The Letter ‘B’: Science

Bismuth: Until 2003, scientists considered bismuth the element with the highest atomic number to be stable; but, they’ve since determined that it is actually radioactive. Slightly… with a half-life of over ten trillion years; so, unless you plan to expose yourself to it until entropy reverses itself and most stars have flickered and gone out, […]

Thoughts on Memory that You’ll Never Forget

Scientists think that our first memories come when we are still in the womb; that explains my memory of the muffled sound of vomiting and Buddy Holly music. ֎ You can keep a list of about seven items in your short term memory, which lasts about half a minute. Most short term memories are quickly […]

More Facts on Clowns

A clown performance is classified as “funny, just not very funny”. ☺ Clown’s register their particular makeup… probably so that police can identify them more easily when a group of hikers gets chopped up. ☺ Acrobatics and overstated mime are just two of the things about clowns that make them memorable as that circus act […]

Old Stuff: Boxing

Boxing has been around ever since we had people with punchable faces. We know the Mesopotamian had boxing but archaeologists are unsure that they had round-girls. And, if they did, what did they wear? Lycra hadn’t been invented, yet, so the short-shorts had to be made from coarse leather which probably chaffed something awful. Babylonians […]

Old Stuff: Swords

Swords have been around since 1600 B.C. This implies that, before 1600 B.C., Zorro just sat around looking at his watch. The first swords were made out of copper or copper-tin alloy. We know that the Greeks had swords due to Homer’s Iliad; however, since Homer was blind, they really could’ve just told him that […]