This is just to remind you that today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day.
If you’re a man, take a moment to imagine how much more boring the world would be if your coworkers all had Y chromosomes. Take a moment to appreciate your girlfriend’s constant reminder to eat more healthy, and your wife’s habit to […]

Skies over Frankfurt had been covered with thick rainclouds two weeks ago, and so I had missed the Lunar Eclipse of February 20/21. But never mind - here is a photo of that event, the most awesome photo of a Lunar Eclipse I have ever seen:
Astronomy Picture of the Day, 2008 March 1; Credits & […]

I’ve been notified that Pi day this year (3/14) has been declared the ‘Talk like a Physicist Day’ (see also). Apparently, the day even got its own dot com, a website which skillfully manages to distract from absence of content by carefully arranged layers of unprofessional design. Except possibly the 37 Scrabble Points which look […]

[Bee wrote these drafts before she left, and asked me to publish them while she is away for your and my entertainment. It seems she is presently stuck because her flight to Toronto was cancelled due to an upcoming storm, but I hope she will be back, soon and safely. - Stefan]
Over the years, this […]

[Bee wrote these drafts before she left, and asked me to publish them while she is away for your and my entertainment. - Stefan]
I always love to hear other people’s stories of how they got to where they are and why. It seems to me an essential part to understand motivations, and to make sense […]