Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes
Funnier than a sharp stink in your eye…
We had a sweet life when we first moved to Virginia; but, one day my parents didn’t come home. Vowing revenge on whoever did it, I left for Japan that very evening and, when I got there, I found the greatest martial arts teacher there. It took six months to persuade him to take me […]
Read More Revenge of the Mistaken DragonShetland ponies have been around since the Bronze Age; but, I doubt that they should get much credit for it. ֎ Shetland ponies live longer than horses… especially those ponies that have been around since the Bronze Age. ֎ In the United Kingdom, to be a Shetland Pony, you have to stand no more than […]
Read More I’ll Shout these Facts on Shetland Ponies ‘Til I’m HorseThey called me “crazy” when I bought up all that nitrous oxide… but who’s laughing, now? A wise man once told me that there was a fine line between super-intelligent and crazy… at least, I think he was wise. A straight-jacket is proof that crazy is the only mental state with its own line of […]
Read More Crazy, But that’s How it GoesBismuth: 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, […]
Read More The Letter ‘B’: ScienceScientists 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 […]
Read More Thoughts on Memory that You’ll Never Forget
Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 