Why is cast iron so appropriate to bachelors you ask, well it is because you really aren’t supposed to WASH it. What is more perfect than that for us disgusting non-neat freak bachelors than a pan that you can just wipe out and call clean.
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The Cost of Death
There needs to a component of humanity from us humans.
Memory is a strange thing.
When learning and studying new and complicated material, every college student needs plenty of sleep, a healthy diet and a routine including exercise and study.
Short Sighted Stroke Studies.
Short Sighted Stroke Studies. Excuse the alliteration in the title but it sums up my sentiments. I recently attended the American Heart Associations’ International Conference on Stroke and am sadly disappointed. The reason is because it seems that everything is geared to very short term immediate returns and little investment in the future. Please note, [...]
How my cat helped me at work
My little insulin dependent kitty is named Clawdia, she is 17 years old and this teenager has taught me an important lesson.
What Does a Science Geek Do in a Doctor’s Exam Room?
It is Thursday morning and I’m sitting in the doctor’s exam room waiting to see my physician. The appointment was for 9:00 AM; scheduled one year ago. I called this morning to confirm and they said the doctor does not come in at all on Thursdays and claim my appointment was cancelled in December. I [...]
Read This Blog Please
I’m not asking you to read my blog, but please continue. I wanted to share an excellent story from another blogger who hit the EMS Emotions on the head. I tried to do this when writing My Ambulance Education and this is a great example of the reality of real life the EMS folks experience. [...]
Death of a Story Teller
I write and submit about eight grant applications per year to get the funding in need to keep the lab running. Ten years ago I could get two grants per year or about 25% of my grant applications would be funded. Now however, I am lucky to get one grant every two years. So my [...]
Energy Bars on the Trail
I have been looking for a good, portable food for camping and disaster kits recently. I’m well aware of the US military’s famous MRE’s. I’ve tried them and they are marginally palatable, last for years and are easy to carry while camping or storing for an emergency. My problem with them is that they are [...]
Green Building; Blue People.
I fully believe that the science suggesting that humans are killing the earth’s environment is right on. Even if all humanity suddenly started behaving in ways to protect the environment it would be many generations before real benefits would be seen. Some things, however, are changing. The water purity of many of the US’s lakes [...]