Fun With Nature - again! The Group IIA Elements
Hopefully this will be a little bit better than the one last night, since I am almost finished with my taxes (boo, I have to send some money, but not a lot). The elements in Group IIA are know as the...
View ArticleBreaking....Hastings advocates for budge farks.
This just in, Doc Hastings (R) WA-4th, is advocating for a new Budge Farks recycling plant in central Washington, or a tax break for Budge Farks, or a bill recognizing Budge Fark achievement. Okay, I...
View ArticleI Need Persimmons! 05 December 2008
No link to another site, long story. I drove by a house that has a persimmon tree in the front yard, just loaded with the fruit. I want some. I have the hickory nuts ready to bake the bread. But I...
View ArticleA Modest Proposal for Federal Elections 10 December 2008
I understand the history about having the elections in early November every other year (every four for the Executive) and taking office in March. Communications were very slow in late 18th century,...
View ArticleLOST: Sarah Comes back to Camp 20090108
For those of you that have not seen earlier installments of this saga, just hit my profile and you can find the rest. I sort of let it go after the election, but Palin is such a funny target that I...
View ArticlePerfection is required if you want to serve.
Want to serve in the Government? You better be perfect, because if you have ever made a mistake, you are not eligible. What mistakes say you, Doc? Well, better not have any relations out of marriage....
View ArticleEven more fun with the AFA 20090225
Those zany folks just keep on giving. I was not going to post anything about them this evening, but this one is just too good for words. After the fold, I will get to it. Before that, I need some...
View ArticleMy Take on Embryonic Stem Cell Research 20090309
These are just my personal opinions, not a Pique the Geek series. If any of my opinions conflict with yours, we need to discuss each of ours. I think that this research has merit, and does not "kill...
View ArticlePertussis 20090311
Pertussis is a very old disease. Some still call it "whooping cough", and with good reason. The key characteristic is that, on inspiration, the trachea essentially closes off, like a toy balloon when...
View ArticleWarp Speed
Zeph slept into the late afternoon. I went and awoke him, shaking him. "Zeph, Zeph, we did it! We constructed a stable warp field and went faster than light, or at least you did!." Zeph was very...
View ArticlePique the Geek 20091122. US Coin Facts
United States coins have traditionally been forged and minted with gold, silver, and copper. Very small amounts of other metals have also been added to improve the wearing properties of the coins....
View ArticleTwenty Thousand Years of Memory 20091126
I was intentionally a bit obtuse about the number of years of my life, because it is easy to lose count. I do remember when it started to get a bit warmer, and my people stated to be born with less...
View ArticleTwenty Thousand Years of Memory 20091127
I mentioned the memory thing. That is the strangest, other than living for so long, thing. Those of us who have been given the gift hold memories, or at least fragments of them, from our...
View Article20,000 Years of Memory. 20091202
I have not told you very much about myself, actually. But I will tell you what it has like to have been a woman for untold centuries. It sucks. Not because that I do not like my sexuality, in fact I...
View ArticlePique the Geek 20091206: Botulinum Toxin (Botox)
Botox is in the news all of the time because of its use as wrinkle reducer, but it has many more uses than that, and a very long history. The proper name is botulinum toxin, and is a neurotoxin...
View ArticleWonderful Wedding, more tomorrow. Morans aggravate me 20091214
Hello, folks! Sorry to take a hiatus from Pique the Geek last night, but I was enjoying the bonds of family, not something that I am able to do often. As much as I love all of you, please excuse me...
View ArticleFantasy Fiction, Star Trek 20100114
"Captain, tomorrow you will get your ship. She is the best in the fleet. Cruising at Warp 7, you will have the best of the best that we have." Admiral Archer told Smith. "Sir, thank you for the...
View ArticleDoc's Take on the Virginia Confederate Statement 20100408
Those of you who regularly read my posts know that I do not routinely write about politics, although I usually make a short joke about silly wingnuts in my closing statements on Pique the Geek, the...
View ArticleDispicable People 20100513: Brigitte Gabriel
Of all of the folks who are in contract with the Fox "News" Channel, Brigitte Gabriel is the most uncontrollable one. She typically shrieks nonsense, most of it very venomous diatribes against Muslim...
View ArticleQ and A from the Geek's Mailbox 20100615
As you know, I get questions from time to time about things. I keep the best ones until I have enough to post them. Some of them are serious, some are funny, and some do not quite make sense. This is...
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