I am a chemist/polymer scientist by training. I love nature (particularly birds), and hobbies include biking, kayaking (tandem w/ my wife), and playing flight sims on the computer .
Mon 21 Jul, 2008 01:11 pm - Growing up (in Ohio), we dug the potatoes up late in the season after the plant was brown and dried up. I'm not sure this is a general approach for all types of potatoes, though, and I have... (view)
Thu 17 Jul, 2008 11:35 am - Would you consider that a person could not be homophobic, not oppose gay civil rights, and yet still not believe that a homosexual should be placed in a role of spiritual authority? In other... (view)
Thu 26 Jun, 2008 06:17 am - I think there is a home-schooling "subculture" that idealizes this philosophy. Home-schooling certainly works [i]for some kids[/i], but, as has already been stated, it short-changes... (view)
Wed 25 Jun, 2008 05:52 am - Did you hear they closed the football stadium in Warsaw? It seems that no matter where you sat, you were always behind a Pole. (view)
Fri 16 May, 2008 06:57 am - From Reader's Digest:
Why are married women heavier than single women?
A single woman gets home, sees what's in the fridge, and goes to bed. A married woman gets home, sees... (view)
Fri 25 Apr, 2008 01:59 pm - I saw this study, too. Interesting--I always thought the father was the one who determined the gender of the child: the mother contributes an X chromosome, the father gives either X (for a girl)... (view)
Wed 9 Apr, 2008 09:29 am - We recently finished a formal dining room--we picked hardwood because, unlike most laminates, it can be sanded & refinished multiple times, relatively inexpensively. Like boomerang said, this... (view)
Mon 31 Mar, 2008 08:10 am - My apologies, Setanta--as you probably noted, I edited my post (upon re-reading it) immediately after submitting it. I realized my original starting paragraph sounded unduly cynical and was... (view)
Fri 28 Mar, 2008 08:55 am - From your post, I'm not sure what you mean when you say you "began to be a Christian"; does that mean just going to a Christian church and following Christian traditions? Or does it... (view)
Fri 28 Mar, 2008 07:24 am - My boss, complaining about one of our scientists who (he believes) shares too much information with visiting vendors:
"Then there's Dr. NAME, who was vaccinated with a phonograph needle... (view)
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