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Apathiness* is Happiness
People have apathy because it makes them happy. Nothing makes us happier than not giving a shit about something and doing nothing about it. If I have to care and do something about something, my happiness level will go down. So I may as well not do anything. I’m apathetic about parallel parking. I nailed…
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Dichotomies
A, C, and E are all odd sounding letters. B, D, and F and are even sounding. Words with lots of odd letters make the word sound odd. Sentences with lots of odd sounding words make an odd sentence, Sentences, paragraphs, chapters, themes. There are odd conversations, odd books, odd people, all based on how…
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Chiropractic is to Medicine, what Scientology is to Religion
Chiropractic was invented in 1895 by a Canadian magnetic healer named Daniel David Palmer. Palmer overheard a co-workers joke and slapped him on the back at the punchline. A few days later the co-worker expressed that his hearing had improved. That’s it. No tests … no experiments … just an anecdote. Palmer claimed that the…
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Bill, the Athiest Demon
“Human beings must be known to be loved; but Diving Beings must be loved to be known.” – Blaise Pascal Just as angels live among us, so too do demons. This is a story about one of those demons who stopped believing in Satan and became Bill, the athiest demon. I ran into Bill quite…
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Scientists Discover a New Organ
Scientists in the Netherlands have discovered a previously unknown pair of salivary glands at the back of the throat. The researchers used prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), a protein found in high concentrations in prostate tissue as well as salivary glands bound to a radioactive marker. Patients then underwent a PET (nuclear imaging) and a CT…
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NASA Discovers Water on the Moon
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has discovered water on the sunlit surface of the moon. The discovery has been published in the October 26 issue of Nature Astronomy. SOFIA is a modified Boeing 747 with a 2.5m telescope on board that is tuned to focus on the infrared spectrum. Hydroxy groups have been…
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Is There a Link Between Happiness and Work Hours?
In my previous job I was in middle management and there was a lot of talk of moving to a shorter work week. We all worked 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, which is pretty normal, but many people wanted to work 10 hours a day, 4 days a week. I often thought…
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of Asteroid
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft performed a touch-and-go maneuver on October 20th of this year and NASA has conformed that the probe did collect the expected 60 grams of asteroid material. The spacecraft took off from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41 on September 8, 2016. On December 3, 2018, NASA confirmed that OSIRIS-REx had reached and…
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Is it Time to Rethink Recycling?
The recession caused by COVID is forcing governments to cut back on services. These cuts are happening to schools, parks, and other essential services, but there is another area that we can look … recycling. Recycling programs became popular 30 years ago and they were seen as a win-win for taxpayers: a way to save…
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Conspiracy Theories in the Time of COVID
Conspiracy theories have been around as long as conspiracies. Julius Caesar was the victim of a conspiracy and Nero, his distant successor, was the victim of a conspiracy theory after Rome burned. I define a conspiracy theory as a secret plot by powerful groups or individuals for their own benefit – and they are everywhere.…