2007 October

Arthur Kornberg, 89, whose test-tube synthesis of DNA earned him the Nobel Prize in 1959, died of respiratory failure Oct. 26 at Stanford Hospital at Stanford University in California. He was 89.
Dr. Kornberg shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Severo Ochoa of New York University for discovering the enzymes that create the […]

“(CNN) — For Americans, rushing to get dinner on the table between work, soccer, ballet class and bedtime, time is often the missing ingredient, and it leads many people to rely on take-out, fast food and easy-to-fix convenience foods, diet experts say.
But most Americans still eat at home, according to Harry Balzer, a vice president […]

This is one of those weeks that I wish I could be Adam Sandler in Click, and just fast forward to Friday at 1:30pm.  Besides two tests on Friday, I was assigned a paper today.  This paper is where my dilemma begins.  Normally, when a paper is assigned a teacher will assign four or five […]

Studying is a way of life for me, and for most college students. Usually when I study, I am on my couch or at my desk with my textbook on my coffee table. Usually the TV is on, or someone is playing xbox/ps2/N64. However, tonight I decided to try out a new […]

I gave in to the expensive movie industry this weekend and saw two movies at the local theater.  First I saw Saw IV, and then tonight I saw Rendition.   Both were great movies, but they are very different in the type of entertainment that they provide.  I will not give away the movie, so please […]

I’ll start off by saying that I don’t drink.  I am not against it, but alcohol does nothing for me.  For some reason the idea of not remembering the past 24 hours, and the thought of losing control of my body/self/mind for a short period of time does not seem appealing to me.  No matter […]

“Most English-speaking people, for instance, will admit that cellar door is ‘beautiful’, especially if dissociated from its sense (and its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful. Well then, in Welsh for me cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien On the appearance and sounds of words
This is […]

“(CNN) — The Nobel prize-winning biologist who caused a furor with comments about the intelligence of black people resigned Thursday from his longtime post at a renowned research lab….
Watson was quoted as saying he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence […]

“After a lengthy discussion last week, top mission managers deemed Discovery safe for launch even though NASA’s own safety group wanted to delay the liftoff to conduct further testing and possibly replace the panels. It’s unknown whether cracks could worsen and cause the coating to chip off and make the area more vulnerable to the […]

Yesterday someone posted their dislike for Vista. I thought that I would offer a counter argument for why I like Vista. I am not trying to start an argument or anything, I just want to show that there are two sides to every story.
I first got Vista one week before it went live. […]