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When it comes to Thanksgiving 2006, to paraphrase the immortal Chick Hearn – the turkey’s in the refrigerator, the door is closed, the light are out, the gravy is cooling, the pie’s getting hard, and the cranberry sauce is jigglin’. That means it’s time to start fretting about finals, worrying about winter break, and generally stressing about stuff again. Before the bemoaning begins, I propose a moment of reflection.
Currently chasing waves along the north coast of Panama, Captain Liz Clark recounts a pre-turkey day Surfing Magazine photo shoot at Witch’s Rock in Costa Rica, spreads the word about massive biodiesel super boats, and admits that she actually misses the surf-starved shores of Santa Barbara.
“Why is thinking something women never do? And why is logic never even tried? Straightening up their hair is all they ever do. Why don’t they straighten up the mess that’s inside?” These much beloved lyrics are from Alan Jay Lerner’s My Fair Lady, which poses the immortal question: “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?” Two weeks ago I penned a column on the male mind, wondering if it ever really changes from its halcyon days of adolescence.
For this edition of Curioser and Curioser, Martha Sadler sent questions via email to UCSB professor Alice Aldredge, who is the chair of the Depatment of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology and teaches the animal kingdom portion of the university’s introductory biology series.
SEEING SUN SPOTS: Timing, as they say, is everything. In this regard, Santa Barbara City Councilmember Brian Barnwell is probably more than a few days late, not to mention a couple million bucks short. Even so, his idea makes a ton of sense, and I’m hoping the powers behind the throne at Cottage Hospital ultimately decide to embrace it rather than hunker down and fight it, as they have so far.
It started out as an innocent evening, with plans to meet a girlfriend for a local book-signing. But when it was over, there were feathers on my chest, lube in my hair, and a new place in my heart for stripper poles.
The columnist brings us the latest news on eating veggies, drinking coffee, low carb diets, why anger makes your heart sick, and how getting checked early and often for lung cancer just might save your life.
From an internet cafe somewhere along the north coast of Panama, where the effectivness of email “depends on the weather,” Liz Clark updates us on her wild ride since returning to the Swell late this summer and setting off on her final months in the northern hemisphere.
When the Wall Street Journal names UCSB one of the country’s eight up-and-coming schools, our columnist can’t help but feel a little pride in her university.
Welcome to “Girl Surfs World,” Independent.com’s new online column following the adventures of Liz Clark, the 26-year-old UCSB graduate currently sailing and surfing all around the world.
