By popular demand, Thor explains the colorful variety of stones found in our Pacific Northwest. Sara asked me to contribute a blog on our recent obsession with rock tumbling. First a little prologue about the local geologic context, and why we have such a variety of stones here in the Pacific Northwest: A few hundred …
Random mutterings from science!
The evolution of the eye was one of the big issues for those that sought to disprove evolution. (Picture from here.) The rationale (which echoed Darwin somewhat) was that the eye was too complex to have evolved since it would not work without all of the working parts. Since evolution requires a successful adaptation to …
Originally published May, 2018 What do an environmental consultant, a wildlife scientist and a physicist have in common? They all have written books. And good books, too, with the help of science writers and their own writing experience. I love reading about wildlife. I skip over the sad parts, though, even though when one is …
(Originally posted oh, I don’t know–a while ago.) Letters have colors. A year is in the shape of an oval. A week starts out like a row of blocks, with Saturday slightly taller, and Sunday the tallest of all. Each day of the week has its own color, too, as do numbers. A few months …
I’m irritated about gas prices (and all the knock-on effects) but probably not for the reasons you might think. I’m irritated because it should have happened decades ago. Let me explain.
Another edition of Cheese Ends. Get your bootleg provolone and swiss right here.
(Picture from here.) Our local grocery store has an item in the deli called “cheese ends.” These are the ends of cheese wheels of blocks that become too small to cut easily. They bundle them together and sell them as a package. Good cheese in bits and pieces but of good quality. That’s what I’m …
