Who’s Your Ombudsman?

Do you know your Ombudsman? Do you know what an Ombudsman is? Well, as a matter of fact, an ombudsman represents the complaints, needs, and concern of the general public. The South Carolina Governor’s Office of Ombudsman has as its goal “to satisfactorily resolve or appropriately refer virtually any conceivable question, concern or request a [...]

A couple of things…

I have another post or two in the hopper, but they still need some “tweaking.”  So until then, I will leave you with these couple of nuggets that have caught my eye recently.
Congratulations to LEGO for 50 years of awesomeness.
Timford posted on Johnny Chung Lee’s work with the Wii Remote (it is not called a [...]

A Little Late to Dream

Yes, Christmas was last month and it remained dry but it seems the snow hit some bad traffic and got here late. Just another year of bizarre weather in the South East. Basically, since we usually only get one or two of these occurrences a year we tend to savor them when they come. A [...]

Turn Me Around

I have enjoyed the many and varied posts so far on the blog. We have had several interesting scientific posts. On that front, I have contributed very little, and it is my plan to leave most of these matters to my other, more scientific brothers. So far, my posts have been rather [...]

microwave fun

In the spirit of organicgladiator’s recent posts, I decided to relate the stories of some distinctly microwave un-safe items that are fun to nuke anyway.
I’ll start off with a disclaimer (because every site that discussed microwave experiments had one too). There is some one in this world that has done each [...]

Protein: In the Microwave

Some comments by the RightReverend on the original microwave post necessitate a more detailed comment on the effect the microwave has on proteins. First, let’s consider what a protein is: a protein is a bio-organic molecule made of amino acids. There are 20 standard amino acids. During protein synthesis, the amino acids are connected together [...]

Microwaves: To Heat or Not to Heat?

Science, by definition, deals with using the Scientific Method to determine testable and verifiable hypotheses about the natural world. However, there is an ever-growing majority of human beings that ignores these principles, and consequently come to fallacious conclusions. One pressing example of this phenomenon deals with a common household appliance: your friendly neighborhood microwave.
A microwave [...]

back in the saddle

Today was the first day of classes for the fall semester at BJU. The past few days have produced some strange emotions for me.
There has been drudgery. This marks my 18th semester at Bob Jones University\Seminary. I have registered for classes 18 times. This semester is going to by my busiest [...]

Osmosis and Gummi Bears

Ah, yes, those ambiguous titles are always so attention grabbing aren’t they? This is just some more proof that normal life is stuffed to the rafters with chemistry. Gummi bears and osmosis are perfect examples. Gummi bears are a of mixture sugar, glucose syrup, starch, flavoring, food coloring, citric acid, and gelatin. (thank you [...]

All dogs go to heaven…a Christmas Recap

My family and I recently took a trip to the artic tundra that some people know as “the North.” We traveled to visit my wife’s extended family in Chicago (and a many of the surrounding suburbs). We enjoyed a Christmas Eve bash with her father’s side of the family. He is the [...]