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  • Defunct

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    Please visit my other blog, Hope for Pandora. I found keeping two different blogs schizophrenic, so I write about whatever I want over there.

    Have a good day.Visit http://nuevocolony.blogspot.com for more of Seattle's urban wildlife.' [...]
    Posted: April 13, 2008, 8:21pm EDT
    by thomas
  • This is News?

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    I am sorry: I just had to repost the entire article...
    Streetcar projects will cause traffic delays

    P-I STAFF

    Streetcar construction projects in the South Lake Union area and just south of Denny Way on Westlake Avenue are expected to create delays for motorists starting this week.

    The [...]

    Posted: August 27, 2007, 10:33pm EDT
    by thomas
  • Ruminant On This!

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    goats on campus
    Originally uploaded by tom_robey. Currently at a cost of $750 per day, a herd of 60 goats is eating ivy, blackberries and assorted other goodies along the southeastern most section of Ranier Vista. There's gotta' [...]
    Posted: August 25, 2007, 4:07pm EDT
    by thomas
  • Light Reading

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    Seattle City Light's customer newsletter, Light Reading has some good information this month for people interested in Seattle's energy use.

    First, the 2006 fuel mix disclosure indicates that 98.0% of all electricity used in Seattle is from non-carbon emissions sources. This is from from 2005's 93.7%. Here is' [...]
    Posted: August 03, 2007, 10:15am EDT
    by thomas
  • Crows and West Nile Virus

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    Lately, my walks to and from bus stops or around campus have included a little foraging for berries, flower, coyote scat and other cool stuff. A consequence of this is that I notice (more than usual) animal carcasses. Since I am on the lookout for an [...]
    Posted: July 31, 2007, 11:40am EDT
    by thomas
  • Welcome Wolves to Washington

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    Recently there's been a flurry of news about coyotes in Seattle. A bit of misinformation is out there, and only a little fear-mongering (mostly on behalf of small pets), but in general I am impressed with how willing Seattlites are to share their green space. But' [...]
    Posted: July 30, 2007, 4:07pm EDT
    by thomas
  • More Coyote News

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    The P-I and King5 both featured urban coyotes today. Coyotes are not new to Nuevo Colony, but there is a big media buzz today. Check out my science blog for a more complete analysis! Or, if you have seen a coyote, [...]
    Posted: July 23, 2007, 5:54pm EDT
    by thomas
  • Keep Kerlikowske

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    And to think Seattleites want to can Gil Kerlikowske as police chief...
    According to a hilarious article in the P-I this morning, officers (including Kerlikowske) watched as a 30-year-old Seattle man shoved the eagle to the curb and then stomped on the costumed man's back as the eagle's costumed [...]
    Posted: July 12, 2007, 6:37am EDT
    by thomas
  • SLU Neighborhood

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    Every so often, it comes to folks' attention that the South Lake Union community is undergoing major change. Today, it is a front-page story in the P-I.

    I work at the University of Washington building at 9th and Mercer. When our lab moved here two and a half' [...]
    Posted: June 26, 2007, 11:33am EDT
    by thomas
  • Cubs Sweep Sox

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    Worthy of a post here is that the Chicago Cubs (the good guys) beat the Chicago White Sox (the guys in black or something) three times this weekend. For those unaware, this phenomenon of winning all three games of a series is called a sweep. In [...]
    Posted: June 24, 2007, 4:46pm EDT
    by thomas
  • Urban Coyotes

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    Two days of the last week, my wife and I have spotted coyotes near our Seattle apartment unit. She saw a group of three near our parking lot and together we saw one on the drive up to our building. It makes me really happy that [...]
    Posted: June 17, 2007, 2:06pm EDT
    by thomas
  • Vanilla Orchid

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    I can taste the ice cream already!

    For those that do not know it, my wife Susan keeps a nice population of orchids in our home. Occasionally they bloom, and it's a real treat when that happens. You may know that most orchids are epiphytic,' [...]
    Posted: June 11, 2007, 5:34pm EDT
    by thomas
  • Summer In Seattle

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    The 4 month stretch of sunny 70 degree days without a cloud in the sky that defines the Seattle summer started 5 days ago.

    Shhhh.... don't tell anyone that it really doesn't rain that much in Seattle!Visit http://nuevocolony.blogspot.com for more of Seattle's urban wildlife.' [...]
    Posted: June 02, 2007, 6:49am EDT
    by thomas
  • Evelyn the Envelope

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    Always interested in proper recycling etiquette, I recently emailed Seattle's expert on recycling (who also happens to be a cartoon character) about carbon copy papers. Here is our communication. Note that it only took a couple of days to hear back from 'her.'
    Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:48:53 -0700[...]
    Posted: May 31, 2007, 2:54pm EDT
    by thomas
  • Anthropomorphizing PacMan

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    MentalFloss reports an amazing breakthrough in digital anthropology achieved after “the observation of human and various predatory animal skulls,” as well as plenty of observation of his (PacMan's) work on the screen. The omnivorous dentitia is clearly well suited for ghosts, cherries, hamburgers and feed' [...]
    Posted: May 28, 2007, 7:41pm EDT
    by thomas
  • Nature on the Balcony

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    My labmate MBN is defending her dissertation this Wednesday, but still has her priorities straight. She has two excellent posts about defending her balcony garden. Ladybugs rule!Visit http://nuevocolony.blogspot.com for more of Seattle's urban wildlife.' [...]
    Posted: May 19, 2007, 10:21am EDT
    by thomas
  • Carbon Trading

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    I thought all of my talk about carbon footprints on my other blog was inducing olfactory hallucinations, but it turns out they're just putting tar on the roof next door.

    The UW Medical School (with help from Paul Allen's Vulcan) is building new research space at 9th and [...]
    Posted: May 09, 2007, 11:35am EDT
    by thomas
  • Locked In

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    Well, it's happened...

    I have finally developed Graduate student Locked-in Syndrome. A state of GLiS should not be on anyone's to-do list. Those grad students out there know what this is. Similar to the clinical manifestation of Locked-In Syndrome, the afflicted graduate student cannot move or communicate due [...]
    Posted: May 08, 2007, 5:18pm EDT
    by thomas
  • Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

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    You've arrived when you make it into the University Week.
    For more information, read this...
    Extra points go to the person who first determines where the second link's photo was taken...Visit http://nuevocolony.blogspot.com for more of Seattle's urban wildlife.' [...]
    Posted: April 25, 2007, 3:54pm EDT
    by thomas
  • Water Water Everywhere!

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    The Lake Union water taxi may yet have a chance! As part of Seattle's grand plan to "bridge the gap" (between what?), crews are resurfacing Dexter Avenue North. Part of that plan seems to include a rapid transit path to Lake Union... for boats...

    But seriously:' [...]

    Posted: April 25, 2007, 7:50am EDT
    by thomas
  • SLU Park

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    The South Lake Union Neighborhood is going to be a really nice place to work and live one of these days. Between the streetcar to connect us to downtown, and all of the (expensive) little cafes that are popping up for lunch, it might soon feel less like an industrial [...]
    Posted: February 28, 2007, 9:02am EST
    by thomas
  • Alaskan Way Viadebacle

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    My friend Jonathan just posted a comment on the alternative newspaper The Stranger's blog (called Slog) about the transportation debacle in Seattle involving the Alaskan Way Viaduct. It's worth a few minutes to check out.Visit http://nuevocolony.blogspot.com for more of Seattle's urban wildlife.' [...]
    Posted: February 20, 2007, 1:52pm EST
    by thomas
  • Happy Birthday!

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    With a smirk, our building's deliveryman yesterday morning gave me a 3 foot long shipping box adorned with Hawaiian floral print. Until it was time to go home, I stored it in the same fridge where we keep such goodies as bacterial plates' [...]
    Posted: February 15, 2007, 5:03pm EST
    by thomas
  • Love Birds

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    Today was a good one for birding on the way to the bus stop. Leaving my house I saw a ~2 year old eagle flapping southbound. It had a clear white triangular patch, but no bald head or tail yet. I think its beak was malformed, which [...]
    Posted: February 14, 2007, 11:26am EST
    by thomas
  • iPod? No Thanks, I'm Trying to Quit

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    got headphones?

    After my previous post, I donned my recording studio styled headphones to crank through some rock assisted image analysis. I paused to consider the role of earphones in scientific labs. I wear earphones in the lab on three occasions: (1) image analysis, (2) to listen to the [...]
    Posted: February 08, 2007, 7:44am EST
    by thomas
  • morning reflections

    This morning I came into work really early. It is nice to sit in the lab, read a journal article, feed the cells and hammer out a plan for the day before anyone else shows up. Watching the low level wisps of grey get pushed aside by western periwinkle over [...]
    Posted: February 08, 2007, 7:20am EST
    by thomas
  • Treatise on Dairy

    For those Cheeseheads among my humble readership, I would like to divert your attention for a minute or so to my sister's HILARIOUS entry regarding the (in)fidelity of refrigerator stores.

    Please refer to the January 31 entry on LidUponMyHead.Visit http://nuevocolony.blogspot.com for more of Seattle's urban wildlife. [...]
    Posted: February 03, 2007, 8:16pm EST
    by thomas
  • SEIU Picketing


    Today from noon to 7PM, a group of Service Employees International Union members protested outside of our UW Medicine building. Previously, they have left fliers on car windows informing us of the lack of health care for the janitorial staff that works here. Today [...]
    Posted: February 01, 2007, 7:08pm EST
    by thomas

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