I can't. I've been back in the US for just over 2 weeks now, and in CO for nearly that. I've put out feelers for jobs, and thrown out a few applications. I've been told "everywhere's hurting, you'll be sure to get snapped up." But silence.And you know why - everyone is busy, and while... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 Journal Project
The COVID-19 Journal Project is put on by the Wisconsin Historical Society, and aims to collect history as it is occurring.
This place has too much atmosphere
I've been at the South Pole for just over a month now, and I think I'm more or less acclimated (though my typing accuracy would indicate otherwise). While it's physically something like 9300 feet, some quirk of the temperature/humidity/something makes it feel like it's a variable above-10k-feet. Today it's around 10100. Cool. My pulse ox... Continue Reading →
Going Back
It's May and roughly my seventh month here, and it's time to start thinking about redeployment. August is only three months away, and weather permitting the end of it will find me somewhere, possibly on a beach, picking up a lot of long-missed sun. Guys, it's really dark outside. But end-of-contract means thinking about what's... Continue Reading →
Workwear
I've been a firefighter for about a decade at this point (when did that happen?), and having worked shifts from two hours long to two+ days long (The Hotdog Blizzard Incident*) I'm pretty comfortable with how to pack and how to dress for pretty much anything you could throw at me. Here's what I wear... Continue Reading →
Photo of the Day, 03/01/2019
Sunset over McMurdo Station, March 1st, 2019.
Letters: Hands
A side effect of my hands chapping from the dryness is that I've lost my fingerprints. First my index fingers, then this morning my first two fingers. I am looking at my hands now and it appears my fingertips are abraded or almost pilled, and sure enough, the fingerprints have worn off. It's not a... Continue Reading →
Book and Ladder 