Monthly Archives: December 2011
MIT Science Writing: Fall 2011 Summary
My first semester of grad school at MIT was a whirlwind. After the gut-wrenching decision to leave all my friends and colleagues at NASA for the year to come to Boston (note: there was no gut-wrenching involved with leaving the city of Houston), adjusting to a new lifestyle in a strange city took me back, [...]
Battle of the Best Men
When my friend decided to get married, he couldn’t choose between me, his best friend for 24 years, or his only brother to be his best man. So he decided we’d both be best men. Only… that didn’t sit right with us. How could there be TWO best men? Didn’t the word ‘best’ by definition [...]
