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The Respectful Empiricist
Spring is here so we have hit the high 80's
The background photo is of a Carolina Wren
Exhort is the Devil's Dictionary word of the month from Ambrose Bierce. Wherever he is now he must be watching the Republican debates.
I've kept up my dictionary of words that I read this year and had no idea of what they meant. This year I read more geology and that field supplied a large number of them.
Here are the obits of scientists that were collected in 2011.
Spring comes in a few hours though it seems that it came about 6 weeks ago. I'm not complaining as to comfort but no winter is not a good sign. So here is a winter photo of blooms.
I promise I'll read your email.
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I've been tracing the lives of the Yellow Crown Night Herons and wrapped up my research into a presentation at my monthly Human Values Network meeting. The link provides my paper. On February 12, 2012 the start of the next diary.
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This update will provide my paper to the Human Values Network. For the record I do not care for the name of that group. It sounds too righteous but the meetings are good and the conversation lively. Anyway this month I present a paper on Field Guides. |
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Baeolophus bicolor Better known as the Tufted Titmouse.The link as usual, directs you to a brief story of one of my winter birds.
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Being a migrating bird monitor I have an interest in wildlife rehabilitation. I admire the people who do it and that is why I post this promo. Its a pretty interesting web site.
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A bold book about the value of scientific thinking seen mainly through events at the Large Hadron Collider. Here is my take on the book.
Measurement and scalability have become intriguing ideas to me lately and Crease's book attended to that. Here is my take on on the book. |
An interesting book about the Big Bang and some reasons why it is a valid theory. Of course here is a review. |
This year the garden will be simplified using four very large pots, two half sized ones and a strip in the front yard for herbs. They'll be on the front porch where I will attend to them better. I also have a garden update to provide here. 
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“Congress is endlessly complex, because complexity can be a useful tool in wielding power without scrutiny.” Matt Stoller
"If you can't see the forest for the trees,then look at the trees; when you have looked at enough trees, you've seen a forest, you've got it" Annie Dillard