Wow! Is this not the most stunning thing you’ve ever seen? As you may have heard, archaeologists recently discovered this late Neolithic double-burial. Read the full article »
Category Archives: science
September 27, 2006
Does my idol have feet of clay???
Sigh. I think I might have discovered an anachronism in a Patrick O’Brian novel. Read the full article »
June 4, 2006
Ship Fever
Ship Fever, a collection of short stories by Andrea Barrett. I finished it this afternoon and I’ve been in a daze ever since. Wow! Read the full article »
May 22, 2006
Lately
This is the reason I’ve been able to get so much reading done lately. Can you tell? It’s a sandbox filled with water. My god, it keeps him happy for hours at a time. Hours, I said. Read the full article »
April 4, 2006
An astonishing discovery
Plot, plot, plot. Of course I read for plot. Who doesn’t? All I’m saying is, I do recognize that there can be more to a book than just plot. Read the full article »
September 5, 2005
Physics 101
Well, I’m gonna take a break from all the yucky stuff and tell you about something that happened at our house the other day. It has nothing to do with hurricanes or the federal government. Read the full article »
August 14, 2005
An irresistible impulse
It’s one of the ways you can plead insanity. The original legal standard was that you had to be so insane as to not know the difference between right and wrong. Read the full article »