I apologize for the delay in following up on my altogther too short pilot posting. Technical difficulties are, of course, to blame-- darn those Usual Suspects.
I think of the title of my nascent web log as a pun which is not very good. This is different from a "bad pun." Naming can be a difficult thing, at times, and (alas) Winds of Change was already taken. After racking my brain for a while, I decided on Rising Nucleotides, which was meant to suggest that a rising tide of knowledge is a Good Thing. It is also a gag based on my vocation. Nucleotides are not only the building blocks of DNA and RNA molecules (the A, T, G, C, and somtimes U that you hear about), but also one of them-- adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-- is the energy carrier molecule that powers reactions in cells.
I am pro-science, anti-idiotarian, and I think quite an awful lot. I like art and music, though I do little to increase my knowledge of either. I mean that in a consumption sort of way; I can't draw for beans. I "totally dig" computer technology-- indeed, I have built several computers for myself, and about as many for other people.
Science fiction is a good thing. It does us good to think about the future, since "we're all going to live there some day." Regardless of whether that sounds corny, to deny the underlying truth is to fall victim to short-sighted foolishness. And that would be bad.
I intend to use this space to talk about matters that concern me-- be they hot-button political issues, cool technologies, scientific discoveries, or any other adjective-modified noun which strikes my fancy. Sometimes I will have a definitive opinion on the matter; when things are less clear I will attempt to stimulate thinking. Reader comments are welcome-- at least in part because they would prove that there are, in fact, readers.
Howdy. I'm Mitch, and this is my blog. As you may have surmised, based on its title, I am something of a biologist.