Passion vs. Skills: So Good They Can’t Ignore, Pt I
I’ve been reading Cal Newport’s books, “Deep Work” and “So Good They Can’t Ignore You.” What started me on Cal’s work is the notion that I may have lost my […]
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The Smell of Dead Pig in the Morning
It isn’t napalm. (Not a bad thing.) I don’t love it. But it’s a part of doing research with dead pigs. Why am I smelling dead pig in the morning […]
Scattered: The Last Episode?
When I state in my introduction to the podcast Scattered that scattered remains is an undervalued topic, I’m not kidding. In my heart and gut, I know that scattered and […]
Scattered Remains Podcast
It’s here! There is no longer an excuse for searchers to NOT know about scattered and scavenged remains. There is no longer an excuse for searchers to NOT have access […]
Proving my Intuition
Some people need to talk to sort out the stuff in their brains: they need to talk to think. Some people need to move to think. I need to intuit […]
How much does an ‘A’ grade cost?
I keep saying I have mixed emotions about the Alberta government’s new decision to instil performance-based measures on post-secondary education to allocate funding. In reality, I have pretty strong emotions […]
Rules of Engagement: Shifting the Perspective of Research
Anthropology’s history, and science’s for that matter, is rife with stories of researchers traipsing into small communities, collecting data on these people, then leaving and never telling the community what become of […]
The Reluctant Archaeologist 