Walking home yesterday I noticed a particularly lovely autumn leaf. I thought about the chemistry involved. Acidity and the starting composition of the leaf vary the amount of yellow and red as the chlorophyl is used up and the green fades. Different densities of chemicals in different parts cause the Read more
I’m a big sports fan, and a big home-town fan. A backer. This isn’t surprising because sports fandom is, in a way, hometown fandom. It’s not that there aren’t people who support teams from places other than their own town (weirdos) but I would guess a majority of sports fans Read more
When we talk about ourselves, and other real people, we can agree that who a person is, the content of their character, is more important than what they are. Who > What So why is it, when we talk about our fictional characters, more often than not, we start with what Read more
I haven’t updated this blog in a long time. I’m super depressed and have the creativity of a flea. A very boring flea. So… have a monster.
I’ve never been very athletic. I’ve never liked sweating or losing my breath. In high school, though, I discovered an exercise that counted as exercise and didn’t suck: lifting weights. I was particularly fond of curls. I could sit at the curl bench all gym period, if they’d let Read more
Back in high school, a teacher pulled me aside to ask me if I was gay. It was English class. We’d been asked to write paragraphs about our ideal crush. She probably thought she was cleverly engaging us to get us to use adjectives. I said I liked men’s legs, particularly Read more
My office just got a new gender-neutral bathroom. There was a lot of objection from some staff members, mostly women, about having to ‘share with men,’ but ultimately, no amount of objection could erase the simple need: We needed it to meet building code for minimum number of toilets per Read more