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I have studied Aristotle, Socrates, William Friedrich Hegel, Bertrand Russell. I have toured college campuses debating the virtues of dialectic versus symbolic syllogism. I have written scholarly articles on the need for a new, more dynamic logic. But nothing in my life has prepared me for the workings of the Thomas Magnum mind. – Higgins from the Magnum P.I. episode Rapture …
This past July we took our first long-term canoe trip down the Green River in Utah. Our Troop had an absolute blast despite much of the trip being new to our backpacking crew’s experience. It occurred to me to make some notes on the logistics of our trip and lessons learned for our next paddle or trip to Canyonlands. …
On my recent birthday my son got me a great birthday card. It referenced two key things about me; 1) my love of Wookiees and 2) my follicle-challenged scalp. His card was a wonder of tight editing, succinct verbiage (something my Capstone students are struggling with as I type this very sentence), and…let’s call it ironic humor. The salutation read:
Deaf, dumb, and blind boys will never play pinball (mean or otherwise…with apologies to The Who) Today marks the start of my 11th annual Service Learning class trip to New Orleans and southern Louisiana. My friend Paul Sanchez just played a fantastic home show in Hollywood last weekend and my son and I were fortunate enough to catch it in …
If you missed the first part of this three-part blog, click here. So here we go… Part 2 of 2016’s Most Significant Coastal Science and Conservation Story: Group 3 (Mean Story Importance Rank Range: 8.33 to 15.33):
Be sure to read the first and second part of this three-part blog if you missed either of them. So here we go…2016’s Most Significant Coastal Science and Conservation Story is: The Election of Donald Trump and Ascendency of Anti-Science/Anti-Fact/Fake News The Election and our Brave New World (Story Rank: 1.17 out of 25)
The Top Coastal Science & Conservation Stories of 2016 As this crazy, non compos, thingamajig of a year crumples to its messy denouement, it seems determined to make news even unto its last gasp. Just this week this angry octopus of a year tentacled out yet again as it teetered on the precipice of 2017 to suddenly drag Princess Leia, the Unsinkable …
This morning’s magnitude 6.5 earthquake in the waters offshore of Eureka in northern California (technically 160 km west of Ferndale, California) and raft of emails we are getting in the wake of this news provide a convenient opportunity to reiterate that responsibly and effectively dealing with the threat of coastal flooding associated with sea level rise has many additional benefits, perhaps …
The response to the recent killing of domesticated animals by one of our resident male mountain lions (Puma concolor) in the exurban wonderland that is the Santa Monica Mountains has prompted a massive public outcry. Over the course of a few short hours one evening over the Thanksgiving Holiday, an adult male mountain lion killed 10 alpacas (Vicugna pacos) on the …
A now more than 12 alarm fire erupted within the past hour in Ojai, California (in western Ventura County). The incident was reported at 8:35 a.m. near Highway 150 and Topa Lane roughly here ( 34.438417°, -119.132719°): The incident was originally thought to be a burning oil derrick, but subsequent reports have clarified that it is instead a… Read more »
