It is almost impossible to ascribe different happenings on the earth like Tsunami, Volcanic eruptions, or Tornadoes, or Floods, or droughts or melting of glaciers in different parts of the world to…

Rough days like today demand a little humor. I've long wanted a Madonna in a tub in honor of my grandmother (who was Catholic and from New York), but these are hard to come by in West Texas so I made…

_I'm a little bit late in my linking, but the Carnival of the Blue is up for May! Huzzah! I've enjoyed following and occasionally contributing to this monthly compilation of ocean blogging. Sad to…

In a recent set of posts there was a discussion about evolutionary psychology and how it can be used to explain various behaviors.  However, one of the fundamental challenges raised is whether…

Constitutional Football I'm not particularly interested in football - aka soccer.  Nor am I at all interested in what footballers get up to on or off the pitch.  However, I am greatly…

For our Calliope picosatellite mission, I want to make it a real space experience.  That means it needs a mission patch.  And first, let me thank you all-- our fans and community-- for…

Upon being reminded by an automated messaging system, somewhat disturbingly, that today would be the birthday of an esteemed colleague -were he not dead- I decided to post a "guess the plot" entry…

The complex plane should be known as the Wessel plane, after the Norwegian-Danish land surveyor. His paper of 1799 was ignored because few were reading the preprint server at that time. Mr. Bookshop…

People want to remain happy feel good all the time. Some blogs even point out to remain happy even in adverse circumstances. I wish to share my personal experience. The moment I write a blog on "…

While last year's market squid bounty continues into the 2011 fishing season, the market squid's larger cousin is playing hard to get. The Humboldt or jumbo squid--you remember, our hungry friends…