Are we as a society turning our backs on science? Have we decided to just throw up our hands and go back to the first half of the Twentieth Century or earlier? It certainly seems like it sometimes. CHILI’S AND THE ANTIVAXXERS A few days ago we heard that Chili’s, the popular restaurant chain, had … Continue reading Are we turning our backs on science?
This is what greeted me on the Google search page today. What a surprise. Although Google instituted this in 2010 for anyone registered with a Google service, I’d not registered for anything until this year. (There should be 71 candles in that picture, in case you’re wondering.) Continue reading Birthday greetings from Google
Hats off to Moore, Oklahoma. A contingent from the Westboro Baptist Church hate group showed up there on Sunday to picket. Why? Because of a sign put up by Moore Liquor shop owner Bryan Kerr to celebrate the May 19 death of the church’s founder, Fred Phelps, and also, according to the church, because an F5 tornado that flattened … Continue reading WBC run out of Moore, OK
A good infographic is worth a thousand words. It’s just as informative, if not more so, and far more interesting to contemplate than just words on a page. Highlighted in this morning’s WordPress newsletter is “Creative Routines” on RJ Andrews’ blog, Info We Trust. Andrews has compiled a great infographic diagramming and comparing the daily routines of … Continue reading Beethoven’s coffee precisely 60 beans per cup
Hard to believe it’s been four years since I posted a brief commentary on the preferred way to hang one’s toilet paper. Should it feed over or under? Most people seemed to think it should feed over (72% to 28%) , but I explained that a cat had taught me to do it the other way. This … Continue reading Toilet paper: More on the over/under tissue issue
Back in 2008, when the U.S. government decided to bail out failing automaker General Motors, I was opposed. I thought the company deserved to fail and should have been allowed to fail: GM has been a bloated, failing corporation for decades. While Americans turned to high quality, fuel efficient, stylish foreign cars — and usually paid … Continue reading Once again, money talks and execs will walk
