I got tired of not having a blog. This isn’t at all ready for prime time, but here it is. If you find yourself reading something you don’t feel you should be reading–please, do us both a favor: stop.
Bah! This blog inexorably trends toward idleness. This lamentable result owes to two factors. First, my gradual capitulation to the numb stuffed-couch comforts of passive entertainment (not a sentence and I’m passive entertainment over it). My life has become increasingly bimodal, divided into periods of intense activity and profound inactivity. I don’t know why. When […]
Having seen the San Rafael Swell from the top (i.e. from the Wedge Overlook), I decided it was time to see it from the bottom. I rented an inflatable kayak from the Carbon County Rec Center, waited for some rain to blow over, then impulsively decided to go down a Class II+ section of the […]
I’m kayaking down the Price river, running the section between the Scofield Reservoir and the UT 6. I’m cold–a logjam a few miles upriver dumped me. The sun’s out, but the day is cool–especially when wet. The sun reflects off the rippling water, the tall marsh grasses on either side, the small, whitish sandstone outcrop […]
Abstract: Assuming intercollegiate athletic success leads to increased university applications, is this effect similar between research universities and non-research universities? To find out, 2001 through 2009 applicant statistics for 115 universities with NCAA Division 1-A football teams are analyzed. Athletic success at non-research institutions is found to increase subsequent applications by nearly 10%. Athletic success […]