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Where There Is No Doctor

We left San Francisco with a large yellow Pelican Case, filled with medical supplies and expensive prescription meds we hoped never to...

Festina Lente

When we are in the biggest hurry is when we need to slow down and take our time. You know what I mean. You're running late, and in your...

We Choose To Go To The Moon!

We meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our...

Buying a Car

Buying a car can be a daunting task. It requires making tradeoffs that can rarely all be satisfied. Making a good decision means asking...

It's Questionable

During a friend's 70th birthday party, I was talking to a local sailing guru and was prompted to ask what I consider the most important...

Waypoints

We landed at the New Zealand Customs Dock after nearly seven thousand miles of ocean voyaging. That landfall is still a vivid memory...

High-Speed Photography

In college, I took a class in high-speed photography from Harold "Doc" Edgerton, inventor of the xenon strobe. We reproduced many of his...

Cosmology Class

The final assignment in Cosmology Class counted for most of our grade and I wanted to do something special. The junior students were...

Tipping the Balance

Balance is so fundamental to nature that I think we take it for granted. Consider mathematics, our preeminent tool for describing natural...

The Road to Mediocrity

Sorry. You're still in the pile. No, that's not the way to get out. The problem is not that you need a diploma, or better messaging, or a...

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