Ph.D. Comics . I love it. It was one of the best things I learned about at Western Nerve Net. One of the best non-scientif...

Today's weather : Heat that, when you walk out of an air-conditioned building, sucker punches you behind the head with a sock full of pe...

The Twilight Zen Cell phone.

My eighteenth scientific paper got accepted at the end of last week. I finally had a chance to sit down today and make the few small require...

I just got confirmation of when I’m supposed to give my poster at this year’s Neuroscience poster. I’m pleased that this year, I’m giving m...

Western Nerve Net As I mentioned before, Santa Clara is a very pretty university, with a long history and Jesuit tradition. The mission ...

There is no hot water in the showers where I’m staying. This makes for a rather rude awakening, especially after a night of poor sleeping. I...

Ah, the mild California weather has played its evil trick on me. Because it’s nowhere near as hot as Texas, I spent most of the afternoon wa...

I’m typing to you today from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. The first university in the state, apparently – and it sure...

Life is full of little surprises. Like car repairs. More examples are rolling in today. First surprise. I am leaving to go to a meeting to...

Whoops. Guess it has been that long since I posted. I spend most of today getting ready for Western Nerve Net (my abstract is up on line no...

Failure number one: I have to meet a student today. Which means I'm going to campus instead of getting a day off. Failure number two: ...

Dating myself with that entry title. Call it Canada Day, if you prefer. I'm celebrating by trying to take the day off. We'll see if ...