Archive for 2008
Extinction Thursday
After Tuesday’s post on the gutted Endangered Species Act, I’ve decided to make such depressing news a regular feature. Every Thursday (or so) I’m going to feature a plant that’s gone extinct recently and tell you why. No, I’m not trying to make you cry, but I do hope you’ll do something. This week on […]
Grades
By this time Wednesday last week, I’d taken four of my five finals. But of course you remember that, or at least the sassy red boots I posted that day. I still have none of my grades. Not even from the classes with multiple choice scantron exams. My sister, who’s in school on the other […]
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These boots from zappos make me want to be a librarian.
Migraine Log – Week 2
It’s time for your weekly migraine update! I’ve been on Petadolex for a week now. Side effects: if I burp after I take my pill, it tastes bad. Nothing like the hair loss, parathesia, or difficulty concentrating I’ve come to expect from migraine meds. Things have gone about the same as last week, though I’ve […]
Action Tuesday!
The Washington Post reported yesterday that politics rather than science guided decisions about threatened and endangered species and habitats under Bush and his appointees: investigators found that she had tampered with scientific evidence, improperly removed species and habitats from the endangered-species list, and gave internal documents to oil industry lobbyists and property rights groups. We’ve […]
Classes
I know, I know – classes just finished. I’m very, very happy about that right now. But I’m doing an independent study over break, and I’m looking forward to most of my classes next semester. For my independent study I’m getting cozy with the statistical programming language, R, and using it to recreate a model […]
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