This is something I wrote on a "Christian" messageboard I frequent at times. I know some of you have "political discussions" with religious folks. Well, there's probably some info in here they might find useful if they actually thought about it ( Read more... )

They've named a new element, and it wasn't after you:
http://www.iupac.org/news/archives/2004/naming111.html

Been sick the past few days. Sick to the point of not having the energy to drive to Walmart to buy cough drops until about 5 last night. I'm starting to come back to life, though. Update will come soon, I promise...

I think someone figured out where those weapons of mass destruction were. Dick Cheney had them all along.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/georgelazenby/201743.html

not sure what to think about this: http://www.amendforarnold.com/
but I'm betting it's not a good thing...

So I got some parts for my reactor today. Mostly by scavenging thrift stores. When you scavenge thrift stores, the things you find tend to reflect the surrounding culture. White trash in this case. I wish I had pictures to show you what I mean, as I couldn't adequately describe it. Let's just say I will have a reactor with character ( Read more... )

For some reason the sodium hydroxide is taking awhile to dissolve in the methanol, it's been stirring for over twenty-four hours, so I didn't try another test batch today. The reason the previous ones didn't turn out well was because of overexuberance, better let this one stir some more ( Read more... )

the great coalition at work

Blue States: Favor electric cars
Red States: Favor electric chairs

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I got 5 gallons of Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) from a local steakhouse. I can probably get at least 15 gallons a week from there, depending on talking to the general manager and what he says. I want to check it's quality first, though. I have a feeling it will be fairly high quality. I've eaten there before and they gots some good food. (good ( Read more... )