I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I think it’s been a while. From about 1994 through about early 2000 or so, I really, really, really wanted to be an…
All about carbon
If NPR science correspondent Robert Krulwich had been my high school chemistry teacher, I might have actually understood organic chemistry. Krulwich and cartoonist OddTodd have posted their easy-to-understand, very watchable…
And that’s a good thing
Thanks, everyone, for humoring me on that last post. I’m really excited to read your blogs (and tweets), and it kind of helped feed my urge to blog even more….
Nature’s first green is gold*
*The first line of Robert Frost’s Nothing Gold Can Stay. A (long) aside: I took Advanced Placement English and Composition as a high school senior. By the time the AP…
Now this is just too much
First there was this. Now this: And this:Quit playing games with my heart, spring.
Life in the weeds
Yet again, let me apologize for my lack of posting of late. You know, work, internet issues, blah, blah, blah. It’s becoming so routine. Actually, my real excuse was trying…
Spreading Christmas cheer
I always love coming to visit my parents for a few days, settling into a routine that mostly consists of sleeping, doing whatever errands or chores the Modern Mom tasks…
A fish bear story
(See update at the bottom of the post) Phew. What a week it’s been. Not only has it been one of those crazy-busy weeks at work, but my parents decided…
Snakeout
Every modern gal is allowed an irrational fear or two and the following is mine: I did not take this picture, but this is pretty much identical to what I…