Field notes
Things that happened to me. Sometimes also photos.
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People Are Better Than Dogs: If dogs had nukes, they’d blow each other up all time
Two days ago, I was in my neighborhood bar run by the American Legion. There was live music and general good cheer. People like to…
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In Tech America, AI Fact-Check You: My first time being corrected by ChatGPT
This happens to scientists fairly often: You remember some finding you came across a few weeks ago. You don’t remember where you read it, but…
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Hitchhiking: Guaranteed to be interesting
After hiking through the desert for a week, I was standing on the American side of the Mexican border. I was dusty, tired, needed a…
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Country Club Work: My work setting in some ways resembles a country club, but my work is more interesting than golf
I am lucky: I can treat work like a country club. I can go there when I like to. It’s a ten minute drive. I…
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Eccentrics: I wish there were more of them
The body shop where I was picking up my car is on the wrong side of the highway. The neighborhood is nondescript in the worst…
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Eating Sushi with a Fork: I recommend it
Imagine being so narrow-minded that you would outright reject eating sushi with a fork instead of the customary chopsticks, without even having tried it. Because…
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