it’s better with bubbles
There’s much to love about the animated film, Finding Nemo, but one of many treasured moments is the frenzied fish in the dentist’s aquarium, who …
Chemistry
a girl’s best friend
One of the first things that a newly betrothed woman must do is get her shiny engagement ring properly sized, I discovered last November. I'd …
my funny valentine
For this was on seynt Volantynys day Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make. The above lines were written by Geoffrey Chaucer in …
pick your poison
Chalk up another casualty to the "mad scientist" stereotype. Network newscasters were chortling merrily earlier this week over the sad spectacle of a distinguished NASA …
break out the bubbly
"Come quickly, brothers, I am drinking stars!" — Dom Perignon, 17th century monk Popular legend has it that the 17th century monk Dom Perignon …
elemental arts
We have been uncharacteristically silent the past several days, but after a rash of deadlines and super-long blog posts — including my latest "Random Walks" …