Previously I was on neutral territory with regards to corporations, but now I fucking hate them ( Read more... )

Since that's what I will call it. The single worst month of my life aside from the death of family or friends. After it was over I was so totally amazed that so many things could go wrong in one month I had to make a note of all the bad luck so I could turn it into an episode of Malcolm in the Middle or something ( Read more... )

Almost a year after I submitted this find to Found magazine I receive an email telling me it's a find of the day.

http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/921

The modern technology of craniotomy, a surgical operation which is performed on the brain through an incision in the skull, may have been in use in China nearly 3,000 years ago ( Read more... )

One of the assignments I occasionally give in my physical science class is to put about 10 quotes up and make them pick one to explain. These quotes are from famous scientists and are some of my favorites. Some kids though write hilarious responses like, "this quote is stupid and whoever this Hawking guy is is an idiot" and the like. Here is an ( Read more... )

Still makes me weep ( Read more... )

I am getting over being sick for the 3rd time in two months. I'm basically fine now but my nose gets stuffed and runny still and its making me sneeze a lot. Twice now I have sneezed so hard appendages went numb for a few seconds ( Read more... )

I am now teaching physics and physical science at Vestavia. The guy they hired when they couldn't hire me left because he said the kids were horrible. So they had no options left but to hire me. I started on Tuesday, my first day, with a fire drill and parent-teacher night. It's tiring work to be lecturing and in charge of high school kids for 6 ( Read more... )

I walked into my apartment from running around today only to find a swarm of big, fat flies clinging to one window. It seriously fucked with me since there were 0 flies in this entire apartment when I left 5 hours before. And... why are they obsessively swarming to the one window? 0 in the kitchen, 0 in the den, 0 in the bathroom ( Read more... )

So I got hired by Vestavia to be a physics teacher, perhaps the one job in the world I am most suited to carry out. Yet, I did not get the job because I am not certified by the state to teach and the UAB certification program would not get off its indifferent ass to enroll me in the program before the school year started ( Read more... )