Discovery Channell's Iffy Decision Making

So, Frozen Planet, the new David Attenborough nature fest, is currently airing in the U.K. Here's a clip. I will be watching the BBC version. I always do, but it will be airing in March(ish) on the Discovery Channel in the U.S. It was brought to my attention yesterday that the 7th episode on climate change, would not be airing in the U.S. Now there are a couple reasons here, there has been much speculation that the subject is "too political" for U.S. audiences, but I think there is more going on. Namely this. The final episode will actually have Sir David on camera and speaking. This will mess with Discovery Networks plan to do their usual celebrity voice over. Here's what I would like to say to Discovery Networks.

Please, quit dumbing stuff down for your American audience. We can handle the science, really. What did you not learn from the universally bad reviews of Life (featuring the voice of Oprah rather than Sir David) vs the critically acclaimed Blue Planet, which featured Sir David himself. Just air all the episodes as they appear in the U.K. PLEASE!

I'm Ba-ack

In response to the sudden decline of facebook (the source of the death of the blog in many ways) I'm going to go back to posting updates about my life and times here instead.

Welcome Back!

Almost

I am so close on last years green sweater I can feel it. 22 Rows and a Steek to go.

Summer Foods

Can I just say that in about May, I am tired of apples.

In May, I have eaten apples since around October, and by May, they are getting pretty sad.

In June we now finally have strawberries, I am so happy it is summer.

2011 Spring Haiku

Sunny Day Today
Stuck In My Office All Day
When Can I Go Home?

First of the season

Chaterelles that is.

Yesterday Russell and I went out for what is really our second mushroom foray of the fall season. Target: Chanterelles. We went out last weekend, and while we found buttons, none of them were big enough to harvest.

Yesterday we grabbed our friends Jason and Egan and headed for the Cascades. We hit several spots without finding anything, then, paydirt. Our first pound of chanterelles of the season.

I forgot to take pictures unfortunately, but here's one from Russell. At our chanterelle site we looked up and there, just hanging out and watching the four of us, was this big owl. Pretty neat

What I did on my "summer vacation"

Whoa it has been a while since I posted! May or was it April. I do have my reasons. Namely one big one. During this period I have been writing, editing, lab working, and writing some more. And did I mention writing. I even took a writing class. All to get my first post doctoral manuscript assembled and submitted. It was sent off to the journal last week, and now the waiting game begins to get rejected comments back from the journal. I'm now happily on to the next project, one I am pretty excited about.

But work was not all I did during my summer. So now I present a short photo essay of the remainder of my summer since you all last heard from me.

I went mushrooming with Russell and a friend.


I climbed Mount Baker with my Uncle and my Cousin and some friends.



The following weekend I rode the Seattle to Portland bicycle tour with my Dad. Two hundred excellent miles over two days.



I brewed a beer with some help from Russell


Russell and I went on vacation to the cabin in the Sierras, where we swam, hung out on the deck, went fishing, and visited some old mines and ghost towns.



And I went on a great, but soggy, hike with my Dad, and when we got rained out, he and I and my mom and some friends went to the Evergreen State fair.






Well there you have but a snapshot of my summer. There were more adventures, and the fall adventures have already begun. I'm going to try to post more regularly now. Until next time....