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Selected Amusements

A Reluctant Aquarian

Only twice over the years have I published my own writing in the magazine I edit. Here's the more recent of the two.

Science Goes Oulipo

This is an application for a science magazine of the French literary Oulipo exercise to the jargon of molecular biology.

End of the Line

A rant (the magazine that published it labeled it "spleen") on how much I hate queues.

Let Stalk Strine

When I first went to Australia years ago (I'm a dual citizen now) the slang was funny but sometimes baffling.

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