December 2011
22 posts
To See or Not To See (Lauryn Hill Edition)
On the one hand, Ms. Lauryn Hill is supposed to be terrible in concert. On the other hand, “Miseducation of…” is a brilliant album. So, what to do when she does a live concert performing that album?
Cultural Differences
One of the great joys of marrying someone from a different cultural background is introducing a loved one to favorite cultural phenomenon from your own background and watching them experience it for the first time. It’s interesting to see when these fails completely and when it succeeds—it teaches you something both about your spouse and about your culture. My latest complete success:...
More on NASA's Lunar Heritage Guidelines
A quick follow up to my recent post on the NASA Lunar Heritage Guidelines.
First and foremost, it is worth noting that I was dead wrong when I said that “this ‘please do’ aspect [i.e. a list of places NASA would actively like others to visit / measurements they would actively like to be taken] was not addressed in the July 2011 release.” Many thanks to @IntrplnetSarah...
