Archive for June, 2011
Pretty Things
Sunday Song
Anthony Weiner’s Resignation
When I first heard about the pictures Anthony Weiner sent to some of his twitter followers, I thought it was funny, but not newsworthy. Or at least not as newsworthy as the amount and tone of the media coverage suggested. If the women he corresponded with didn’t consent to receive those kind of pictures, that’s […]
May
From Chocolate & Vicodin: My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn’t Go Away by Jennette Fulda: It had been a week now. Seven days. 168 hours. 10, 080 minutes. 604, 800 seconds of pain. Constant pain. It gnawed on my nerves with formless teeth as I sipped my coffee. It flicked at my […]
Pretty Things
Throwing a wrench in biogeochemical cycles
“Biogeochemical cycles” used to be a phrase that sent me running for the coffee. I know that understanding biogeochemical cycles will make me a better ecologist, and that biogeochemical cycles are fundamental for getting the big picture. Unfortunately, every time I tried to learn more about the subject, I ended up getting lost and bored […]