Note: November is National Novel Writing Month! I am hard at work on an oral history/satire of Scientology this year,

Tasty links for you to pop and enjoy! Free geeky pumpkin carving templates: no, it’s not science, but it is

(site is back up: yay!) Fish are truly remarkable animals. First off, the question of what a fish is is

I have no idea why, but I can’t access the site from anything but my iPhone. I’m working on getting

Sorry guys, I am off to guide a climbing trip! Next week!

You may or may not know that I work for a Major Outdoor Retailer. Regardless, in the retail world, winter

Popcorn Science is a compendium of all sorts of cool little sciencey bits I find around the web. They’re small,

(Source article: Cavallari N, Frigato E, Vallone D, Fröhlich N, Lopez-Olmeda JF, et al. 2011 A Blind Circadian Clock in Cavefish Reveals that Opsins Mediate Peripheral Clock Photoreception. PLoS

I happen to be injured right now, a story in its own right, but not the point. So this morning

(Source article: Stewart W. Breck, Nathan Lance and Victoria Seher (2009) Selective Foraging for Anthropogenic Resources by Black Bears: Minivans in