On the asexual nature of American heroes ( Read more... )

Somehow I have managed to escape the seductive forces of technology and consumerism in one respect -- I have not owned a computer since 2004.  This was a fact of which I was quite proud.  But in the end, it seems, resistance is futile ( Read more... )

I have suddenly started exercising again, after 2 1/2 months of pleasant slovenliness. My mind remembers the old summer strength, and at first my muscles (cooped up for so long!) are happy to comply. A run up Hardscrabble Hill and down to the causeway? No Problem! An hour and half in the weight room at the Ellsworth Y? Sure thing ( Read more... )

Tonight I've been reflecting on how I've become meaner and more judgemental in the years since college. Jaded would be the proper word, I suppose. Is it because I've been taken advantage of a few times and lived to regret it? Or just because I've been running with a rougher crowd? Probably a bit of both ( Read more... )

In 2011, we can look forward to a new superhero movie: THOR ( Read more... )

So, I'm researching Vernal Pools for a school field trip I'm designing. And you know what? Humans weren't the first to invent sperm banks. In the salamander breeding cycle, first all the males travel to the vernal pool on the same night, and then engage in an underwater dance called a "salamander congress". At the end of the dance, when they ( Read more... )

I hereby momentarily emerge from my LJ hibernations to make two proclamations:

1) I am glad I do not live in Uganda right now. They are trying to pass a law that would make death by hanging the legal penalty for homosexual activity.

2) Is it creepy that I kind of want a Carolingian Skull for my birthday?


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I think this is my dream house:

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So, I've been done with the Appalachian for a few weeks now. I'm slowly adjusting to "normal" life again ( Read more... )

I'm taking a week off from the Appalachian trail to attend thurschild's wedding in Virginia! Lovely mohos converging all in one place -- I really couldn't miss this ( Read more... )