James' Blog

Woo hoo! After being in grad school for like, ever, one of my papers has finally been published in a professional journal. JG Douglass, JE D...

I almost cancelled my plans to visit the Outer Banks last weekend on account of the wet forecast. But the wind was supposed to be awesome, a...

I used to think that it was silly to worry about plastic garbage in the midst of more "serious" environmental threats like defores...

My parents are living in Venezuela for two years while my mom teaches at a private school in Caracas. This is part of the retirement "d...

Woo hoo! It was another beautiful, " Indian Summer " day of windsurf racing in swim trunks. The forecast called for light winds, s...

Warm, bathing-suit weather graced the first day of the 2007 Hampton Roads Sailboard Classic, where about 20 windsurfers from around the East...

I really like the Matrix movies, but because I'm a nerdy scientist there is one thing that has always bugged me about them. Let me expla...