Entries Tagged as 'history'

It’s pretty much winter, so….

December 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · history, progress, speculative

I won’t be hunting insects for a while. I got less this past summer than I had in 2007; some ants and a few interesting things in Louisiana, but not as much as I’d have liked. I spent two very intense months filming a TV program, did roughly 35 library presentations, taught a [...]

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Finally: Two important links!!

April 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · history, progress

Hey there, everyone.
Although these things happened about two months ago, and though all of my friends have found them already through simple Google searches, here’s the links to those two milestones:
the New York Times article of 2/10/08, written by the great Sam Nejame:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/magazine/10wwln-essay-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
and, following the above, my 2/13/08 guest appearance on The Colbert Report:
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=156551
Maybe it’s [...]

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A Contest in Richmond

August 7th, 2007 · No Comments · colleagues, events, history

Yet more big news: I’m going head-to-head against the renowned David George Gordon. The email was so splendidly official that I am co-opting the text:
On August 1st I was invited to participate in the first annual Broad Appétit, a festival hosted by Richmond’s Downtown Neighborhood Association. On Sunday, May 18, 2008, from noon until [...]

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