Hello, you've reached the voicemail of Adrian Veidt, teacher of History, World Civilizations, and Classics at Custodes Memorial High School. Given that voicemail is a well-established convenience of our modern society, I have every confidence that you know what to do at this juncture. If you're a student calling with questions about class or an ( Read more... )

...in that both seem to be made of cats.

Organic Chemistry Explained, with Cats

As someone who is not unfamiliar with both fields (yes, students, I do know something besides history and economics, wonder of wonders!) I can attest that this is, indeed, an apt comparison.

Also apt is this comment:

"It also follows that, much like cats, molecules only ( Read more... )

Greetings to all at Custodes Memorial ( Read more... )

I was quite...pleased to find that the new online edition of Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine has a truly useful article on degaussing your cat.  I know all you other cat servants out there are constantly worrying about your cat generating its own magnetic fields, and this simple procedure should put your mind at ease.

Merytamun, fortunately, ( Read more... )

Greetings, all ( Read more... )

( Day seven: back to New York. )

( Day seven: coming to some realizations. )

( Day seven: waking up. )

Some of you may have seen this come up before, but Discovery has an interesting article on the Kevlar of Alexander of Macedon's day, linothorax, or laminated linen body armor. More specifically, some researchers at the University of Wisconsin have been engaging in a little "experimental archeology" in an attempt to replicate this armor and test ( Read more... )

Newly arrived in my inbox today was this notification for a student conference:

Unleashing Human Potential: Global Citizens in Pursuit of the Common Good

A Human Development Conference at the University of Notre Dame
The Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies & Solidarity announces a student research conference on topics vital to human ( Read more... )