Today I’m going to talk about a concept I learned last year that is one of those general principles that applies to a lot of scientific fields. You may already know all about it, but it was new to ...

Earlier this week I posted a text heavy blog post which was all about my interest in archaeology and how I got into it, despite having no professional connection to the field whatsoever. Movies ab...

Over the past 20 years or so I’ve gotten more and more interested in archaeology, especially the archaeology of the American southwest. Looking way back, I guess I initially learned about the topi...

I’m sure you’re well familiar with the famous Saturday Night Live “Cowbell” skit, starring the amazing Christopher Walken. For the past few years, I’ve been noticing that some rock songs from the ...

In 2023 and 2024, it became clear to us that the next few years will probably include more multi-hour road trips. Brooke’s father splits his time between Tucson, Arizona and Durango, Colorado. My m...

OK, time for another bit of news that I would’ve posted about months ago if I hadn’t broken my old website. But now that this new one works, here it is: I learned in late 2025 that I have cancer. N...

I learned a couple weeks ago that I’m getting laid off my job. My last day will be February 25. Brooke pointed out that in the 9 years since we started dating, I’ve had 4 jobs. I feel like that’s n...

This blog started in the year 2000. I’ve gone through periods where I’d post something short every other day, and other periods where I’d post only one long essay every six months. But until recent...

Since I’ve got all 25+ years of my blog restored, I thought it would be amusing to see what the oldest post is. I’m sure it’s something inane, like “hey, I made a blog!” Let’s see… It turns out th...

I’m in a deep funk this evening. I thought I’d write something deep and well-thought-out for the second post of my newly revived blog. But this evening, I heard two bits of news that made me sad. ...