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  • Rocket Scientists have come to represent the most brilliant among us, even more so than brain surgeons, at least in cliche. But brilliance is not perfection and arrogance leads to […]

    It's Not Rocket Science

    Posted on October 19, 2008 | No Comments
    Rocket Scientists have come to represent the most brilliant among us, even more so than brain surgeons, at least in cliche. But brilliance is not perfection and arrogance leads to […]

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  • Fourteen months serving your nation and the greater good of mankind in a desolate, sandy hellhole half way across the world; putting your life on the line every day, all […]

    A Hero's Welcome

    Posted on October 5, 2008 | 3 Comments
    Fourteen months serving your nation and the greater good of mankind in a desolate, sandy hellhole half way across the world; putting your life on the line every day, all […]

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  • It seems that a Border Collie puppy on the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland didn’t get the message that those War Kittens are just a gimmick to sell credit cards or […]

    War Puppy, Armed and Dangerous

    Posted on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
    It seems that a Border Collie puppy on the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland didn’t get the message that those War Kittens are just a gimmick to sell credit cards or […]

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  • One of the tried, true, and now extinct tests of language acuity on the SAT is the analogy. I mourn its passing. Analogies bring out relationships between words and concepts […]

    A Sense for Words

    Posted on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment
    One of the tried, true, and now extinct tests of language acuity on the SAT is the analogy. I mourn its passing. Analogies bring out relationships between words and concepts […]

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  • It’s been ten years since Dolly the Sheep was cloned and it amazes me that many a dog breeder believes in inbreeding (and line breeding, if you must differentiate, but […]

    Embrace Cloning

    Posted on September 19, 2008 | 2 Comments
    It’s been ten years since Dolly the Sheep was cloned and it amazes me that many a dog breeder believes in inbreeding (and line breeding, if you must differentiate, but […]

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