Out West 2014, Part 2
As reported earlier, we took a month-long family vacation traveling out West this summer. To pick up where things left off…
This Amazonian Hatchet Thing
Dear Jeff Bezos and Amazon, I got your letter about how greedy Hachette is — how it’s just this huge corporation looking out for its own financial well-being and far too willing to use propaganda to further its own self-interests. You sure hit the nail on the head there, Jeff. …
Out West 2014, Part 1
As reported in my last post, I returned to Charleston from my three-week Europe-to-Rochester adventure at 2am on the Fourth of July. I left Charleston on a flight to Colorado that same afternoon, this time on a month-long family vacation that will swing us through Colorado and New Mexico, staying …
European Research 2014
I was once again very fortunate that The Citadel helped to provide some of the funds necessary for me to travel to Europe to complete my research this summer (for previous trips, see 2013 and 2011). What follows is an account of this year’s adventure, written in the form of …
Sydney the Wondermutt (2001-2014)
Last week, on 23 May 2014, we lost Sydney the Wondermutt. She was 13. She was, unto the end, not just a good dog, but a loyal member of our family. Many of you know already the story of Syd, but I want to write it down anyway. I want …