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This Art Is So Stupid a Monkey Could Paint That!

Feb 25
5 min

This Art Is So Stupid a Monkey Could Paint That!

This is probably a phrase that is muttered daily under the breath by some patrons who visit a modern art museum. It is easy to recognize the profile of this visitor. They are dragged into a modern art museum by a relative who believes that a museum visit will provide culture and an appreciation for cerebral contemplation. Seeing modern art in a museum is an opportunity to get up close and personal with thought provoking content that does not easily explain itself. The haples

Uranium and Copper Oxide Pigment

Feb 16
3 min

Uranium and Copper Oxide Pigment

“She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet was the night Softer than satin was the light From the stars…” (Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris, 1950) Timing is everything. You walk down the street, turn left instead of right and suddenly run into an old college friend. He introduces you to his sister's girlfriend and …. twenty years later, you are married and standing on your front lawn playing catch with your teenager. So the question is, could the element we know as uranium have been

Oil of Spike

Feb 8
3 min

Oil of Spike

Psychologists say the sense of smell can connect us to memories embedded in the dark recesses of our brain. As a child, perhaps your aunt’s perfume filled your nostrils as she greeted you with open arms, giving a hug that could cripple you if you were not prepared and braced for the event. The odor of pine combined with a mildewed mop is one nearly every school aged child knows all too well. Scents were also a byproduct of the nature of things around us. Your mother’s stews a

The Cutting Room Floor...

Feb 1
3 min

The Cutting Room Floor...

When preparing a lecture, it seems that a large quantity of unused material is generated that never makes it into the actual talk given. Sometimes this information is useful but just does not fit the direction of the lecture. Other times, it becomes fuel for further research. It this case, it is just material filed away for potential use at a later time. In many instances we read the headings on chapters of books and do not stop to think about the words on the page. At times,