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I just read this over on the Quirks & Quarks blog: No science in the PM’s ear: Canada dismisses National Science Adviser at its peril Apparently “Prime Minister”1 Stephen Harper is eliminating the position of National Science Adviser, less than 4 years after the position was created. I remember when Dr. Art Carty was appointed […] →Read more
As I’m sure you’ve heard1, the Biological Sciences Building at UBC was locked down due to a “police incident” yesterday. They still aren’t saying exactly what the threat was, although apparently it was “specific and contained a deadline.” I first heard about it through an email from my Faculty (since I teach at UBC this term, […] →Read more
My wee niece, in a Vancouver Canucks jersey – quite possibly the cutest thing I’ve ever seen! In the interest of full disclosure, I must report that she didn’t want to put the jersey on at first, as it’s not a dress1,2. But my dad, the Leafs fan you can see in the background in […] →Read more
My bus ride to work took an hour today, after waiting half an hour for the bus to show up. It’s usually a 15 minute ride and the bus is supposed to come every 10 minutes. This city needs to invest in a snowplow. →Read more
I just read over on Duane’s blog that he’s looking for some link love to maintain the top spot in the Google search “Vancouver blogger.” Some random is threatening to take his top spot from him and Duane‘s not going to give it up without a fight. OK, I admit it. I’m doing this because […] →Read more
You’ve seen me as both a Simpsons character and a South Park one. But now I present to you: Dr. Beth, the M&M: Note that I am (a) wearing a really sexy pair of shoes and (b) holding a hockey stick. Also note my smirk, in which I’m not showing my teeth. It really is like looking in […] →Read more
I went to an AA meeting with a friend this weekend and I was really struck by one thing: everyone there was a whole lot more happy than people are at AA meetings on TV and in the movies. Jack at confronts his dad at an AA meeting in an episode of Lost. Niki speaks […] →Read more
I’ve never been much of a gamer. I remember briefly enjoying NHL ’98 on Play Station back in the day, but being pissed off that the announcer would only say your name if you were a boy, so I only ever got to hear “Player 1 shoots, he scores!” I also had a game called […] →Read more
Today, my good friend Ziba successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis! Ziba conducted an amazing program of research during her Ph.D. and defended her work with such intelligence, confidence and, believe it or not, humour1 today that it would have been impossible not to have been impressed. So congratulations, Dr. Ziba, on a job well done […] →Read more
Not that I imagine anyone actually likes being sick. But I really, really hate it. My bronchitis-related coughing and tiredness led me to call in sick both yesterday and today. I have just been too tired to actually be productive and I’m probably spreading germs to all my co-workers.1. And I really, really hate calling […] →Read more