The above is almost as smart as expressing your anger at another nation by destroying your own.
Category Archives: Knowledge
Save On Heating; Burn Your Water
The print edition of the paper included a picture of a jug of water with a flame burning on it.
I would have thought that anyone who expected a drilling operation anywhere in their neighborhood would seek to get a baseline analysis of what is in their well water right away. I would want to know what I have been drinking all along so that I know if I am just getting hysterical when something turns up in the water later one.
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Using lasers and gold to fight Toxoplasmosis.
Scrap metal dealers tend to be scary people for a lot of reasons. This is one of them.
History is being made. Don’t you feel special to live in times like these?
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You mean that people did not already know this?
What the future looks like. If you are optimistic that is.
Careful who you step on
Sometimes the small guys are the meanest.
H/T Hip And Thigh
Poem of the Week: 3/7/10-3/13/10
A very old example of an acrostic poem. But it must be admitted that the translation is no longer acrostic.
Rant of the Week: 3/7/10-3/13/10
Essay of the Week: 3/7/10-3/13/10
Rant of the week: 2/28/10-3/6/10
Admittedly, Government and the Rights of Man made more sense when it was written then it does now. But this week’s essay of the week makes it plan that it still has relevance now.
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Are there more quakes then there use to be? This article talks out of both sides of its mouth, but the bottom line seems to be yes.
Is eating boogers good for you? This article says yes, but its case is weakened by its lack of citations.
Is introducing bears, lynx, wolves and elk into a country that has disarmed its rural population a good idea? On the plus side it will be very educational. On the downside, the people who will be most affected will not have much a say in whether it happens or not.