Posts by sarcozona
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 […]
Sunday Song
The Quest for the Perfect Music-at-Work Solution
Many people have to share an office with several people or don’t even have real walls at work. I have a nice little office that I share with just one officemate. She makes up for her love of Top 40 country by spending much of her time in the field and the greenhouse. So most […]