More Real Science Discoveries

Engineers, at the University of Leeds, have developed a new material that mimics human cartilage. The board of regents has pulled funding calling the material “unnecessarily hurtful towards human cartilage”. ☺ University of Hiroshima scientists announced recently that they are moving closer to the next generation of fuel-cell technology. They plan to achieve this by […]

Watch Me Plug Leeks

Leeks are the perfect vegetable for someone who wants to eat onions but doesn’t like what onions taste like. ֍ On St. David’s Day in Wales it is traditional to wear a leek. Sure, St. David was a great man but he put his leek on one leg at a time like any other Welshman. […]

The Rhinoceros Who went to the Wrong Airport

A rhinoceros was an executive at a large defense contracting firm. He had planned, for Thanksgiving, to travel to his mother’s house; and, even planned to bring along some of that Italian dressing that she loved but couldn’t get where she lived. He had his administrative assistant make the arrangements, which she did efficiently. Late […]

An Ancient Grain I Barley Know Anything About

Barley was one of the first domesticated grains. It was carried from the Middle East down to North Africa. It grows in saline soil, is drought resistance and tastes like nothing but with more carbohydrates… ☼ Tibet had the perfect climate for growing barley and it allowed the country to build great armies… making it […]

Literature Bits

I read Goethe’s Faust in the original German. I don’t speak a word of German so that makes my accomplishment even more impressive. ֍ I told my English teacher that I was a fatalist. She recommended I read The Oresteian Trilogy. I shrugged and went home and read it because, what choice did I have? […]