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This is just fucked up.
"US Town Turned Into An Open-Air Prison ( Read more... ) -
Tales from Batshit County, SEASON 2
I'm working at the planetarium summer camp again! This year, I'm teaching an astronomy themed camp and a chemistry themed camp. This week has been going remarkably smoothly; for some reason we have only three kids (12-18 is more typical.) No madness yet, but here is an exchange I heard this morning that made me smile ( Read more... ) -
In this entry, I use "fuck" like telegrams use "STOP"
Dear fucking stereo ( Read more... ) -
Yes dammit, imaginary numbers exist.
What's all this hoola I keep hearing about "Imaginary numbers don't really exist"? That is some whacked out poo poo ( Read more... ) -
Tales from Batshit Country I: The Oil Spill Vortex
As some of you know, I've been working this summer at a science camp run by the Morehead Planetarium, teaching science to 4-5th graders. This has been a rewarding experience thusfar, as well as illuminating. Specifically, I have become aware of this fact ( Read more... ) -
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On Conspiracies
Often when I talk about these ideas, theywind up categorized as conspiracy theories and dismiessed: Yes, the governments and corporations are tring to control our minds. Sure. Here’s some aluminium foil; build yourself a hat. However, I feel that either this classification of the use of “conspiracy” to connote lunacy is unfounded. The reason is ( Read more... ) -
Terry Jones tells it like it is
Terry Jones, former member of Monty Python, has written several pieces on international politics and on the war in Iraq. Here is one of his latest, striking close to home:
Gordon Brown was in Iraq yesterday on a "fact-finding mission". It needn't all have looked gloomy for the next prime minister, however - not if he did some fact-finding about ( Read more... )
