Just Like Cooking

Hello, dear readers. It's been...a while. I promise the blog is not dead, just sleeping for now. My 2017 New Year's resolutions incl...

Long-time readers will no doubt be aware of my running affectation with the " Profiles , Pathways , and Dreams" series of books f...

I've recently finished the 1973 novel Breakfast of Champions , by acclaimed science fiction / humor writer Kurt Vonnegut . For those unf...

Earlier today, I watched a scientific speaker drive people out of the seminar room. Was the person combative? Not at all; a well-respected...

Inspired by this paper from Melanie Sanford's rocking organometallic group at Michigan. -- *Pun contest! I could also h...

I ran across this entertaining anecdote today while researching Lord Todd's research into vitamin B1 . From Todd's 1997 obituary ...

Recently, I sat with a friend sipping coffee, watching passers-by hurriedly moving from one tall building to another. Remarks drifted back t...