Category Archives: science

Tangled Wire Theory

January 9, 2013 – 4:53 pm

Last night I put my headphones on the kitchen table. The leads were attached to my iPad. The power chord was separated from the headphone wires by several inches. I fell asleep to dreams of Thailand. I do miss my family. The next morning I woke early and went into the kitchen. The iPad is [...]

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Living Long Is The Best Revenge

November 20, 2012 – 7:50 pm

My great-grandaunt Bert lived to 103. Aunt Marge made it to 95. My father hit 90. My family suffers longevity well and at 60 I can still beat teenagers at basketball, so I suspect that I’m headed for a ripe old age in full control of my diminishing facilities and if so I hope to [...]

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Albert Einstein And God

October 8, 2012 – 10:34 am

‎”…The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can change this.” Albert Einstein in a letter ps The physicist is credited with formulating the theory of [...]

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The End Of Science

October 6, 2012 – 1:39 pm

The GOP have nurtured a strong disdain of science in their followers as recently evinced by the declaration by Congressman Paul Broun that, “God’s word is true. I’ve come to understand that. All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the big bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit [...]

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Flying With The Windows Down

September 28, 2012 – 7:53 pm

Last Monday a small electrical fire forced the airplane carrying Mitt Romney’s wife to make an emergency landing in Denver. The passengers escaped from the stricken jet without injury and later on stage at a political rally the GOP presidential candidate expressed his relief that his wife was safe and then said, “When you have [...]

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