Saturday, February 20, 2010

Life's Gift: Friends

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Recent events have made me think a lot about my friends. No, not my Facebook "friends" (although there's considerable overlap...
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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Science - a human endeavor

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Science is a creative human activity that it's been my privilege to participate in for the majority of my adult life. I've had to w...
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Dribs and Drabs ...

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It's been a while since I've posted a blog. Many things have come to mind, but not managed to intrude strongly enough to merit a fu...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Free advice ...

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Next April, Vickie and I will have been married for 35 years. Not bad for a marriage that many predicted would never last! I've been t...
Thursday, January 7, 2010

Two gripes: Simplified solutions and Obvious political bias

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This blog has covered a diverse array of topics. Tonight, I'm frustrated about two things: I'm calling them "Simplified solut...
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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Human communication - Iffy, at its best

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Recent events have made it evident to me that it borders on miraculous that we humans are successful at communicating via the spoken word to...
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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Damage control: East Anglia ethical lapses

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Recent disclosures of possible ethical problems within the climate change science going on at the University of East Anglia have stimulated ...
Saturday, December 5, 2009

Hubris: Thy name is the Corps of Engineers

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Sorry for the long drought of posts ... I've been unable to connect during my recent trip to Beijing, China. I had Internet but couldn...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Unanticipated fallout from having children

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Tonight my lovely wife took me out to dinner for my birthday. It turned out that the manager of the restaurant was a friend of my son's...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

It's a checkerboard world

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Of late, I've been reading postings by people I know in various places around the Internet. I have this odd feeling we seem to live on ...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

A vulgar display of American horsepower

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I recently (25-27 September 2009) attended the O'Reilly/Castrol Fall Nationals drag races at Ennis, TX with my friend, Al Moller. It ha...
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Global Warming and Evolution as Political and Religious Topics

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In my last post about civil discourse, I talked about having an open mind and its importance to the character of a discussion/argument. Whe...
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

And just what is civil discourse?

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The notion of what constitutes "civil discourse" is certainly arguable. I'm offering the following thoughts on the topic. 1. ...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

So you want me to spoon feed you?

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Today, in the midst of a conversation with a colleague who shall remain nameless, I had a realization. We were discussing a topic we had ta...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

America's national shame ...

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My friend Max, a friend I met in Vietnam with whom I have stayed in touch ever since, brought this news story to my attention. Former Army...
Sunday, August 9, 2009

Recognition

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A while back, I wrote an essay about career awards . This blog is more about the general topic of recognition for contributions to one...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Truth's enduring inconvenience

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A while back, Al Gore was associated with a movie - "An Inconvenient Truth" - I have no wish to endorse this movie without qualifi...
Friday, July 17, 2009

It's just a thunderstorm ..

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I sit on my back patio tonight, in a thunderstorm. It isn't particularly severe, but the rain is very much a welcome thing, after days ...
Sunday, July 5, 2009

Safe, sane, ... and boring!

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Yesterday was the 4th of July but it coincided here in Norman with thunderstorms (natural fireworks?), so the formal festivities (the offici...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

The Red Man's Revenge

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There can be no real dispute that the native American population of the US suffered grievously at the hands of the European settlers. There...
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