Notes on December

December was a weird month, not very fun in some respects. Early in the month my grandmother died, leaving me granparent-less. My wife and I managed to make it to Arizona for the funeral, a sad affair though it was nice to see all the family. Upon return I proceed to get sick for two [...]

What it means to be colour-blind

This is in response to a comment on the entry Colour-blindness and its effects
Colour-blind for the most part is a misnomer. A more accurate description is colour weakness or colour impaired. While there is a small portion of the colour-blind population that can see only in black, white and shades of gray, the [...]

Colour-blindness and its effects

Found a great link from Signal vs Noise. I am one of those people who are colour-blind. When others learn this, usually I am barraged with questions: can you see this colour? which colour is this? And when I reply (often correctly, or close) they are more confused, because they assume that I cannot see [...]

Yes, I can have mayonaise

Invariably upon someone learning that I am allergic to milk, they deluge me with questions: ‘Can you eat this?’, ‘Can you take a pill to solve it?’, ‘How did you know you were allergic to milk?’ All these questions I’ve learned to handle and answer easily. There is one that still makes me chuckle however, [...]

Who am I?

This, I think, is the second time Kasia has made a request for the identity of bloggers. Or perhaps Jeremy made the request initially? I cannot recall. Either way, you will find no reference to my ID on this blog, at least for now :) It takes time to blog, it takes time to create [...]