stories
Back to the Countway
For possibly the final time, I visited the Countway Library of Medicine.
The Vengeful Eye
So. Something went badly wrong with my eye.
Oh For The Fear of a Bear!
So I've been thinking a lot about bears, lately.
Punching Upwards
Harvard University existed for 383 years before anybody published a satire about it, and that person was me. Why didn't anyone else do it? Well, I've been thinking about that, see...
The Sound of Christmas
In which I offer a loose analysis of The Sound of Music, and wish you all a very Happy Christmas
Faith, and Other Worrisome Ideas
The Americans feel about their democracy the way Australians feel about Vegemite.
Me Versus Me
Well, here we are in the middle of a pandemic. So, uh -- how's it all going?
misbehaving at parties
Ten years have passed since that horrible, awkward night and I'm still trying to process it.
The problem with Yetis
For about a month or so, Boudica and I had almost daily arguments about the existence of Yetis.
smiling in a time of contagion
I’m getting a bit wary of opening newsletters at the moment.
Falling Down Stairs
If I hadn’t seen it, I wouldn’t have believed a person could survive a tumble like that.
A Hypothetical Book About Aliens
Sooner or later our species will be visited by an alien civilization.