Unscientificacy
One frequently sees newspaper articles and news reports deploring the high rate of illiteracy in the United States, the wealthiest country in the world. Certainly, literacy is fundamental; if one...
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013
08:15 – Barbara’s mom is home and seems to be doing okay. Frances stayed with them last night and will also stay with them tonight so that Barbara can go out to dinner with friends. Today, they have a...
View ArticleFriday, 3 May 2013
07:26 – Let me rephrase that. Some months ago, I said that a nice young couple had moved into the house across the street from us and three houses down. As it turns out, maybe not so nice. The paper...
View ArticleThursday, 21 August 2014
09:40 – Here’s a headline I didn’t want to see: Winston-Salem ranks high in national poverty study Winston-Salem was second to Colorado Springs by this metric, which essentially measures the growth...
View ArticleThursday, 28 August 2014
07:57 – So, I was down in the lab yesterday making up a new batch of Kastle-Meyer reagent, which is used in forensic science as a presumptive test for blood. It’s made by dissolving phenolphthalein...
View ArticleMonday, 13 March 2017
09:41 – It was 27.5F (-2.5C) when when I took Colin out around 0730 this morning. The forecast snow still hasn’t showed up, although they swear it’s supposed to show up this afternoon and evening, this...
View ArticleTuesday, 11 April 2017
10:32 – It was 50.8F (10.5C) when I took Colin out at 0700 this morning, sunny and bright. By the time Lori showed up with our mail around 0915, it was 68F (20C). Ray of Ray’s Weather said yesterday...
View ArticleThursday, 22 June 2017
08:37 – It was 64.5F (18C) when I took Colin out around 0630 this morning, mostly cloudy. Barbara is off to Winston today to get a haircut, make a Costco run, have lunch with friends, and do some...
View ArticleFri. June 18, 2021 – yep, missed it. Dang kids.
Well, never got any rain, or even any real overcast yesterday, and temps stayed high. Funny thing is we have a TS forming in the Gulf, and due to impact the “northern” Gulf today. Heavy rains...
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