On November 21, 2014, from 1-3 PM, local author and scientist Dr. Lindsey Carmichael will be signing her 12th children’s science book at Chapters in Dartmouth. Fuzzy Forensics: DNA Fingerprinting Gets Wild is based in part on forensic cases ... Read More
Tech Support and I live in a relatively new subdivision, and our house is at the end of a long crescent where most of the other lots are empty. As a result, we only get 6-20 kids ringing the ... Read More
Me: Guess what, guess what? Tech Support: (tolerant expression of a man who’s preparing himself for some random factoid from the research for my next book) Me: They’re making a new Ghostbusters and all the ghostbusters will be women! ... Read More
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you may remember my Uncle Ted, from this post where I rant about how you should never have to pay for hospital parking. He passed away last Saturday after nearly ... Read More
Big news today! 1) Amazing Feats of Civil Engineering is now available for purchase! Because it’s intended for the educational market, your local independent may not have it in stock, but you can order through Amazon and the publisher. 2) Another ... Read More
I can’t actually embed the video, because it’s copyright protected. But if you click through, you can watch an adorable slow-motion video of two cats fighting in a top hat. Enjoy! Read More
Parental warning – I’d rate this PG13, due to mild language and a bit of mature content. But he makes some excellent points about the conflict between how Western society says it views women and how our culture actually treats ... Read More
“But Lindsey,” you protest, “I’ve seen Never Cry Wolf six times and those wolves ate mice.” Yeah. Never Cry Wolf? Not a documentary. Adult wolves usually weigh between 55-130 pounds – at the top end of the range, small-adult-human-sized. So ... Read More
Have an idea? Post your caption in the comments! Happy weekend, everyone! Read More
Tech Support is on the road this week (he fixes other people’s tech, too), and last night he sent me this picture from his hotel room: I’m still trying to suss out the reason for this policy. Is popcorn ... Read More
It’s not actually MY dad, it’s my writer-friend Gretchen Wing’s dad. I met Gretchen through WANA International, which I highly recommend all writers check out, and she gave me permission to repost this super cool story. If you ... Read More
What are some of your favourite commercials? Share links in the comments! Read More
Check this out: That is actual metal, spontaneously sprouting a type of facial hair known as tin whiskers. While tin whiskers are very cool (not to mention being an awesome name for a band), their consequences are pretty serious. Because ... Read More
1) It’s a new year! Yes, yes, I recognize that by a tradition that makes no astronomical sense, we celebrate New Year’s in December. But I did 12 years of regular school, 11 years of post-secondary, and now work ... Read More
Brianne is having a bad dream. The thing is, when Brianne has a bad dream, it usually means horrible things are about to happen. Read More
Is to do exactly what my cats do everyday! What’s yours? Read More
As you may have guessed from Monday’s post about my completely ice-free fundraiser for ALS research, I am home from my book tour! I’m now in that weird state of lingering jet lag and general exhaustion where I can ... Read More
The book tour continues, with two events left to go. Both of these are on Tuesday August 19: Signing – Chapters Lethbridge – 1-4 pm Writing Workshop (adults) – Lethbridge Public Library – 7-8:30 pm Thanks to the Lethbridge ... Read More