Life at DrTom's

DrTom shares his intellectual inquiries, mental musings, and awkward adventures in upstate New York and around the world. Betcha can’t read just one.

"To hell with facts! We need stories!"
— Ken Kesey

Sunday, September 13, 2009

The taming of the shrew

(A nest of Northern short-tailed shrews, only a few days old.) Yesterday I found the first nest of northern short-tailed shrews ( Blarina...

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Let's talk about the word "data"

(The data show a downward trend.) A pet peeve of mine is the abuse of the word "data", and it has been bugging me for years. S...

Friday, September 11, 2009

DrTom's first Rosh Hashanah

(Adam Sandler. This guy wrote and sang a song that can help you understand the Jewish holiday that is NOT Rosh Hashanah.) Next Saturday R...

Thursday, September 10, 2009

The scorpion house

(A scorpion under UV light. Would you take a shower with this critter?) Let's go back in time a bit for this anecdote. I find all or...

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