My father, Gerry Brown, passed away yesterday. He had been convalescent for some time, so this was not entirely unexpected, but it sure is final when it happens.
Gerry was a fairly well known physicist. His Wikipedia page gives a pretty good summary of his professional life, and I am …
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Looking back, the last 5 years have, collectively, been rather overwhelming.
Five years ago, I was a big-mouthed 7th year graduate student. The biggest change in my recent life was getting a cat (first) and getting married (second).
Now, I'm the father of two (adorable) daughters. I have a minivan …
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I don't suppose anyone knows of a low- or medium-intensity pickup frisbee game somewhere within walking distance of Waikiki...?
If so, drop me a note -- thanks!
--titus
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Posted by Bill Mill on 2009-01-04 at 09:08.
E-mail Larry O'brien and ask him, his email's on the front page …read more
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I have a habit of occasionally sending odd e-mails to my postdoc lab mailing list, for reasons that I cannot adequately explain. Here's the latest one:
Dear Bronner-Fraser Lab, I would like to thank you all for your private letters of support; between the blizzards of Colorado, the floods of …read more
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Just finished the book The Fragile Light, by David Nurenberg. Good stuff; independent author. Worth reading.
Briefly, it's a SF&F novel about a world where mutants are sometimes heroes, and more often feared; where there are Herotown ghettoes full of supers; and where only licensed heroes can join in …
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I've been hit by a few different e-mail-related problems over the last few months, and it's becoming intensely frustrating.
Some servers seem to randomly drop messages from me, for no obvious reason; at least, people don't get one message and then do get another, a day later. gmail may be …
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I read a lot of total crap, and one of my recurring crap authors has been John Ringo. He's a total nutjob politically, but he writes good battle scenes and is an enjoyable read once you cut through the nonsense. Still, I'm having a tough time getting through the opening …
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