USGP Day 1 Race Report 18 Nov 2009 | 07:19 am

The most enjoyable thing about my first season of cross (so far) has been the license to “start over” with cycling.  I make stupid turns sometimes.  I stutter step on my remounts. I do things that wou...

Ahoy 11 Nov 2009 | 09:43 am

Hello! I had to stop posting for a while there to make good on my “85% fewer updates” badge in the header.  Amazingly, several hundred of you still visit this blog every day.  I’m not sure if that is ...

F is for fake. And fail. 1 Oct 2009 | 08:08 am

There is a post-doc column in the prestigious journal Nature.  It’s meant to give a short opinion of the practical side of being a student in science.  You know what it gives me? The gaggies.  To quan...

To be the best (at arson?) 25 Sep 2009 | 03:23 am

Some guy from the internet on the topic of science education: I wholeheartedly believe [Cambridge] is the best science university in the world. Universities in America are all about tests and straigh...

Asinine Asininity 16 Sep 2009 | 05:24 am

I just want to go on the record as the first to predict a hit pop song from a duet between Kanye and Taylor Swift.  It will probably be out before 2010. I would wager a not-small sum of money on it. ...

Publish Less, Perish More 10 Sep 2009 | 04:36 am

Scientific publishing is broken. Most published research findings are false (spare the ironic citation joke, please).  What to do? Stimulus money is needed, that much is sure.  We must form committees...

How many rivers we had to cross, before we found our way 4 Sep 2009 | 01:21 pm

On Society 14 Aug 2009 | 05:47 am

You see, the problem is not the picture. The problem is that the picture doesn’t change when you take me out of it. Img from this sordid pile of skullduggery

Good for bike races. Bad for hallways. 8 Aug 2009 | 05:13 am

Or, how to run in to everybody when you are leaving the hospital cafeteria even though you work here every day and constantly run in to people and never grasp the concept that if you just walk on the ...

On The Shortness Of Life 7 Aug 2009 | 03:57 am

I stumbled upon a great essay during a thesis writing break today.  I’ve tried writing something similar in the past, but never found the eloquence to do the topic justice.  Don’t get bogged down in t...