Random Thoughts

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…

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…

Friday night a storm moves in. Raindrops start to lazily fall. Lightning lights the night sky (but eludes the camera). The clouds reveal their power. They loom overhead. The clouds remain on…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…