The Online Laboratory of Kevin Zelnio » Life of Kevin http://www.zelnio.org Deep Sea Biology | Systematics & Taxonomy | Science Writing | Music Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:23:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Making of the Perfect Aquavit http://www.zelnio.org/2010/07/12/the-making-of-the-perfect-aquavit/ http://www.zelnio.org/2010/07/12/the-making-of-the-perfect-aquavit/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:44:14 +0000 Kevin Zelnio http://www.zelnio.org/?p=469 Nothing goes down better with your sustainably-harvested shrimp pizza than Kevin Z’s homemade Aquavit! Its a very simple recipe modified from a brilliant norwegian cookbook I own called Kitchen of Light. It is a fascinating book, providing great recipes, beautiful photos of Scandinavia, stories and background on several of the meals. [...]]]> http://www.zelnio.org/2010/07/12/the-making-of-the-perfect-aquavit/feed/ 0 A Conversation with my 4 Year Old About Air http://www.zelnio.org/2010/05/29/a-conversation-with-my-4-year-old-about-air/ http://www.zelnio.org/2010/05/29/a-conversation-with-my-4-year-old-about-air/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 13:24:22 +0000 Kevin Zelnio http://www.zelnio.org/?p=456 After my son, Elliot, made an observation that the air under the TV stand was cold I inquired more about this phenomenon from him.

Kevin (me): How does cold air get under the TV stand when there is a wall right there?

Elliot: A spider web trapped the water and it goes all the way into here.

Kevin: And [...]]]> http://www.zelnio.org/2010/05/29/a-conversation-with-my-4-year-old-about-air/feed/ 0 Blue Moon and My Grandma http://www.zelnio.org/2010/03/09/blue-moon-and-my-grandma/ http://www.zelnio.org/2010/03/09/blue-moon-and-my-grandma/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:01:41 +0000 Kevin Zelnio http://www.zelnio.org/?p=411

As silly as it sounds, Blue Moon is a sort of special beer to me now. It reminds me of my grandma, Norma (Dendooven) Zelnio, who passed away two months ago. She was a proud Belgian. While Blue Moon is from Colorado, not Belgium, it is brewed in the Belgian style of ales. It became Norma’s [...]]]> http://www.zelnio.org/2010/03/09/blue-moon-and-my-grandma/feed/ 4 My Travel Lifelist http://www.zelnio.org/2010/02/08/my-travel-lifelist/ http://www.zelnio.org/2010/02/08/my-travel-lifelist/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:19:18 +0000 Kevin Zelnio http://www.zelnio.org/?p=396 Places I’ve visited. Still have so much of the world to see still! Hat tip to Björn Brembs. Like Björn, Africa is a blank spot on my lifelist that I desperately would love to fill. I also really want to visit Eastern Europe and India. Thankfully I’m still young and healthy!

visited 19 states (8.44%) Create your own [...]]]> http://www.zelnio.org/2010/02/08/my-travel-lifelist/feed/ 2 Happy Holidays http://www.zelnio.org/2009/12/08/happy-holidays/ http://www.zelnio.org/2009/12/08/happy-holidays/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:35:53 +0000 Kevin Zelnio http://www.zelnio.org/?p=350 I leave December 9th for Ireland to work on data and papers with colleagues there. Hopefully we’ll about 3 papers done and ready to submit! Then I’ll meet the family at my parents home on the Mississippi for the holidays and return December 27th, so posting will be light here and may be light on Deep [...]]]> http://www.zelnio.org/2009/12/08/happy-holidays/feed/ 2 Plastic FAIL http://www.zelnio.org/2009/11/27/plastic-fail/ http://www.zelnio.org/2009/11/27/plastic-fail/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:24:06 +0000 Kevin Zelnio http://www.zelnio.org/?p=344 Can I haz reecykeling?

Snapped this possum around 2am licking up the sloppy seconds from previous nights’ hedonism. I think (s)he lives under my house in the crawl space. An ugly, clumsy and noisy little [...]]]> http://www.zelnio.org/2009/11/27/plastic-fail/feed/ 0