Back in 1955, Ronald Reagan appeared in a segment aired on the TeeVee that sought to explain to the larger American populus how burning fossil fuels generated steam power that powered turbines that generated electricity. Of note, 1955 was also the year Albert Einstein died.



I liked this guy's take on it: "...while O'Donnell won't win, a bunch of ( Read more... )

Dreamt I had a few extra thousand dollars in my bank account, versus a scant few extra hundred. Everything was perfect in my dreams last night, and I woke up this morning and it's another beautiful day outside, and I have the day off, but I'm not sure what's perfect beyond that.

Polaroid film is coming back in about a month, and you can smell the ( Read more... )

I miss having a good conversation with somebody.

I'm real pleased with my current social life, especially considering how much a troglodyte I was for the first half of 2009. (What a weird year it's been.)
But I miss having a good conversation with somebody.

When we were back in Ohio. It was an emotional weekend, being back in Ohio. It was emotional ( Read more... )

1 day. 3 papers.
2 more. So why am I writing in this?
Because: Today a gunman killed 33 people (including himself) at VATech. And it was the worst shooting in American history. And it was disgusting and horrible and really pissed me off. And Mom called me and was crying and that got me upset and I felt really bad about the whole thing and glad that ( Read more... )