Purification 12/4/21

The chemist is faced with the difficult question of how pure the product should be, versus how high the theoretical yield?

Holidays 11/30/21

If I had a family, it would be a very different affair altogether. (It would be a very different affair. Sorry, paraphrasing a movie joke there.) For example, I think I would leave the tree down until after Thanksgiving dinner. I could see that as a fun family activity (replacing the early Black Friday nonsense). After a bit of time to let the dinner settle, put up the tree and begin decorating it as a family as a tradition and way for the family to interact.

Race to the Bottom 11/20/21

I’m here with a warm spot on my lap created by my cat’s butt as she is keeping me company, but the only human voices I hear are from the Blues Brothers as they play on my old computer. Don’t a

Lessons 10/26/21

She really caught me off guard. I wasn’t dating at the time, and I really did want to go out with her, but I had no time to really plan anything. But more than the surprise date, I think I was surprised that she would be interested in me in the first place.

The Road 9/10/21

Right now, the biggest problem with the road I’m on is that I am having a difficult time transitioning from the road I had been traveling. I took some wrong turns, and that smoothly paved freeway turned into gravel. But the thing is, even gravel roads are fun.

Cheesesteak 9/9/21

Sometimes we make decisions without really considering the larger impact. Sometimes we know the extended consequences.

Angry Activities 9/8/21

Let’s be honest. Everybody has their bad days. We all have those days when somebody is being a jerk to us at work, those drivers are idiots, that item is sold out, the device isn’t working. We all have those days where we just want to…

Dreams 9/1/21

My dreams have not been good of late. It’s just kind of a bad time of year for me, filled with bad memories and, this year being the first that I’m not teaching, regret and loss. But honestly, dreams have always fascinated me.

Epidemic 8/31/21

I enjoyed periodically catching a whiff of the perfume as I came home, or woke up, or just happened to notice it when I was in the living room (perhaps the air kicked on causing a temporary boost in the airborne concentration). It might sound desperate, but in a way, I kind of felt like maybe I was not living alone after all.

Tattooed 8/17/21

It’s very small, and against their advice, when I say “hidden”, it is actually tattooed onto the webbing skin between my thumb and hand.