In honor of Thanksgiving, tonight’s edition of “Bob’s Educational Corner” will be a musical history of the holiday. Unfortunately, Bono had to cancel at the last minute, but we were able to hire a local musical group called “Zombies for Tofu”, who I’m told will sing an original composition they call “Happy Thanksgiving!”. Let’s see… Read More »
Have you ever wondered the things your eyes have seen, when they weren’t your eyes? The atoms that build them flowing through the universe since the beginning of time, or if time is non-linear – infinitely. The star they were born in is long dead by now, and they’ve been everywhere throughout the universe, your… Read More »
I wander into A room full of people who Know him but not me It takes a village The old proverb tells us But that’s subjective I go out walking And stop and smell the roses What else do you want? It smells like urine In the park you don”t go to The homeless folks… Read More »
On tonight’s episode of Bob’s Educational Corner, we are proud to present “Science”. Science. It’s all around us. If you turn on a TV, or eat an ice cream cone, or bludgeon a homeless man to death with an oscilloscope, you are enjoying the benefits of science. It enriches our lives and plagues our dreams, and… Read More »
You thought you were safe, didn’t you? With your lidded trash can and your double-pane windows and that big front door of yours. Indoors stays in, outdoors stays out. Or does it? There’s been a spate of animals taking the next step. They’re tired of being on the outside looking in. We’re just upright, hairless… Read More »
Notice the lack of alliteration? Today, I got a cake. The details are non-critical, but I got a cake, and I shared it with people because I can’t eat an entire fucking cake by myself. It was good cake. Chocolate with this semi-mintish frosting, and m&ms on top. I lacked eating utensils, so most of… Read More »
After reading this: http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2210 Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing the Public on Climate Change; even as the climate science becomes more definitive, polls show that public concern in the United States about global warming has been declining. What will it take to rally Americans behind the need to take strong action on cutting carbon emissions? I decided… Read More »
Do those who have tasted death no longer fear it? When I was very young, I drowned while in a pool with no lifeguard on duty. There was only one other person in the pool, and my grandma was on the side watching. I don’t remember feeling any fear or anxiety about dying during or… Read More »
Norse myth, a nice story, violence and goats.
Bob’s Educational Corner: An Evening With the Pope.