Nathanial Garrod

Category Archives: Thoughts

During Fall Term, Time Seems to Move Faster

At work, the term has quickly moved from week three, all the way to week five in the blink of an eye. With a conference then some travel for work … Continue reading

November 2, 2019 · Leave a Comment

When Can I Run Fast Enough to Qualify for the Boston Marathon?

As I was going about my evening and getting ready for bed, I mused on Twitter Two data nerd things follow 1. As i get faster at running over time, … Continue reading

October 18, 2019 · 1 Comment

a recent fascination with botanical illustrations

One of the folks I follow on Twitter has an annual Bracket of Disparate things that features random ideas, concepts and other miscellania in a bracket using the polling function … Continue reading

April 5, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Re-discovering parts of the 90s that I sorta missed…

RWhen I was a kid in the late 90s, we had these neighbors who were fun, clever and eccentric – I remember them going from being incredibly distant to some … Continue reading

January 16, 2019 · Leave a Comment

2019 Goals

In which our writer waxes eloquently about things he wishes to accomplish in the year 2019.

January 3, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Current Project Progress and also Things About Running

I did not get to writing in this space (or really at all) this last week. It was a pretty intense week. On Friday, I gave a talk for a … Continue reading

May 20, 2018 · 1 Comment

The Blah

The sum of my writing in this space over the last year is two posts. I have had DAYS in the past that were like that. I have felt most … Continue reading

October 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Nothing Exists in Isolation

In college, I would eat lunch with one of my professors, Chip, every week or two. We would talk about life, academic fear, the value of work, philosophy, psychology and … Continue reading

December 9, 2016 · Leave a Comment

thoughts on missing my mom

Today is the anniversary of my mothers death. I frequently write on this day – for years it was a summary of the sequence of events. At this point it … Continue reading

March 29, 2016 · 2 Comments

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