- I read that 22 of the states that have outlawed texting while driving offer some type of service that allows you to receive live traffic updates to your cell phone...
- I saw that a restaurant will soon be opening in San Francisco (United States) that is going to call itself a Brasserie...
OK...I have to add an edit as I am told that the irony of an American restaurant calling itself Brasserie has been missed. The irony is in the definition of brasserie plus that fact that the place is in the United States. You see, a brasserie is "an unpretentious restaurant" IN FRANCE! In the US, a brasserie is a pretentious restaurant, or at the very least, a pretentiously named restaurant. Have I made my point?
OK... A final word on this subject as someone has now told me that they could come up with lots of ironies that are better than these ironies. To this is I say "so what?". These were just a couple of ironies that struck me one day and so I jotted them down. This post was written more in the spirit of a tweet as opposed to being a literary composition on Irony with a capital I. Please look at my blog. This is not literature. It's confessions from the research department.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Motorcycles- Part II
I said that I had covered all of my motorcycles except the Suzuki's. I know as I am posting this that the picture is too big for the page but it is the closest thing I could find to the first Suzuki I owned. The GS 1100. I believe it was an '82 or an '84. It looked exactly like this one except I don't think it had the square headlight. Check it out though. Mostly just engine and tires. It was the fastest stock motorcycle on earth for a while. This was my first scary-fast motorcycle. Back then I was fearless and the fact that it was scary-fast escaped me. By the way, this will be the last post on motorcycle's I've owned. I think there was just one other; a green Suzuki GS 550. Now that I think about it, it was kind of embarrassing. It had ape hanger bars (blush). Nuff said about that one.
If I Had a Ton of Money and a 10 Car Garage...#3
Suzuki Hayabusa. This is the bike that I went into the motorcycle shop to purchase back in 2007 but I walked out with the Ducati instead. I can't help it. I'm attracted to Italian motorcycles! The Hayabusa currently shares the title for fastest stock bike on earth with the Kawasaki ZX14 Ninja. I believe that both are electronically limited at 189 MPH! The salesman told me there are ways to get around that governor. He said that he has done 212 MPH on his. Nice!
If I Had a Ton of Money and a 10 Car Garage...#2
Yamaha V Max. I remember when it came out back in the early '80's. I had just bought a Suzuki GS 1100. This V Max dethroned my GS as the fastest stock bike on earth. It kinda pissed me off. What a total beast the V Max was and is. I believe the one in the photo is the 2009 model. It's the first major upgrade to the V Max since it came out back in the early '80's. It's still the same basic concept. Sit atop massive engine. Go!
If I Had a Ton of Money and a 10 Car Garage... #1
It's a Ural. It's Russian. The side car is standard equipment.
My understanding is that the Russians stole the engine design from BMW during WWII. They are still using the basic 1940's BMW engine to make these. I can see at least one upgrade since I last checked these bikes out. A single front disk brake! When I saw these bikes about 10 years ago (there was a dealership in Sacramento back then) they still had the old drum brakes. What fun this would be!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Motorcycles
I've owned a few motorcycles in my life...
This is my current ride. It is fun. Not my favorite of all time, but fun. Scary fast.
The 1998 V11 EV was definitely one of my favorite bikes of all time. There is nothing like a Moto Guzzi. This is a torque beast. I would definitely like to have another one of these. Unfortunately this one got hit by a car out on the 50. It got torn up pretty good (so did I).
I had a '74 Harley Sprint. It was my first motorcycle. It looked much like the one in the photo above except mine had flames on the tank! This was a piece of shit. If not for this experience with this particular bike, who knows; I may have wound up a Harley guy. But after this, I never owned another Harley.
This 250 CC Bombardier (found online) does not do justice to the Can Am Bombardier that I owned back in the early '80's. Mine was in excellent condition. Yellow. 400 CC's. Some time I will blog about the time I rode it into my apartment while alluding the police during a minor police chase one night in Sacramento...
As a footnote, Can Am is a Canadian manufacturer and they make 4 runner type vehicles as well as those cool looking 3 wheel motor cycles that you see around now and then. In fact, they call one of those the Bombardier.
This is very close to what my Yamaha looked like. I believe that the one pictured is a 175. Mine was a 200. What a blast this bike was. I have a hilarious police chase story for this bike too. Another time...
This is all of them , except for 2 Suzuki's. I will do another post about them another time.
This is my current ride. It is fun. Not my favorite of all time, but fun. Scary fast.
The 1998 V11 EV was definitely one of my favorite bikes of all time. There is nothing like a Moto Guzzi. This is a torque beast. I would definitely like to have another one of these. Unfortunately this one got hit by a car out on the 50. It got torn up pretty good (so did I).
I had a '74 Harley Sprint. It was my first motorcycle. It looked much like the one in the photo above except mine had flames on the tank! This was a piece of shit. If not for this experience with this particular bike, who knows; I may have wound up a Harley guy. But after this, I never owned another Harley.
This 250 CC Bombardier (found online) does not do justice to the Can Am Bombardier that I owned back in the early '80's. Mine was in excellent condition. Yellow. 400 CC's. Some time I will blog about the time I rode it into my apartment while alluding the police during a minor police chase one night in Sacramento...
As a footnote, Can Am is a Canadian manufacturer and they make 4 runner type vehicles as well as those cool looking 3 wheel motor cycles that you see around now and then. In fact, they call one of those the Bombardier.
This is very close to what my Yamaha looked like. I believe that the one pictured is a 175. Mine was a 200. What a blast this bike was. I have a hilarious police chase story for this bike too. Another time...
This is all of them , except for 2 Suzuki's. I will do another post about them another time.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Photo & Article from WIRED Magazine...
In an age of biotechnological juicing, not even the easygoing pastime of fishing is free from controversies over artificial enhancement.
On September 5, Saskatchewan fisherman Sean Konrad caught a 48-pound, world-record rainbow trout. The fish came from Lake Diefenbaker, where trout genetically engineered to grow extra-big escaped from a fish farm nine years ago.
The previous world record was held by Sean’s twin brother Adam, who pulled a 43-pound, 10-ounce rainbow trout from Lake Diefenbaker in 2007. That catch sparked online debate over the legitimacy of Lake Diefenbaker’s farm-born, genetically-engineered rainbows. Technically known as triploids, they’re designed with three sets of chromosomes, making them sterile and channeling energies normally spent reproducing towards growth.
In 2007, on a message board of the International Game Fish Association, the angling world’s record- and ethics-keeping body, some fishermen argued that triploids were unnatural, as divorced from the sport’s history as Barry Bonds’ home runs were from Hank Aaron’s.
The IGFA refused to make a distinction between natural and GM fish. Neither would they distinguish between species caught in their traditional waters and those introduced into new, growth-friendly environments, such as largemouth bass whose extra-large ancestors were imported from Florida to California in the 1960s.
But to purists, there was a difference between transplantation and outright manufacture.
The Konrad brothers’ response on the message board was curt: “Stop crying and start fishing.”
Now they’ve caught another record-breaking trout. Or have they?
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Suisun City Police Department Sets the Standard
From KCRA News:
Handcuffed Man Shoots At Officers
SUISUN CITY, Calif. -- A man who was handcuffed and detained inside a Suisun City police car pulled out a concealed gun and fired a shot at officers, police said.
Police said just before 11 a.m. Friday, an officer did a traffic stop for a vehicle code violation, and the car pulled over on the 1400 block of Pelican Way.
Three people were inside the car, police said, and the driver was unable to provide any ID.
Officials said another police officer arrived and the driver was asked to step out of the car. He was pat-searched, handcuffed and detained inside the police car while the other officers dealt with the passengers.
Police said at that time, a third officer arrived.
While the handcuffed man was inside the police car, one of the officers noticed that he had moved his hands to the front of his body, police said. When the officers went back to talk to him, they saw that he had a handgun in his cuffed hands.
The man then fired a shot at the officers and missed, police said. The officers were able to wrestle the gun away from the man.
None of the officers were hurt in the shooting.
Police said it appears that the suspect, John Bueno, had hidden the handgun near his groin.
Police said they found marijuana for sale during a search of the vehicle. Bueno was found to have previous arrests and convictions for possession of firearms and narcotics and was on felony probation for a weapons charge.
Bueno was booked into the Solano County Jail on multiple charges.
The passengers were questioned and released, police said.
My comment would be that this is one lucky criminal. With it becoming accepted practice to taser women and the elderly, I believe that this man would have been used for target practice in some jurisdictions. I know that in my home town, where 3 cowardly officers opened fire on a teenager with a knife this past summer, Mr. Bueno would not have survived.
Suisun City PD, I commend you.
Handcuffed Man Shoots At Officers
SUISUN CITY, Calif. -- A man who was handcuffed and detained inside a Suisun City police car pulled out a concealed gun and fired a shot at officers, police said.
Police said just before 11 a.m. Friday, an officer did a traffic stop for a vehicle code violation, and the car pulled over on the 1400 block of Pelican Way.
Three people were inside the car, police said, and the driver was unable to provide any ID.
Officials said another police officer arrived and the driver was asked to step out of the car. He was pat-searched, handcuffed and detained inside the police car while the other officers dealt with the passengers.
Police said at that time, a third officer arrived.
While the handcuffed man was inside the police car, one of the officers noticed that he had moved his hands to the front of his body, police said. When the officers went back to talk to him, they saw that he had a handgun in his cuffed hands.
The man then fired a shot at the officers and missed, police said. The officers were able to wrestle the gun away from the man.
None of the officers were hurt in the shooting.
Police said it appears that the suspect, John Bueno, had hidden the handgun near his groin.
Police said they found marijuana for sale during a search of the vehicle. Bueno was found to have previous arrests and convictions for possession of firearms and narcotics and was on felony probation for a weapons charge.
Bueno was booked into the Solano County Jail on multiple charges.
The passengers were questioned and released, police said.
My comment would be that this is one lucky criminal. With it becoming accepted practice to taser women and the elderly, I believe that this man would have been used for target practice in some jurisdictions. I know that in my home town, where 3 cowardly officers opened fire on a teenager with a knife this past summer, Mr. Bueno would not have survived.
Suisun City PD, I commend you.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
More From the "Now That's What I Call Research" Files
This from the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8270688.stm
Academic research can take many forms and it covers a wide range of subjects:
MONKEYS & THE BARD
The study: A single computer was placed in a monkey enclosure at Paignton Zoo to monitor the literary output of six primates.
Who and when: Students at University of Plymouth, 2003, paid for from a £2,000 Arts Council grant
The aim: To test the "infinite monkey theory", which states that if a monkey hits keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time, it will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare.
What was learnt: The theory is flawed. After one month - admittedly not an "infinite" amount of time - the monkeys had partially destroyed the machine, used it as a lavatory, and mostly typed the letter "s".
SWORD SWALLOWING
The study: More than 100 sword swallowers from 16 countries were asked about injuries they had suffered practising their skill
Who and when: Sword swallower Dan Meyer and radiologist Brian Witcombe, published in the British Medical Journal in 2006
The aim: To explore the side-effects of sword swallowing
What was learnt: They received data from 46 sword swallowers. Common ailments included sore throats, especially when learning the trade. They sometimes damage the oesophagus, although usually not seriously, but major bleeding of the stomach does also happen. They run a higher risk of injury when they are distracted or add to the performance using multiple or oddly-shaped swords. There had been 29 fatalities during the past 100 years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8270688.stm
Academic research can take many forms and it covers a wide range of subjects:
MONKEYS & THE BARD
The study: A single computer was placed in a monkey enclosure at Paignton Zoo to monitor the literary output of six primates.
Who and when: Students at University of Plymouth, 2003, paid for from a £2,000 Arts Council grant
The aim: To test the "infinite monkey theory", which states that if a monkey hits keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time, it will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare.
What was learnt: The theory is flawed. After one month - admittedly not an "infinite" amount of time - the monkeys had partially destroyed the machine, used it as a lavatory, and mostly typed the letter "s".
SWORD SWALLOWING
The study: More than 100 sword swallowers from 16 countries were asked about injuries they had suffered practising their skill
Who and when: Sword swallower Dan Meyer and radiologist Brian Witcombe, published in the British Medical Journal in 2006
The aim: To explore the side-effects of sword swallowing
What was learnt: They received data from 46 sword swallowers. Common ailments included sore throats, especially when learning the trade. They sometimes damage the oesophagus, although usually not seriously, but major bleeding of the stomach does also happen. They run a higher risk of injury when they are distracted or add to the performance using multiple or oddly-shaped swords. There had been 29 fatalities during the past 100 years.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Another Research Director Bites the Dust
From Physics Today on September 23, 2009
Physics Today: Peter Chen, the head of research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich) has resigned after an investigation (at his request) into two papers published in the Journal of Chemical Physics and a doctoral thesis from his research group turned out to contain falsified data. The investigation could not conclude who was responsible for the falsifications.
Peter Chen (Credit: ETH Zürich)In a statement released by ETH Zürich the institute said "out of respect for ETH Zürich and the function as head of research, Peter Chen has acknowledged his responsibility and decided to step down as Vice President at the end of September 2009."
"Scientific misconduct jeopardizes the very core of research and must carry consequences," says ETH Zürich President Ralph Eichler. "This has been the case here and the matter also shows that the established control mechanisms for research really do work."
The research projects affected hail from the field of basic research in chemistry at ETH Zürich and were published in 2000 by members of the team then headed by Chen. He has been professor of physical-organic chemistry since 1994 and the vice-president of research and corporate relations since 2007.
The papers under suspicion concerned results relating to the spectroscopic structural clarification of hydrocarbon radicals: short-lived chemical compounds that are formed during combustion processes. The number of citations accrued by the two papers is 66, which is quite a large score.
Intensive search for discrepancies
The experiments were conducted with the so-called “zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron spectroscopy” method, a high-resolution version of photoelectron spectroscopy. The method can be used, amongst other things, to analyze highly reactive or instable compounds. The measurements include electrons that break away from the molecule under examination after it has absorbed light. The spectra determined as a result can then be used to analyze the geometric structure and dynamics of the compounds.
However, after the papers were published, other research groups working in the same field obtained significantly different results.
Chen’s group set about seeking an explanation for the discrepancies in conjunction with a former post-doctoral researcher’s group. The discrepancies initially involved the ionization energy of alkyl radicals. Ionization energy means any energy needed to separate the least stable electron from an atom in its basic state.
A disturbing conclusion
Not only was the attempt to reproduce the values measured unsuccessful, but other inconsistencies led Chen to suspect foul play. He called upon ETH Zürich's executive board to appoint a scientific board of inquiry to clarify the irregularities at the beginning of January 2009. At the same time, he and his co-authors withdrew the first publication.
Five internationally renowned professors (three external ones and two from ETH Zürich) were appointed to the commission. They scrutinized the studies in question, repeated the processes used at the time where possible and interviewed the three authors involved in the experiments: the doctoral and post-doctoral students at the time and Chen.
The commission concluded that some of the data had been falsified. For example, certain diagrams involving representations of the measured spectra often contained identical patterns from static, i.e. technically unavoidable signals without any discernible information content. The fact that some of the noise patterns recur in an identical fashion is virtually impossible, which suggests they were added to the diagrams afterwards says their final report. Moreover, repeating the experiments revealed that some of the lines apparently measured within the spectra actually did not exist.
In addition, the relevant lab books and most of the raw data for the experiments are missing, limiting the likelihood that the experiment could be successfully replicated.
Resolution
All of the people involved in the experiments categorically deny having carried out the falsifications; however, they all agree that the data was falsified.
Consequently, the second publication with the fake data was withdrawn.
At this point, the author of the doctoral thesis initially withdrew his thesis on his own accord, but retracted the withdrawal later.
ETH Zürich has postponed the planned publication of the commission’s report for the time being for legal reasons associated with the doctoral thesis.
After receiving the report ETH Zürich's executive board conducted its own investigation to form its own opinion. "The commission resolved the matter objectively and I am much obliged to them in the name of ETH Zürich," says Eichler. “Unfortunately, there is now no legal way of finding out for sure who was responsible for the falsifications," he added.
Chen assumes responsibility
As the current vice-president responsible for quality assurance in research, Chen felt that the incident had compromised his effectiveness, and decided to step down.
"Peter Chen is an impressive researcher and a highly valued member of our board in every respect," stresses Eichler. "We very much regret to lose such an accomplished leader, but we are happy that he’ll remain in our midst as a model colleague, outstanding scientist and professor."
Physics Today: Peter Chen, the head of research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich) has resigned after an investigation (at his request) into two papers published in the Journal of Chemical Physics and a doctoral thesis from his research group turned out to contain falsified data. The investigation could not conclude who was responsible for the falsifications.
Peter Chen (Credit: ETH Zürich)In a statement released by ETH Zürich the institute said "out of respect for ETH Zürich and the function as head of research, Peter Chen has acknowledged his responsibility and decided to step down as Vice President at the end of September 2009."
"Scientific misconduct jeopardizes the very core of research and must carry consequences," says ETH Zürich President Ralph Eichler. "This has been the case here and the matter also shows that the established control mechanisms for research really do work."
The research projects affected hail from the field of basic research in chemistry at ETH Zürich and were published in 2000 by members of the team then headed by Chen. He has been professor of physical-organic chemistry since 1994 and the vice-president of research and corporate relations since 2007.
The papers under suspicion concerned results relating to the spectroscopic structural clarification of hydrocarbon radicals: short-lived chemical compounds that are formed during combustion processes. The number of citations accrued by the two papers is 66, which is quite a large score.
Intensive search for discrepancies
The experiments were conducted with the so-called “zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron spectroscopy” method, a high-resolution version of photoelectron spectroscopy. The method can be used, amongst other things, to analyze highly reactive or instable compounds. The measurements include electrons that break away from the molecule under examination after it has absorbed light. The spectra determined as a result can then be used to analyze the geometric structure and dynamics of the compounds.
However, after the papers were published, other research groups working in the same field obtained significantly different results.
Chen’s group set about seeking an explanation for the discrepancies in conjunction with a former post-doctoral researcher’s group. The discrepancies initially involved the ionization energy of alkyl radicals. Ionization energy means any energy needed to separate the least stable electron from an atom in its basic state.
A disturbing conclusion
Not only was the attempt to reproduce the values measured unsuccessful, but other inconsistencies led Chen to suspect foul play. He called upon ETH Zürich's executive board to appoint a scientific board of inquiry to clarify the irregularities at the beginning of January 2009. At the same time, he and his co-authors withdrew the first publication.
Five internationally renowned professors (three external ones and two from ETH Zürich) were appointed to the commission. They scrutinized the studies in question, repeated the processes used at the time where possible and interviewed the three authors involved in the experiments: the doctoral and post-doctoral students at the time and Chen.
The commission concluded that some of the data had been falsified. For example, certain diagrams involving representations of the measured spectra often contained identical patterns from static, i.e. technically unavoidable signals without any discernible information content. The fact that some of the noise patterns recur in an identical fashion is virtually impossible, which suggests they were added to the diagrams afterwards says their final report. Moreover, repeating the experiments revealed that some of the lines apparently measured within the spectra actually did not exist.
In addition, the relevant lab books and most of the raw data for the experiments are missing, limiting the likelihood that the experiment could be successfully replicated.
Resolution
All of the people involved in the experiments categorically deny having carried out the falsifications; however, they all agree that the data was falsified.
Consequently, the second publication with the fake data was withdrawn.
At this point, the author of the doctoral thesis initially withdrew his thesis on his own accord, but retracted the withdrawal later.
ETH Zürich has postponed the planned publication of the commission’s report for the time being for legal reasons associated with the doctoral thesis.
After receiving the report ETH Zürich's executive board conducted its own investigation to form its own opinion. "The commission resolved the matter objectively and I am much obliged to them in the name of ETH Zürich," says Eichler. “Unfortunately, there is now no legal way of finding out for sure who was responsible for the falsifications," he added.
Chen assumes responsibility
As the current vice-president responsible for quality assurance in research, Chen felt that the incident had compromised his effectiveness, and decided to step down.
"Peter Chen is an impressive researcher and a highly valued member of our board in every respect," stresses Eichler. "We very much regret to lose such an accomplished leader, but we are happy that he’ll remain in our midst as a model colleague, outstanding scientist and professor."
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Life is a Song
My cousin Bobbie Joe is the Director of Research at the Country & Western Research Foundation over in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee.
I checked in with him the other day. His wife has left him. His dog has passed away. His pickup truck broke down.
Aside from that, he was fine.
I checked in with him the other day. His wife has left him. His dog has passed away. His pickup truck broke down.
Aside from that, he was fine.
Monday, March 16, 2009
As I Said In An Earlier Post, Some Researchers Have All The Fun
Research shows Kiwi women’s breasts getting bigger
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0903/S00221.htm
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0903/S00221.htm
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Ok, How About This Idea Then...
The stun wallet. Voice activated.
If you get mugged, you hand over the wallet and then say the secret word and the perp gets jolted to the ground.
Obvious problems that need to be worked out are 1) someone says your secret word while the wallet is in your back pocket 2) mugger has his finger on the trigger of a hand gun which is pointed at you and the jolt causes the finger to contract.
Other than these minor concerns...this is a winner!
If you get mugged, you hand over the wallet and then say the secret word and the perp gets jolted to the ground.
Obvious problems that need to be worked out are 1) someone says your secret word while the wallet is in your back pocket 2) mugger has his finger on the trigger of a hand gun which is pointed at you and the jolt causes the finger to contract.
Other than these minor concerns...this is a winner!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Pet Rental Business Survey
Please answer the following questions by opening a comments window:
1. Do you currently own a pet?
2. If not, why not?
3. If you could rent a dog or cat for the weekend, would you do it?
4. How much would you be willing to pay for a weekend pet rental?
Thank you.
1. Do you currently own a pet?
2. If not, why not?
3. If you could rent a dog or cat for the weekend, would you do it?
4. How much would you be willing to pay for a weekend pet rental?
Thank you.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Follow-up Research Needed For This Story
LeAnn Arthur of the WV Office of Technology received an Employee Suggestion Award from Governor Joe Manchin III. A photo of her receiving the check for $175 is shown here.
There was no mention of what was suggested, nor are there any photos of her suggesting it.
There was no mention of what was suggested, nor are there any photos of her suggesting it.
My Real Name is Dr. Reuben- I'll Be Away For A While
BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts doctor is being accused of fabricating results in at least 21 published studies.
Dr. Scott Reuben, an anesthesiologist at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, has published dozens of articles on multimodal analgesia, the use of multiple drugs to relieve post-surgical pain.
Dr. Hal Jenson, Baystate's chief academic officer, tells The Boston Globe that a routine review last May found that some of Reuben's research had not been approved by an internal hospital review board.
That discovery led to an investigation completed in January that found Reuben had made up some or all of the data in 21 published papers over 13 years.
Reuben's lawyer, Ingrid Martin, said she cannot comment on the investigation, but he "deeply regrets" the situation.
Dr. Scott Reuben, an anesthesiologist at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, has published dozens of articles on multimodal analgesia, the use of multiple drugs to relieve post-surgical pain.
Dr. Hal Jenson, Baystate's chief academic officer, tells The Boston Globe that a routine review last May found that some of Reuben's research had not been approved by an internal hospital review board.
That discovery led to an investigation completed in January that found Reuben had made up some or all of the data in 21 published papers over 13 years.
Reuben's lawyer, Ingrid Martin, said she cannot comment on the investigation, but he "deeply regrets" the situation.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Research for the Amateur
We highly trained professional researchers, we do the lofty, significant researching that covers the important questions in the world. Our work is confidential; otherwise I would spill the beans about how important and serious it all is.
And yet amateur researchers get to have all the fun. Did you read about the guy who is working on perfecting the jet-pack? Now there is some research!
Amateur researchers get to do cool research projects. Try this one at home. Feed someone close to you a couple of cloves of garlic while you abstain. Take a whiff of their breath. Nasty right? Now you eat a couple of cloves and re-test. Write up the results and issue it to your friends and neighbors. Call it something fancy like a "Same-Breath Research White Paper". You are an amateur researcher!
And yet amateur researchers get to have all the fun. Did you read about the guy who is working on perfecting the jet-pack? Now there is some research!
Amateur researchers get to do cool research projects. Try this one at home. Feed someone close to you a couple of cloves of garlic while you abstain. Take a whiff of their breath. Nasty right? Now you eat a couple of cloves and re-test. Write up the results and issue it to your friends and neighbors. Call it something fancy like a "Same-Breath Research White Paper". You are an amateur researcher!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Fresh from Blogger Rehab
You know, after the harsh criticism that my first post received, I was ready to quit this blogging business. A Canadian expatriate pointed out that I would have become the epitome of my own commentary if I were to quit now. He should know, having been exiled from his country because of his extreme right-wing views.
He's right! I need to push forward! The world needs to read my manifesto!
To be continued...
Oh ya, and P.S. I am not a liar.
He's right! I need to push forward! The world needs to read my manifesto!
To be continued...
Oh ya, and P.S. I am not a liar.
Common Sense- Post #1
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in 1774. Two years later, bloodshed commenced as the Colonies took on England (actually I believe they liked to be called Great Britain at that time) in the fight to become liberated from British tyranny and oppression.
Americans have certainly gotten soft since.
To be continued...
Americans have certainly gotten soft since.
To be continued...
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