Welcome back to this installment of my blog where I try and articulate my life as I work and live at McMurdo in Antarctica. I have typically been trying to find some kind of general topic for each my posts, mostly to keep things somewhat organized in my head, but for this post I think I just want to write of the top of my dome and let everyone reading know what kinds of things I have been up to since my last entry. Halloween has come and gone in Antarctica. Celebrations were had and there were many a costume to parade the halls of the dorm buildings. I actually mean that in the most literal way possible. On the Saturday night that most closely aligns with the holiday, people dress up in whatever costume they can manage. Most are fashioned out of thrifted clothes but for the most dedicated, they sacrifice some of their precious luggage space to bring something with them to the ice. I saw way to many guys in dresses that were too small. There is then a parade though the main dorm bu...