Random Thoughts
- Science Fiction For The Weekend: "Tin Man"
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It's been a good decade for "The Wizard of Oz"- much better than the Oz books merit but in that one story there is the kernel of something terrific that has resonated with people for decades. There was a time when it was less cool- anyone ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 20 2010 - 11:42pm
- Day-Trip
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Day-Trip Every once in a while I post a poem in my blog. I hope that my readers may enjoy my poems and that educators may find them helpful as teaching aids. For a very long time in the UK people would travel by train to the seaside during the summer. Th ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 21 2010 - 6:45pm
- Back in Business
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The physics news in August have so far disappointed me, with the only remarkable one being the sad departure of Nicola Cabibbo. After ICHEP 2010, with the frenzy of paper production that has characterized the month of July in all major particle physics exp ...
Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Aug 22 2010 - 4:01pm
- Somebody To Pray For
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I am not a believer of any faith, and the most common prayer you can hear from my voice is "pass the salt". However, I claim I have the right to have my own opinion on what is worth praying for. Praying for oneself or one's beloved relatives ...
Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Aug 23 2010 - 1:22am
- Some Thoughts on Health Care Economics
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Recently I've seen the questions come up regarding why the market doesn't respond to health care or why supply and demand don't seem to work in health care as in other economic models. The answer is simple. There is no free market nor is th ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Aug 26 2010 - 5:08pm
- Geek Lunch With Garth Sundem
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When the Batphone rang in my office late Wednesday, I knew it had to be important, like someone being wrong on the Internet, because, really, no one calls me. It helps that I never call anyone back (1). It turned out to instead be everyone's favorite ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 3 2010 - 2:24pm
- The Say Of The Week
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"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." Oscar Wilde ...
Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Sep 5 2010 - 12:50pm
- Geek Lunch outtake
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As mentioned, I had a chance to break some bread with uber-Geek book author Garth Sundem a few days back and posted a Bloggy pic. But, as is common, we took more than one to try and get it right. So below is the pic I posted from my article and then dow ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 5 2010 - 4:21pm
- Monarch Butterflies On Purple Asters
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Yesterday afternoon a flutter of Monarch Butterflies landed in the courtyard garden at the end of our block for a wondrous "asteral" visit. The winds were shifting and gusting and thunderheads were accumulating overhead, but these butterflies ap ...
Blog Post - Anonymous - Sep 6 2010 - 6:06pm
- Quality: Because it Matters (critical thinking skills make a difference)
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” The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your decisions, and the quality of your decisions is determined by the quality of your thinking.” Schick and Vaughn, How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age That quote is ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Sep 7 2010 - 4:41pm
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