Happy Science/Political News, for a change

Forget taking a day off–this is too exciting!*
I wanted to congratulate Jane Lubchenco on her appointment by President-Elect Obama to be the head of NOAA! Huzzah!
Lubchenco has a great deal of experience in both being a leader and making science more accessible to the public. From her online vita:
“She is Past-President of the International Council [...]

Snow, snow, more snow.

We are snowed in for a while–about 12 inches of mixed snow and ice. The snow plow killed ANOTHER one of our mailboxes–that’s three mailboxes in 3 years murdered by snowplow.
Rural Readers: Feel free to share your stories of snow plow damage. It’s pretty much an annual event.
In fact, I didn’t actually know this, but [...]