News flash: the hardworking staff of surf.bird.scribble is taking the science- can- be- fun- to- read- especially- if- occasionally- combined- with- surf- clips gospel to the world. Check out twice-weekly posts at the Gist on Smithsonian.com, along with other talented bloggers like Virginia Hughes.
Stay tuned to s.b.s. for stories too quirky to tell anywhere else… and by all means send me your links and ideas! (aphriza <in the vicinity of> gmail <small black spot> com)
Nice going, brother! I checked out The Gist, and was very impressed by the variety of your posts. Can’t wait to read your posts from the Bottom of the World, and it’s very cool to see my bubba becoming famous
Oh, and is there any way you can get me down there? I want to be the only soldier on the block with a “Wintered Over in Antartica” ribbon on my Class A uniform. (And yes, there really is such a ribbon in the Army 
thanks O. With any luck we’ll be ambushed in our sleeping bags by Antarctic insurgents and they’ll have to call in a crack squad of tent-cleaners. Bring lip balm! or so they say.