Below are links to some representative favorites.
BRIEF ATTEMPTS AT HUMOR
• My spookiest memory from junior-high cross-country (12-1-25)
• ‘Tis the season for weird public radio fundraising monologues (12-16-24)
• Souvenir shopping in McCall (7-14-23)
• Parodies lost (6-19-22)
• When is it fun to be married to a biostatistician? (4-27-19)
• Great Moments in Peer Observation, #13 (1-11-18)
• SJZC #3: “Exaggeration” (6-22-17)
• As the Whirled Greens Turn: a soap opera (11-1-16)
• Crowther & Crowther (2015) (6-24-15)
• Descriptivism vs. prescriptivism: a debate with my 7-year-old (8-1-14)
• Soup deniers must be confronted (1-2-13)
• Debate verdict: Obama less appealing than Legos (10-4-12)
• UW picks Harrison Ford as its next president (4-23-11)
• The dregs of 2009, part 2: A reenactment of the Civil Rights Movement for toddlers (1-17-10)
• What are they driving at? (3-6-09)
• What’s wrong with this number? (11-21-08)
• Thanks … I think (9-14-07)
• Two recent dreams (10-10-06)
LONGER ATTEMPTS AT SERIOUSNESS
• Publish and Perish, part 34: Bless the Rains? Bless the Rains! (1-4-25)
• The musical ghosts of Christmas past (12-13-24)
• Celebrating Coach Pete Farwell (6-19-23)
• Will I ever race again? (10-2-22)
• The ritual of the post-bath crayons (8-19-20)
• My shadow A&P exam (11-23-19)
• Conversation-wise (8-5-18)
• Introducing Samuel John Zelnick-Crowther (2-4-17)
• An open letter to my students (revised) (11-9-16)
• My interview of John L. Parker, Jr. (7-15-15)
• The “13th Man” speaks his mind (2-2-14)
• An interview with Seattle playwright Paul Mullin (10-7-13)
• Greg’s crackpot theories, #2: your favorite songs really DO sound better on the radio (1-12-12)
• Is SingAboutScience.org a waste of taxpayer money? (5-26-11)
• George Kosaly and the social side of science (6-23-10)
• Best training advice ever (9-17-09)
• New Year’s resolution: remember Scott Becker (1-8-08)
• Racing at high altitude: a myth exposed (8-27-07)
• The long-awaited “how I train” entry (12-20-06)
