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This piece was presented as Kurt Vonnegut’s commencement address at MIT in 1997. It’s great stuff, but apparently it wasn’t written or delivered by Vonnegut. It’s still a beautiful piece… Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The [...]

Just got one of those feel good emails I felt like sharing with everyone. Thanks to Frank Cook for the big smile I got after reading it. His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make   a living for his family, he heard a cry for help [...]

Well, I knew it was bound to happen. My brother-in-law Brooke warned me, my fellow Rotarian’s laughed about it and now it has come. I was sent a membership application from AARP yesterday. Yes, the American Association of Retired Persons found out I’m turning 50 shortly. I swear I just turned 21 yesterday. How did [...]

Anyone who’s done a mock draft knows that it isn’t a science, it’s a guessing game. No general manager of an NFL team tells the truth and the “so-called experts” honestly are guessing as well. Here is my best guess and this Saturday I’ll see how well (or more likely bad) I did.   1 [...]

Ever wonder how long a particular food item, especially condiments last?  Well here is a great website with a fun way of giving you that information using a Table of Condiments. Very smart and humorous but useful.

Last night I watched the movie “Thank You for Smoking” and it was hilarious. It may be fiction but it so illustrates how companies that sell dangerous products like cigarettes can spin the truth and keep in business. Toxins in your environment like bisphenol A and phthalates have industry spokespeople and paid “scientists” try to [...]

As some of my readers know, I’m a BIG pro football fan. My favorite teams include the NY Jets, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers (the Super Bowl two years ago was a dream game for me). Now that the new season is about to start tonight, it’s time for my prognostications for the [...]

The pharmaceutical industry, trying to make more profits at every turn, is now creating disorders in order to market drugs that normally would’nt see the light of day. So, in my attempt to be fair and balanced, have uncovered a website that allows you to create a disease of your own. The people at Newstarget.com [...]

In the July 26th, 2007 issue of the journal Nature, writer Brendan Maher relates the top ten science moments from the hysterical sitcom, The Simpsons. It is a good laugh especially for those of you with a science background or interest. You can click here to read the article.

Have you ever yearned to hear those old radio shows or wanted to find out what your parents or grandparents used to listen to well try the OLD TIME RADIO website. Oh and btw, it’s free!!!