Category Archives: Personal

Ugh. I’m waiting in an Ohio airport for a flight home. I just finished giving a talk on my research, which seemed to go over well – lots of questions and lots of compliments afterwards. This will be a less-than-24-hour … Continue reading →

Tomorrow marks the five-year anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. I don’t have a whole lot to say about it this morning, but instead will link to the text of Mark Twain’s The War Prayer. Twain was a … Continue reading →

I finally decided to update my blogroll the other day with some of the sites that have quickly become required reading for me. It still amazes me how many great authors, in a variety of different disciplines and professions, are … Continue reading →

I thought I’d mention a few points of blog interest. First, I’ve finally gotten myself a dedicated email address for my blog: skullsinthestars *that’at’thingy*skullsinthestars.com. Feel free to write with comments, criticisms, observations, or requests. Science blogging is hard! It takes … Continue reading →

Well, it’s been quite a week. My blog posts critiquing Mr. Relativity Denialist have been visited by an amazing number of people, making my blog stats look like a delta function, my postdoc advisor was in town to give a … Continue reading →

Today has been relatively interesting. First, I received an email that my physics textbook proposal was reasonably received by the publisher and I could have a contract within a month! I’ll post more on that when things are more certain. … Continue reading →

Mreh. I was welcomed at work this morning with a total hard drive failure. Of course, the way these things work, this happens to be the week that our local computer tech is off on vacation, so I’m forced to … Continue reading →

I hate to do this so soon after starting my blog, but I’ll be having a posting slowdown over the next few weeks as I travel on business to Amsterdam, the Ukraine, and then San Jose. I’ll try and throw … Continue reading →

Welcome to my new weblog! The title of this post refers to the title of an unpublished Robert E. Howard story, and also sounds like a perfect way to describe my goals here. I’m a professor of physics who has … Continue reading →