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Colder and cloudier summers in the Pacific Northwest?

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

I came here for the weather. Seriously. East Coast winters (cold) and East Coast summers (Triple-H: hot hazy humid) drove me bonkers. But global warming is making me feel a bit like Rick in Casablanca: misinformed. Misinformed – you know, that great line where Louis asks Rick why he came to Casablanca, to which Rick […]

Ecothinking and Marx

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Here’s a plea to connect the dots: watch the 365.org video, consider rising food prices, and read about Marx today. Dare you!

Exceptional, or just top-heavy?

Friday, June 18th, 2010

This afternoon I went to see Headgear: The Natural History of Horns and Antlers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Interesting exhibition – I was enjoying myself until I wandered into one of the other sections, a special exhibit called Climate Change: Our Global Experiment. I learned a couple of things – for example, […]

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