Random Thoughts

What I Had For Breakfast- Not Really A short history of blogging In the early days of blogging, a lot of people seemed to feel the need to share boring stuff about what they did all day. A typical blogger would write stuff about what they'd eaten, w ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 13 2011 - 2:12pm

Bees and Blossoms

Because occasionally, it's important to stop and enjoy the flowers. ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Mar 13 2011 - 2:07pm

What I Had For Breakfast #2

What I Had For Breakfast #2 Four whole fried chickens, and a Coke. My bike's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before lycra was invented, so it'll run good on regular jeans and t-shirt- or the outfit described in ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 16 2011 - 9:24am

Royally Screwed

Royally Screwed Getting screwed- in the sense of being at the receiving end of a whole bunch of badness- has its origins in carpentry. It's nothing to do with thumbscrews. It has everything to do with keeping a thing under pressure- or releasing it ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 16 2011 - 9:16am

Open Thread #1

Open Thread #1 I have started this blog entry under 'random thoughts' for the benefit of those of my readers who may with to discuss a broader spectrum of my topics than is usual in scientific discussions. Please stick to 'the Chatter Box&# ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 17 2011 - 1:58pm

Some Thoughts On Priorities

Some Thoughts On Priorities It occurs to me that in this modern age of demands for instant satisfaction of our wants and needs, the instructions to supervisors of refineries, explosives factories and nuclear power facilities need to be revised. In order t ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 19 2011 - 9:56am

"Divine Punishment"

I'm not sure which is worse; the arrogance of these people actually thinking that they speaking for God or their belief in a God that can only bully people into submission. “Because the Japanese people shun God in terms of their faith and follow idol ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Mar 19 2011 - 8:43pm

Moon and Sky

Friday night a storm moves in. Raindrops start to lazily fall. ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Mar 20 2011 - 2:18pm

How Many Nuclear Energy Cheerleaders to Change a Light Bulb?

As we are already talking about light bulb jokes, the many useless comments to my rather more serious articles lately got me to compile the answer to the following question, although it is certainly not a joke: Question: How many in favor of nuclear energ ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Mar 22 2011 - 3:32am

Send me an e-mail?

The New York Times has not just gone astray with its payment scheme; it’s gone completely off the deep end, gotten lost in the forest, fallen off the cliff and into a pit, and is knee-deep in any other mixed and fractured metaphor you can devise... lingui ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Mar 22 2011 - 10:27am