Sometimes I have imaginary arguments with my friends (note the placement of the adjective there please).  Friends I haven’t seen in quite a while sometimes pop into my brain and start telling me things like which shirt I should wear or how to cut my carrots.  Tonight my friend Richmond and I had an imaginary conversation about writing.  See ( Read more... )

I figured out how to thwart daylight savings:  If you stay up past 2am you don't lose an hour of sleep!

I feel it has come to the point where I need to set this straight.  This may not be as big a problem as having a president who says nucular instead of nuclear, or as confusing as the whole cleavage issue.   But I still think it is important to be clear:

This is a turban:

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A couple days ago Duncan and I were talking about some thermodynamics.  I was trying to explain the much derided 0th law which is actually really important.  Its like the transitive property for thermo.  The other three laws are usually presented, somewhat facetiously, as "you can't win", "you can't break even", and "you have to play".  Which is ( Read more... )

Every two weeks our bodies completely replace our skin.  Doesn't anyone else thing its weird that we still look the same month to month?

I received this in the mail yesterday from my parents:

"Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials."

Link

Yes, a gynecologist and a public health official teamed up to "determine whether parachutes are effective in preventing major trauma related to ( Read more... )

Begin Experiment Phase 1:

Hypothesis: Shredded tires are not conductive
Test Hypothesis: Use ohmmeter on shredded tires
Conclusion: Shredded tires are not conductive, hypothesis confirmed, time for lunch

End Experiment Phase 1.

...Man, Science is easy!

I think I'm just tired of people using stupid arguments, especially when there are decent arguments to use.  Watching Betsy McCaughey fail at arguing against healthcare reform, republicans arguing against pretty much anything, and now creationists are saying that evolution is wrong cause: EYES!

I think eyes are really neat.  I did my thesis on them ( Read more... )