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The Ice Cream Truck!

Yeah, the guy (or girl, …who the hell knows?) drives through here like clockwork at 4:30 pm every single day. Problem is…he/she is driving 55 mph when he/she does so.

What the hell are we supposed to do if we want an ice cream or something?

Shoot flares up into the air when we start to hear the [...]

Physics of Clowning

This also works on objects besides sticks, so long as they have a high center of gravity. Like office chairs. The leg of the chair moves the weight high enough for this to work. And hands are for pansies. Use your chin. That’s what it’s there [...]

American Stonehenge

Hard to believe that these things are less than 50 miles from my house and I have never gone to see them.

It is now officially on my list of things [...]

*Who is your all-time/all-star baseball team?

Now, to put this in context…I listen to ESPN on the radio (1370 AM locally for those of you that are interested) and it comes in just a little bit louder than the Rap station that is right next to it so…well, more often than not, I can understand what the hell they are saying.

They came [...]

Science Non-Scavenger Hunt

You can find some answers (some better than others) to this puzzle very easily using Google. So, let’s not cheat. This is a non-scavenger hunt. Use what you already know to find the answer. This came from a book I read a few years back, and the answer is surprising.

I have a standard sized [...]

A Funny Video

You should watch it. [...]

Top 5 most influential “Rock Guitarist’s” of all time.

Ok folks, I dont want this to get drawn out into a “Blues” vs. “Rock” ordeal…because I know that the two styles intertwine so much that at certain points, you can’t really tell one from the other.

I want this post to be strictly related to “Rock” guitarists!

…but, being my usual self…I will start by contradicting my [...]

Trip the Lamb Fantastic

Via 3QD,

I’m going to giggle about this [...]

Sci-hunt answer

The winner of yesterday’s scavenger hunt is Sao Paulo. Congratulations.

Put simply, the strong intuition “everybody” held was that two systems oriented symmetrically to one another and identical in every other way, would behave symmetrically. This had been demonstrated to be true for electromagnetic interactions and “strong” interactions. No one considered the possibility that it [...]

Sci Scavenger Hunt #2

This week’s puzzle is in the form of a riddle, but it ain’t a trick question:

a= -1 X -1 and a= -1 X -1 X -1

What is the counter-intuitive fact of quantum physics expressed in the riddle above? Hint – this result was first hinted at by observation of cosmic rays and first confirmed in [...]