Category Archives: odds and sods
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six weeks in the desert: green valley, arizona
Posted on June 28, 2013 by nikkimeredith in odds and sods, rituals, science/research, unexpected adventures.At home above my desk I have posted this poem by Mary Oliver: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Oliver calls the poem “instructions for living a life” and it’s advice I try implementing every day of the year — every day except for the six weeks between Memorial Day and the 4th of […]
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this old house: my life in a highly permeable membrane
Posted on May 10, 2013 by nikki in aid work, odds and sods, unexpected adventures.My house breathes. That’s not the technical term for it, of course – the technical term is that it has “excessive air infiltration.” I had an energy efficiency audit last week that confirmed it. Jim from the energy utility here in Austin hooked up a blower door to my entryway and let it rip. The […]
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the last on my list of the most amazing and possibly even true scientific phonomena that blow my mind, continued: Lucy
Posted on April 9, 2013 by nikkimeredith in odds and sods, science/research, top ten lists.Lucy was an unabashedly uninhibited girl of the ‘60’s for whom the sexual revolution was beside the point. She was able to tap into her erotic resources with no help from Masters and Johnson and she instinctively took responsibility for her own orgasms without so much as a glance at Our Bodies, Ourselves. Lucy’s story […]
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my top ten list of the most amazing and possibly even true scientific phenomena that blow my mind, continued: the coolidge effect
Posted on March 18, 2013 by nikkimeredith in odds and sods, science/research.I wonder if anyone will take offense if I propose that when it comes to sex, males have an appetite for novelty. I’m not sure appetite is the right word when you’re talking about non-human animals but scientists refer to the male predilection for variety as the Coolidge Effect. A bull, worn out from copulation, […]
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murderers are more reliable
Posted on February 21, 2013 by nikki in odds and sods, science/research.The other day I stopped by the criminal defense attorney’s office that I’ve been doing some work for. His paralegal and I got talking about a particularly unsympathetic client. A young guy with three DWI’s and of course it was always someone else’s fault. I admitted I’d had an easier time working on a recent […]
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