Today is the last class day of Winter Term 2010. I'm sure I will have a few more work-related e-mails as this week ends and finals week begins. But I was curious how many work-related e-mails I receive and send each term. So far this term: 421...

A question for folks... Currently the pages of my website describe the fantasy setting I am prayerfully creating are few and long. For example, all eight of the intelligent races are on one page. I am about to make all sorts of updates, because the...

Back in August I mentioned that the first person to use a set of different polyhedral dice for a role-playing game was David Wesely. Most RPG systems measure the difficulty of a skill attempt with a number. The player rolls dice (usually modified by...

In the Where the Wild Things Are book, when Max begins his dream the moon is three-quarters full. At the end of his back, when his supper is still hot, the moon is full. Am I the only one disturbed by this? (Is he still partly daydreaming? Was his...

I recently linked to a story from Time about changes in foxes that happened during only a few generations. Last week, at the allergist's office, I read a related article, again from Time, about epigenetics. The topic may be the most significant...