Archive for the ‘Rant’ Category
BP and Basic Science concepts
How did BP expect pumping mud into a flow of liquid to work? Has no one involved with “Operation TopKill” ever heard of ‘Liquifaction’? Mud is already semi-fluid, or else it wouldn’t be pumpable. Pumping mud into a flow of another liquid makes no sense at all. How can all of the people involved with [...]
BMI Vindication.
I finally feel somewhat vindicated, albeit much too late, after reading the following article and it’s referenced NPR article. http://lifehacker.com/5308542/skip-body-mass-index-for-health-measurements When I was in the Navy, I would routinely fail the BMI portion of our PRT (Physical Readiness Test), scoring as ‘Obese’. Why? I was about 5’7, and 235#. I was much more active back [...]
Ready for a change. Need a New Deal.
I keep telling myself ‘It has to get better.’. Even if our policies involved plastering issues and random suggestions on a wall and throwing darts blindfolded from 20 paces, we couldn’t do as bad as the last 8 years. I’m sure it took a lot of conscious though and heavy thinking to paint ourselves so [...]
Food Kids
This is definitely a FoodGeek Rant. Growing Trend of Child Foodies Faces Backlash http://www.yumsugar.com/2890647 I have to agree with this article and it’s referenced articles as well. Learning to Cook I learned to cook at around 5, and I don’t see the big deal. Was I a good cook at 5? Hell no! But I [...]