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Life sciences entrepreneur. Computational chemist. Patent agent. Toronto Blue Jays fan. Rom 8:18
Hopefully the Blue Jays front office isn't playing this over the holidays..
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hopefully the Blue Jays front office isn't playing this over the holidays..
Avion is inventing new forms of math in its promotions!
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Avion is inventing new forms of math in its promotions!
Turns out there _is_ crying in baseball. But I must admit, being able to ride on a miniature steam train this afternoon was pretty great therapy.
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Turns out there _is_ crying in baseball. But I must admit, being able to ride on a miniature steam train this afternoon was pretty great therapy.
For posterity, here is my scoresheet from the 2025 ALCS G7. (In the moment, I really had no idea what to do with the Naylor "GIDP")
October 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For posterity, here is my scoresheet from the 2025 ALCS G7. (In the moment, I really had no idea what to do with the Naylor "GIDP")
An inspired one-two punch on my timeline
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
An inspired one-two punch on my timeline
Every time I think about Tomoyuki Sugano, my chemistry-addled brain thinks of this:
October 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Every time I think about Tomoyuki Sugano, my chemistry-addled brain thinks of this:
I've had the same Gmail address since 2004. This produces a prodigious amount of spam, usually filtered; but sometimes, things get through to my inbox that enlighten me about marketing. Today's case in point: people apparently impulse buy tarantulas online
September 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I've had the same Gmail address since 2004. This produces a prodigious amount of spam, usually filtered; but sometimes, things get through to my inbox that enlighten me about marketing. Today's case in point: people apparently impulse buy tarantulas online
I must congratulate RBC on its deep commitment to backward compatibility:
August 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I must congratulate RBC on its deep commitment to backward compatibility:
August 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I'm now getting "piano spam"
July 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm now getting "piano spam"
Zilpha Keatley Snyder's Green-Sky trilogy was a huge influence, not only the books but the immense (for the Commodore 64 anyway) world available in the video game crossover. Fantasy where arguably racism itself was the antagonist.
June 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Zilpha Keatley Snyder's Green-Sky trilogy was a huge influence, not only the books but the immense (for the Commodore 64 anyway) world available in the video game crossover. Fantasy where arguably racism itself was the antagonist.
Gemini has resurrected Tom Cheek:
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Gemini has resurrected Tom Cheek:
After returning from my vacation (where I toured several South American cities - lots of fun!) I got to thinking about where I might go for my next trip. And in that process I made a map of the world based on current Government of Canada travel advisories (h/t mapchart.net). It's pretty interesting!
May 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
After returning from my vacation (where I toured several South American cities - lots of fun!) I got to thinking about where I might go for my next trip. And in that process I made a map of the world based on current Government of Canada travel advisories (h/t mapchart.net). It's pretty interesting!
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The variety of hazards at a New Zealand glacier
The variety of hazards at a New Zealand glacier
March 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Post a warning
The variety of hazards at a New Zealand glacier
The variety of hazards at a New Zealand glacier
As a BIO member, I got this request to fill out a survey on "Impact of Executive Orders." Check out the assurances being provided viz a viz confidentiality... I've never seen something like this in a garden variety, "take our members' temperature" survey link before.
March 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
As a BIO member, I got this request to fill out a survey on "Impact of Executive Orders." Check out the assurances being provided viz a viz confidentiality... I've never seen something like this in a garden variety, "take our members' temperature" survey link before.
I'm surprised they found three people who wanted a pig kidney head
February 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm surprised they found three people who wanted a pig kidney head
And check out this map! 4/4
February 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
And check out this map! 4/4
The section on dining cars contains a reproduction menu... 3/4
February 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The section on dining cars contains a reproduction menu... 3/4
The special touches are out of this world. Every 25 pages or so, there is a yellow embedded pamphlet that has interview excerpts from an era of CN railroading. 2/4
February 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The special touches are out of this world. Every 25 pages or so, there is a yellow embedded pamphlet that has interview excerpts from an era of CN railroading. 2/4
I got this train book for $10 at a thrift store. It must have cost a mint when it was new! 1/4
February 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I got this train book for $10 at a thrift store. It must have cost a mint when it was new! 1/4
Well I remember this event. I was living in Dartmouth NS at the time, and we got something like 80 cm I believe?
I grew up in the American South. This was more snow than I had ever seen in one storm. See the post in the foreground of this picture? That was the top of the deck! Impossible to exit.
I grew up in the American South. This was more snow than I had ever seen in one storm. See the post in the foreground of this picture? That was the top of the deck! Impossible to exit.
February 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Well I remember this event. I was living in Dartmouth NS at the time, and we got something like 80 cm I believe?
I grew up in the American South. This was more snow than I had ever seen in one storm. See the post in the foreground of this picture? That was the top of the deck! Impossible to exit.
I grew up in the American South. This was more snow than I had ever seen in one storm. See the post in the foreground of this picture? That was the top of the deck! Impossible to exit.