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The Ants and the Cicada & My Squirrel Bite Story

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This was a comment to my friend David, but I thought I’d share it with anyone who reads this. (As always, thank you for reading.) Over the past week and a half, I had to watch the slow dissolution of a cicada that apparently didn’t make it off the sidewalk. Sorry to tell you this […]

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Shy Kids

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Recently Genie pointed me to a post on finslippy that reminded me of an apocryphal story I often tell from my youth. I shall immortalize it here, and perhaps my mom will comment and tell her side of the story or tell me I’m full of shit. As a kid I was the kind of […]

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Chemistry Stories

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So. I made it to the Howard County Community College advising hours, and after looking at my unofficial transcripts, they OKed me for either or both of the remaining classes I need. After some thought I decided to take Chemistry first, in the regular-size semester, because it will be harder. I know this because I’ve […]

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13 years ago this week…

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This isn’t one of those “such-and-so important thing happened” posts. Keeps with the theme of the ordinary that I aimed for when I created this blog. Apparently I was watching Peter Tork do a cameo on Wings (which I guarantee I heard about on alt.music.monkees) and going to SciCon. I mean, between Sociological Theory (Dr. […]

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