Got up and felt relatively good this morning. Got into work. Things are fine. The pink-eye is a bit of a drag. The man-in-charge is giving me a wide berth. It’s now 12:30 and I’m beginning to flag. There’s a 3:00 meet with the student employees. I may bag out of here a bit early. … Continue reading Back at work – ugh
Apologists for natural resource extractors
I read “Straight Dope” now and then. Being sick lately, I’ve had more time than usual. I love this posting by Cecil as he counters a long tirade from the National Fisheries Institute. This NFI guy is just like all the other natural resource industry reps who spin science to their favor in order to… Continue reading Apologists for natural resource extractors
SOMA camp 2010 – success!
SOMA camp 2010 in Occidental, CA was over January 18. I was “in charge” of the sorting & display tables of the mushrooms. It was a very soggy affair. Rain rain rain rain. Since the planners knew rain was coming, they setup a large tent on the outdoor deck and hung fluorescent lighting in it.… Continue reading SOMA camp 2010 – success!
Illness – take 2
As I’m slowly recovering from this flu, I now discover myself the holder of a pink-eye infection. Will pick up the prescription this afternoon. Life is just one damn thing after another…..
Those NY-Times interactive graphics. This one on the Federal budget
They’ve got a great one up that shows the Federal budget for 2010 and 2011 (as proposed by Obama). What’s really interesting is the button to click that removes “mandatory spending” from the plot. There’s a LOT of mandatoryspending! See the link over in the sidebar. NYTimes budget interactive graphic
Swine flu
I’ve had the swine flu for the past few days. It’s a real knock-out. No energy at all. Head feels like a brick. Sudafed hardly makes a dent in it. Actually watching TV. Had not seen Home Improvement for a long time.