Dubious Quality

Eli 23.4 finished his Hamburg marathon Saturday in 4:12. This included stops at convenience stores for snacks/water. One month and a trainin...

As per recent tradition, I'm posting Friday Links on Thanksgiving in case you need a distraction from whatever holiday disaster might be...

I have this sign on my study door now: Telling the story will take the better part of the week, because it's interesting and has quite a...

The good news: Eli 23.3 let me know that his GRE score is official and everything is fine, which is huge! The bad news: something happened t...

Yesterday I did something goofy and C said "The weird in me salutes the weird in you." That's the best description of a relati...

Leading off this week, a fantastic read:  As NASA increasingly relies on commercial space, there are some troubling signs .  From C. Lee, an...

I went to the spine specialist yesterday to have my sciatica pain checked out. First off, what is the deal with ortho bros? He was quite kno...

From Jussi, and it's incredible: One of the three people to win the Nobel prize in chemistry in 2024 was Sir Demis Hassabis. In short, h...

I sent this in in text form to Eli 23.3 today: I had a crazy idea to write a book called "Embrace the Pain: the New Science of Stretchi...

Eli 23.3's GRE test status isn't showing as "cancelled," so seemingly that's a good sign.

Eli 23.3 took the GRE online this morning. His score was higher than he'd hoped for, and he was all set for submissions to doctoral prog...

 Leading off this week, a terrific read:  How a stubborn computer scientist accidentally launched the deep learning boom .  This is so outst...

Adjacent to our neighborhood, I see multiple bowling alleys with signs looking something like this: All these places are old as dirt, and th...

Did I mention Eli 23.3 is running a marathon two days after Thanksgiving? It's hard to keep up. He called me three weeks ago and said hi...