No worries, folks – just some obligations at work that are eating my time up. I ended up working straight through the weekend, and didn...

From the “I can't decide whether to laugh or cry” pile: Some 3,000 scientific robots that are plying the ocean have sent home a puzzlin...

Here's a few photos of desert dandelion ( Malacothrix californica ), all on the Carrizo Badlands Overlook...

Parish's Poppy ( Eschscholzia parishii ) from the little no-name valley just south of Box Canyon, east side of S-2.

This is one of the several cholla species that grow in the Anza Borrego Desert, but I'm not certain which one it is. I liked the look o...

Arthur C. Clarke died yesterday at the age of 90, in his home in Columbo, Sri Lanka. He was the last of the surviving “Big Three” of scienc...

It's your morning dose of desert wildflowers, this time of three species all found in the little no-name canyon just south of Box Canyon...

These blue phacelia ( Phacelia distans ) were all found along Oriflamme Canyon Road, between S-2 and the junction with Rodriguez Canyon Road...

Spotted two birds in our yard for the first time this year (they're returning from their wintering over): a male Bullock's Oriole, a...

The chuparosa ( Beloperone californica ) was much more evident this wekk than last week, and I was able to get a few decent photos (out of o...

Debbie and I ventured down to the Anza-Borrego Desert yesterday, wandering around near S-2, from Ocotillo to Scissors Junction. There was s...

A new license plate holder graces my truck – a gift from my friend (and co-worker) Bow Ruggeri. Service-Now is the company where I work. ...

The “Gore Effect” struck Jamul and vicinity y esterday and last night: we had some very odd weather – unseasonably cold temperatures (28°F),...

Courtesy of Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD) , this spectacular “remix” of previous Hubble photos of the galaxy known as Messier 104 (M10...

All but one of you got the correct answer to last week's puzzler: the reason why one lighting technology is more pleasing to the eye tha...

David Mamet, playwright and former liberal, writes about his “conversion” to conservatism: I recognized that I held those two views of Ameri...

Monica Lin Brown is a real American hero : A 19-year-old medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second fem...

Several of you have written to ask why I haven't commented on the Spitzer imbroglio. One email declared, a little testily, that if I wo...

This past week saw an interesting story emerge, one related to global warming. The elements of the story include a suppressed skeptic, a gl...

These photos are of some beauties that I was unable to identify. If anyone knows what these are, please leave a comment with the informatio...