Something woke me up last night and I lay awake for awhile thinking of various things ( Read more... )

I think I have solved the problem about how to make air travel safe ( Read more... )

My ears turned a bit pink the other day. I was watching a film with the family when all of a sudden the characters started having sex. We talked about it but it occurred to me that virtually every Hollywood movie seems compelled to include a sex scene -- even if it doesn't actually advance the plot. Which is surprising since films are a genre that ( Read more... )

Taylor Pugh is the four year old who was suspended because the school board's policy states that a hairstyle “designed to attract attention to the individual or to disrupt the orderly conduct of the classroom or campus is not permitted ( Read more... )

In the infamous Milgram experiments people were asked to give progressively stronger electrical shocks to partners who answered questions incorrectly. The recruits were told they were in a study about learning and memory; in fact, their resistance to obeying authority was being observed ( Read more... )

When Joseph Darby found out that prisoners were being abused at Abu Ghraib he followed his conscience and spoke out ( Read more... )

A John Lennon ear worm visited me the other day ( Read more... )

The last few nights I have had a recurring dream where I am in rehearsal for a play. The play is (hahaha I am laughing as I consider the implications) a Greek tragedy. The lines are lovely and eloquent. Each night I am getting better at remembering my lines but the director thinks my performance is weak.

I am not trying to be offensive but you can tell a Christian -- often enough -- by sight alone. If I were a MI5 agent I would have no trouble identifying a Christian though posing as one would be challenging. Christians tend to wear a type of clothing I don't own. I am not even certain of where to purchase such items. Christians also have grooming ( Read more... )

I heard on As it Happens that the journalist Amy Goodman was detained while trying to cross the Canadian border. She was questioned and her vehicle was searched. She sounded really unnerved by the experience. Who wouldn't be ( Read more... )