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Date:
06/14/2010Category:
· Writing » News Coverage » The Bold Italic
· Writing » Topic » scienceView article as originally published The sound of a sneezing rat was keeping me up at night. All would be silent, and then from across the room I'd hear it: a tiny "pff!" followed by two paws furiously wiping a fuzzy face. The sneezes belonged to Christopher and Robin, two little guys I'd picked up from a breeder a few months earlier. Why rats? Well, a dog was too big, I'm allergic to cats,... [Read more...]
Date:
06/07/2010Category:
· Writing » News Coverage » The Bold Italic
· Writing » Topic » scienceView article as originally published There I was, drenched and freezing and all by myself, flailing through the underbrush in the Presidio in the middle of a storm. "Who wears sneakers to a downpour?" I asked out loud, curling my toes into icy waterlogged balls. And then I nearly stepped directly into the very thing I'd come looking for: Dragonfly Creek, one of the few remaining visible bodies of water in the city. I'd... [Read more...]
Date:
05/12/2010Category:
· Writing » News Coverage » The Bold Italic
· Writing » Topic » scienceView article as originally published Upon completing my last gym class 15 years ago, I'd vowed to never again exercise in the presence of another human being. But then I inadvertently caught the bike bug. On my way up to the Fruit Shelf one day at Dolores Park, I glanced over at the bicyclists buzzing around Fixed-Gear Flats. "Could I do that?" I wondered, and was ready to answer "not a chance" when I spotted... [Read more...]
