This past quarter has involved many changes, most notably a transition for Beverly and me from northern New Mexico to eastern Long Island, New York.  My science (mostly program development) is now based at Brookhaven National Laboratory where I often…

June 18th marked the anniversary of my first day at Los Alamos National (then Scientific) Laboratory; I arrived as a clueless graduate student many years (alright, decades!) ago. Over the course of my career at Los Alamos, I have been…

Going to the same synagogue week after week can be boring for many Jews, myself included. One creative solution exercised by a large number of co-religionists is to eschew synagogues altogether. As a rabbi, I am forbidden to recommend that…

Recently I had to obtain a new badge at Los Alamos National Laboratory, my primary employer, to replace one that was expiring after its normal five years. The clerk reviewed various statistics that are coded onto the chip – height,…