On Dec 14th, 1911, Roald Amundsen and his four countrymen became the first humans (probably the first macroscopic life forms, for that matter) to stand at the geographic south pole […]

A fractured soap bubble on the hand rail This week’s question was: Do soap bubbles freeze? If so, what happens to them then? In short, the answer is “Yes”. And […]

Okay, after a couple of weeks of slackerhood (honest, I was reading!), I’m trying to catch up on “Questions for Pablo at the Pole“ “Is it warmer at noon than […]

Remember how last week I warned you that I wasn’t going to be posting as much because I was going to try to start writing some non-blog stuff? Well, I […]

Bunch of folks contacted me offline to inquire about the J7 situation. Yeah, it’s all good – as far as I can tell, everyone’s made peace, and some good may […]

Okay – I finally got the heck out of the station for something other than my daily trek out to Summer Camp (or sledding, or XC skiing out to The […]

Sigh – feeling that impending crash of loneliness. Helped host the open mic here last night out in the Summer Camp Jameway, and got quite the rock star reception. Was […]

Ach – I forgot to post pictures of our little Hanukkah celebration. Zondra, Michelle, me and Isaac with the makeshift menorah Improvisation under necessity: M&Ms for coins, and a dreidelfabricated […]

Yeah, I said I was going to stop posting every day, but it’s been a newsworthy couple of days – Michelle and I started a fire in the galley last […]