While doing some spring cleaning and maintenance on the site, I stumbled upon a few old entries that had somehow been misplaced as static pages instead of proper blog posts during the various migra...

Reading the New York Times this morning, I saw a quote from French President Macron about US President Trump. It reminded me of a line from Broadway musical Hamilton. I have no idea if Aaron Burr ...

I woke up this morning with a migraine, which sucks. But my migraine medicine worked, and after a nap I’m back among the living. Wedding and Reception Photos When I resurrected my 25-year-old b...

Today I’m going to talk about a concept I learned last year that is one of those general principles that applies to a lot of scientific fields. You may already know all about it, but it was new to ...

Earlier this week I posted a text heavy blog post which was all about my interest in archaeology and how I got into it, despite having no professional connection to the field whatsoever. Movies ab...

Over the past 20 years or so I’ve gotten more and more interested in archaeology, especially the archaeology of the American southwest. Looking way back, I guess I initially learned about the topi...

I’m sure you’re well familiar with the famous Saturday Night Live “Cowbell” skit, starring the amazing Christopher Walken. For the past few years, I’ve been noticing that some rock songs from the ...

In 2023 and 2024, it became clear to us that the next few years will probably include more multi-hour road trips. Brooke’s father splits his time between Tucson, Arizona and Durango, Colorado. My m...

OK, time for another bit of news that I would’ve posted about months ago if I hadn’t broken my old website. But now that this new one works, here it is: I learned in late 2025 that I have cancer. N...

I learned a couple weeks ago that I’m getting laid off my job. My last day will be February 25. Brooke pointed out that in the 9 years since we started dating, I’ve had 4 jobs. I feel like that’s n...