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, August 1, 2010

The life of a census enumerator

(Off to work.) "Hello. My name is Tom Gavin and I work for the U.S. Census Bureau. Is this 455 Elm Street? And were you living ...

Saturday, July 24, 2010

The secrets we keep from our spouses

(I admit I'm a cheapskate, but my wife didn't fare much better.) Violent crime against tourists is not common in Costa Rica, bu...

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Tree planting programs: another form of greenwash?

(Is embedding tree seeds in cardboard a good idea, or just another round of greenwash?) We hear a great deal about programs to encourag...

Friday, July 9, 2010

Natural mortality in deer: the inescapable comparison to humans

(An adult female Columbian white-tailed deer marked with an ear tag and a plastic collar for identification in the field.) For my Ph.D....

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