The Midnight Hour

I received this tidbit of info in an email from Marine Corps Mobilization Command (MOBCOM), which I am a part of as a member of the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR).  I did some quick searches, and it’s true.   Harvard’s financial aid website.  If your household income is less than $60k/year, then you pay nothing (besides […]

Sarah Boxer’s blog anthology Ultimate Blogs: Masterworks from the Wild Web is now in publication. I received my copies yesterday and found her presentation of my content very well done. The book contains five of my articles from this blog and the Frontlines Blog on the New York Times. Any book with […]

As I began my drive home this afternoon I was shocked to find that while I was away from the helm, at work, earning sustenance for my family and contributing my paltry part to the country’s first $3 trillion budget, some members of Congress were listening to sworn testimony from Roger Clemens on his […]

The New York Times has a fascinating article detailing how the riddle of why muscles fatigue has been tentatively solved. Apparently the lactic acid explanation that we all learned in health class was disproven some time ago, but only now has the answer become clear. Scientists have used this finding to engineer an […]

Last week I spent a few days near Salt Lake City, Utah. I had never been to this part of the country before. I was amazed by many things, but most notably the landscape. The mountains are breathtaking. Not only are they taller than other mountains I’ve seen in California (and […]