I’m starting a new project: Ecology Journal Club. The idea is to write short bits of real English about the research I find interesting, explaining to the wider world why it’s cool and why it matters. Still in the development phase, please let me know what you think.
Dan
The New Yorker has linked to our video of the Obama party in Harlem! I made a higher-quality version of it, with just the scenes from the party:
I was inspired by the thought of Obama’s portrait being added to the ranks of all those old white men, beloved fathers of the country, forgotten historical oddities, leaders both great and imperfect. His face will be quite an addition to that gallery.
A snapshot of our day on Nov. 4th: voting, watching returns an election party, and then heading up to the heart of Harlem, 125th st, where it felt like the whole city was watching the Jumbotron, then singing and dancing down the street. Amazing.
Watching Tina Fey today was a scary reminder that there is a little election thing going on, and that I should probably cast a vote. Though planning on being back east during the crucial day, I registered AK absentee (this form, the deadline postmark is Oct. 4, or you can email it in .pdf) I stumbled on google’s nifty election tool, which has registration and other great info wired to your location: