me and my exoskeleton

Heterotopic ossification–it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Some freakishness of the human body causes extra bone to form after certain traumatic injuries. The elbow is a common location for it, and so the reverberations from my elbow-busting bicycle crash go on and on. Now I’ve got this bony plate forming in my arm. [...]

religulous

I saw a promotional preview of the film “Religulous” and admit that I laughed throughout. This is Bill Maher’s movie poking at religion and calling out the silliness and danger therein.
A good thing about the film is that Maher makes the subject personal by talking about his own religious background and even interviewing his mother. [...]

your fear is justified

There really is an Alien Autopsy board game. Scot really did pick it up at a garage sale and give it to me. And it really does scream while the eyes light up. And it really will be part of a Burning Man theme camp next year. Don’t touch your computer screen because….geeeeeyagh!…I told you [...]

i got tired of the old design template

So we’re trying this one for now.

forty years in my ears

The audio portion of my head still works after decades of amplified punishment.
Recently I saw a Web page in which a Mr. Peterman posted a list of concerts he’d attended over a period of decades. It was fascinating to see where we converged and how his tastes did or did not change. Since I have [...]

bone of contention

I think I mentioned that there is some extra bone growing in my healing arm–where bone ain’t supposed to be. Overly eager stem cells. A common occurence with this severe an injury, I’m told. Maybe, just maybe, they’d have to take out that extra bone with surgery. Too soon to tell. Today I was chatting [...]

introducing tycho brahe

I was perusing the Wikipedia entry on this famous astronomer (he lived from 1546 to 1601), and came across some very interesting information. I’m not making up the jester and elk stuff.

He was the last of the great astronomers to work without a telescope. He made the most accurate observations of his time with the [...]

mccain responds to science debate questions

I quoted some of Obama’s answers to the science debate questions that I liked. Now that McCain has responded, I’ll include some of his that I generally agree with:
Appoint a Science and Technology Advisor within the White House to ensure that the role of science and technology in policies is fully recognized and leveraged, and [...]