This picture was lifted from the Neal Boortz Site. He asked the question, “what’s wrong with this picture?” Almost half of the comments on the picture mentioned the temperature. That is not the main problem. Can you see it? Just when you thought that the academic ignorance of the American Public could get no worse, something like this happens. [...]
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Technology and Geography We Learned in School
Posted in Ecology, Science on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas and the Man in the Moon
Posted in Science on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the Christmas season approaches, I think that most of us wax nostalgic at one time or the other. I must be honest. I don’t remember much about the Christmases of my childhood after about the third grade. From about nine onward, I remember more about the meals and the days of watching football with my [...]
Politically Incorrect Physics
Posted in Science on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
July 09, 2008 Is “black hole” a racially insensitive term? Apparently to some. From the City Hall Blog at the Dallas Morning News: A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre this afternoon. County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle [...]
