Category Archives: Rants
Breaking Things on YouTube
I am getting annoyed at some YouTube authors who create sensationalist thumbnails telling me that someone – or something – has “broken the Internet” or “Broken Science.” Really?
Hard-Boiled Eggs
I like eggs. In particular, I like hard-boiled eggs. They’re inexpensive, tasty, wholesome, and relatively easy to cook. The problem I have with them is peeling them. The shell always seems to want to stick to the egg, so when … Continue reading
Words of Wisdom
It is popular to quote famous people who speak about success, victory, life, whatever. It likely seems that what they have to say should be given great weight, because after all, they were successful. Maybe if we follow their advice, … Continue reading
The Butterfly Effect
The butterfly effect is the observation that extremely minute changes in the initial state of a deterministic system can produce wildly different results. Before this observation was noted, it was reasonably assumed that a minute change would have only a … Continue reading
Supporting Hamas
I am greatly puzzled and disturbed by the support for Hamas that I’ve seen throughout the world. There have been crowds of pro-Palestine people chanting “Death to the Jews.” There has been vandalism of synagogues and Jewish businesses, attacks against … Continue reading
Shanidar 1
I’ve often wondered what it is that makes us human. There have been many attempts to answer this question. We make tools. We walk upright. We developed speech. As we’ve learned more about the world, these answers have proved to … Continue reading
Kristallnacht
Today is the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, a night of antisemitic violence in Nazi Germany where mobs destroyed Jewish businesses, burned synagogues, beat and murdered Jews. Kristallnacht means crystal night, from the large amount of broken glass in the streets … Continue reading
Atrocities
As Israeli forces have retaken areas that had been attacked by Hamas, they have discovered evidence of atrocities that haven’t been seen since the Second World War. People had been massacred, their bodies mutilate. Babies were decapitated. Some evidently had … Continue reading
Tax The Churches
One of the biggest scams in the US is the way some churches rake in millions of dollars and don’t have to pay taxes on it. Churches should be taxed just like any other money-making endeavor.
Train Station Musician
On a morning in January of 2007, the famed violinist Joshua Bell took up a spot in a Metro station in Washington, DC. He played Classical music on his $3.5 million violin. He played for about forty minutes. Few people … Continue reading →