Random Thoughts

As a society we tend to fuss about creativity and its role in society. While there is little doubt that creativity and innovation are immensely important in many endeavors, it is still an open question as to how important (or relevant) it is for the overw ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Oct 5 2011 - 7:11pm

Women Have Won- And Men Are In Trouble

In academia, the many, many advancements of women are not enough and so they are increasingly forced to massage statistics to make it look like they are oppressed, underpaid, blocked out of the hard sciences, etc. In reality, women have it pretty good. May ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 9 2011 - 3:04pm

Arab Spring American Autumn Foxy Knoxy Stevo Jobski i-phony News

The news cycle spins quickly, and spinning it does, the news that is. Neutrinos forgotten faster than light speed. What neutrinos? Foxy Knoxy got away without spilling the beans – well done. Stupid Italians- imprisoning innocent virgins. Gosh, those Muslim ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Oct 8 2011 - 5:03am

Morning Ablutions, or Grace in the Making

I sit in the mornings and watch the other four about me, bustling around. I get ready last. With four of us using one bathroom (and the second bathroom being used by the boy and Aphrodite, the foot-biting cat), I wait and watch. It takes time for my body t ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Oct 11 2011 - 6:17pm

The Looming Peanut Butter Riots

On Halloween, your Planter's peanut butter is going to skyrocket in price; as much as 40%. I predict riots that will make this Wall Street 1% stuff pale in comparison because all of them eat peanut butter (and Ramen) and a whole lot more of us as wel ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 14 2011 - 4:33pm

Less May Not Be the More You Think

Watch Graham Hill; I'll wait. According to Hill, our shopping obsession has led to more credit card debt, CO2 emissions and stress. I'm pretty sure that most of us will agree that CO2 emissions is weirdly placed. ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Oct 15 2011 - 9:20am

Science 2.0 Readers are More Awesome Than Cake

One good comment is worth a thousand readers. In the past three weeks, as I've been busy with midterms, my Calliope posts have been simply brief blog-entries rather than full articles. And with that, I've gotten great resources and leads on iss ...

Blog Post - Project Calliope - Oct 20 2011 - 12:35pm

Dirt: A Review

When Susan Senator asked her facebook friends if any would be interested in reading her new novel, I jumped at the chance. She had me with the title. I love gardening, and it has been my solace, my comfort, my breathing room over the last two decades of pa ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Oct 23 2011 - 5:20pm

I'm on KOA 850 Talk Radio With Mike Rosen In Denver This Morning

If you are in the Denver area, I am on KOA 850 radio with Mike Rosen in about one hour- they have an online tool to listen. Edit: I finally got around and looked for the archive. You can listen to it here by clicking the little arrow thing on the screen. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 23 2012 - 5:04pm

Mysterious Halo Nebula- Ira's Ghost

In August of 2010, the nebula known as Ira's Ghost was photographed by the Hubble Telescope within the constellation Taurus. First discovered in 1983, it is a "reflection nebula" lit by an external light source rather than an "emission ...

Blog Post - Bobby Knight - Oct 26 2011 - 10:03am