A Well-Wasted Morning

It’s still cold in here in Ohio. This has been the snowiest, grayest, longest winter in recent memory. The sun came out last week, and I felt like I should sacrifice a goat or something.  And we’re supposed to get snow again tonight. Friday is opening day...

P.S. to my last post

My husband has just heard from a Japanese colleague, Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita 藤田 浩之 理学博士(物理学) Dr. Fujita’s family sustained injuries and property damage but they’re alive and safe now. He has asked friends and colleagues to post this message on our websites....

Word rant: incredibly unbelievable.

If you check the bottom of these pages, you’ll see that my website was designed by Etsuko Dunham, who is from Miyako, Japan. After some nerve-wracking days and sleepless nights, she has heard from her sister. Their family is safe and their house is okay,...

Aussies in Space

There’s a throw-away  joke in The Sparrow when Jimmy Quinn tells Sofia Mendes, “I’m not wasting your time telling you funny stories. You have to know about stuff like this, or your program is going to claim it’s found intelligent life on Mars....