Monthly Archives: September 2011

Here’s a recent study skills primer I wrote up for the battered women’s shelter where I tutor: Alan’s Study Skills Primer Alan DiCenzo        25 September 2011   ———— Why learn?  Why study? –        Joy –        Obligation –        Career –        Self-building … Continue reading →

WordPress kindly suggested a topic for me again on the occasion of my imminent 100th post on this idiotic blog!  They said, talk about what I might do if I could become two people.  Um…well, first, the second person I … Continue reading →

Uh…if you’re a policeman and have a gun, grab the snake’s head, aim away from the victim, and shoot the snake through the head. Killer bees…Vickie, if you read this, you’re disabled and can not run from them at the … Continue reading →

And while we’re at it…I’ve read several stories of snake owners and/or their friends being killed by constrictors unnecessarily. Police and firemen came, and tried frantically to wrestle the snake off from the victim before it would be too late. … Continue reading →

Uh…regarding the previous post, Mr. Grizzly Man, this means you too. Why did you need to risk your girlfriend’s life and yours too when a couple of simple fat cans of pepper spray would have changed the whole story? Oops…sorry, … Continue reading →

A cougar in the LA area killed a biker and mauled another. I must say, the more I think about it, I ask myself, why would I (or anyone else) ever go out in the wild without a fat can … Continue reading →

RE: Alan Nat Geo Wild Saber Tooth TV Show Question‏ 9/16/11 To Frank Saber Tooth Prof Mendel Hi Professor Mendel, Thanks so much for taking the time and energy to send me this information.  I can see some other angles … Continue reading →

For a lovely bowl Let us arrange these flowers Since there is no rice.

(Sorry.  I wish I knew.)

Ha!  The title says it, I guess.  There’s much talk among physicists today about parallel universes, or even just multiple universes within a “multiverse” that contains all of all. Depending on how universes and multiple universes form and evolve (and … Continue reading →