the nature of reality
2000.01.21 (updated : 2008.03.24)
I am very wise. I mean I must be, I have a website! And that's how it works, right?
luck (and bird shit)
1998
One of my beliefs is that everything in life is attributable in some (large) respect to luck.
turning thirty
2001
And then, quite suddenly, I turned thirty.
turning forty
2013.03.03
Wow, I've turned forty. And it's wrought some changes!
turning fifty
2021.03.04
They say that fifty is the new forty. But looking back, comparing the two ages seems absurd.
oh Fermi and your paradox
2020.01.31
Why the Fermi paradox is so interesting, and why I blame theropods.
quantum science for a real mind-bend
2019.11.25
Quantum science is crazy I don't know where to start. Fun!
allosaurus vs. t-rex
2012.03.20
My son is, as I write this, four years old. He's been a rabid fan of dinosaurs for over half his life. Curiously, he prefers the T-Rex to the Allosaurus. Here's why he's wrong.
a smuggler in the family
2002.07.18
my grandfather was a smuggler during WWII
page this!
1998.02.13
A story in which a pilot in my family chucked his pager out the window, thousands of feet above worldly concerns.
seventy seven kilometers from nowhere
2023.10.28
One day I decided to cycle to a distant lake. I fell short by a few kilometers, and needed a rescue.
Hi, Karen. Sorry it took me a month to get back to your comments on my web site. You're thinking of going back to Australia to work? Are you looking for tips on how to arrange it?
Live the dream
Just went over your web site,,,awesome,I am going crossed eyed of late, doing so much reasearch on moving to Australia, doesnt have to be perminent,its overwhelming at times, I have a bug up my butt about going there, I did the same thing about 12 years ago and got my green card for the US, now I have to go to Australia, if you have the time,anyone, to help out a fellow Canadian land on Oz, I would be ever so greatful, I have a professional job now, was hoping that might jump my chances, but time is running out, I am 41 and I hear they frown on us oldies,, thankyou ...........Karen