I've learned from this article this this was the first white Christmas in the Rio Grande Valley ever recorded , and the first measurabl...

I was probably up for a good half hour before I looked out the window yesterday. I wonder what my face looked like when I realized what I wa...

It is, according to The Weather Channel and The Monitor , 0°C outside. Freezing. I'm not sure I believe it. I see rain, not snow, and n...

Perhaps a slightly over the top headline, but I am pleased to report that I've continued with my track record of securing small internal...

I always had such high hopes for those people who chased after the Loch Ness monster, sasquatch, and Ogopogo. Unlike lots of other fringe id...

Congratulations to my colleague and friend Anita Davelos Baines on the birth of her third child, a baby girl. This makes her (the child, no...

This has nothing to do with science, but I helped a friend this weekend and I'm damn proud of it. I think I accomplished a great deed.

I hate the day I post final grades and the day after. Because it doesn't matter how often I tell people that there's no extra credit...

I got the announcement for the spring semester competition for an internal Faculty Development Grant about 3:11 pm on Friday. I just finishe...

Just noticed that Google wants to run ads on blogs. Like this one. (Okay, maybe not like this one—maybe one that's actually popular...)...

December 7 th , 2004... a day that will live in suckage... Yeah, it's been a pretty naff week. Tuesday was, as you've gathered, part...

Yesterday, I banged out a short proposal for an internal program they're calling the "Undergraduate Research Initiative." If s...

Remember the Hulk movie from last year? Lots of hype, impressive in lots of ways, stuck with a confusing ending? There was no shortage of a...

I drove out to the Coastal Studies Lab today to pick up some ascidians and mud shrimp. I only came back with ascidians. A bit of a storm ble...

I've been getting odd looks from the Americans surrounding me this week. They've all been wishing me a happy Thanksgiving, and I kee...

It's fair to say that search engines have revolutionized how people use the internet, and in fact, much of their lives. And the 900 poun...

I'm working today (as usual), walked into my lab, and was just about bowled over. It was hot! Way hotter than Mike's lab next door. ...

Frustration ( n ): Losing your glasses and not being able to look for them—because you've lost your glasses. Yes, I am experiencing this...

I've tidied two things off my plate (more or less) today, both related to the NSF . I sent off a preproposal for a major equipment grant...