This page will eventually become a collection of my reviews of Environmental Impact Assessments conducted in the Bahamas. The links lead to a Science and Perspective copy of the EIA as published, then a link to my comments on the EIA as submitted to the developer and the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection. I will also include a brief summary of the EIA. Enjoy.
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Rainy days 9/18/2015
Alma likes rainy days. And sometimes I do too. When you have nothing to do but snuggle with your snookums or read papers, that is the perfect day for a rain storm. Here I am in a Burger King Parking lot enjoying free wifi watching an employee that appears to be pregnant smoke a cigarette.…
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No room in academia
Dear every student and every professor, Look around you. The students that graduated last year have not found jobs and hardly any of them found jobs at your university or any university. The professors that have been there for the past forty years, are still there. There simply is not enough room in academia. Stop…
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Cockroaches
Growing up in the Bahamas, cockroaches were a recurring theme. During a hurricane, you could find out exactly how many cockroaches were living in the grass because they would crawl up the outside walls of the house. The answer was hundreds. There are always hundreds of cockroaches, just outside. So, yes, we would run out…
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Luck
I seem to win a lot of random things. I can remember phone cards, a trip to Sammy T’s resort in Cat Island, free stuffed animals at the carnival, and now I have won two free tickets to see Luna Gale. I have not been to a play since Mrs. Sessing was in that Halloween…
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Eat my art Maria Von Trapp
So the main character from sound of music taught people to sing in Papua New Guinea and before, you could taste and gnaw on art pieces in a museum to evaluate their composition. This is really a striking notion for me. The way we interact with art and museums today has been changed…why?

