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Engineer by necessity, but for fun I write/publish Diamondskydancer.com.
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Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues Should energy independence be a high priority in the US?: 26 of 34
The Gas RatsI would like to make a case. It concerns those price per gallon signs you see on every other street corner - the ones we watch count up each week. I say they should all be inverted to display gallons per dollar, and here's why.Imagine it's Saturday, the day that your weekly gasoline ration coupon arrives, and it i... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Poets: 20 of 26
Bad Poets on the RoadThe engine cranked over but did not catch. Dylan released the key and frowned. He turned to the passenger next to him, then looked over his shoulder at the two in back and said, "I thought it sounded like a Rottweiler singing hip-hop that time."Edgar leaned up from his rear passenger seat. He said, "Try i... More..
Sciences > Sciences (Other) Exploring the possibility of extraterrestrial races ever assuming control of the earth: 10 of 13
Sergeant Clifford Stone, in a 2001 address to the National Press Club, noted fifty-seven alien cataloged by the miltary at that time. In fact, he understated the actual number of them here on our planet and he neglected (for fear of inciting panic) to discuss the purpose of their presence. It is, in a word, colonization.Serge... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religious Speculations & Criticisms Pushing your religion on others: 54 of 70
Some decades ago, a debate raged among particle physicists. Let me re-state that. These giant brains don't rage in the same way as the rest of us. They wield wave equations and spar with state vectors. At issue was the proper characterization of electrons - were they particles or waves? Convincing arguments and experiments su... More..
Health & Fitness > Healthy Living & Wellness Live for today or tomorrow?: 15 of 18
A GlimpseThe biopsy was on Friday, but results would not be in until Monday. Wendell waited while she went back with a nurse. Others came, seven in all, with friends or partners that sat with him in the lobby, skimming magazines as the patients signed in and disappeared into the back. Each time, after about thirty minutes, th... More..
Sports & Recreation > Golf Should Tiger Woods give a better explanation for his early-morning car crash, or should we give him his privacy?: 21 of 24
In matters such as these, the individual's right to privacy must always trump the public's lust to know the details. Besides, it is far more entertaining to construct your own story - and, it is a valuable exercise in creative fiction. This one is ripe with potential: an alien abduction gone bad, celebrity sleep walking and/o... More..
Business > Leadership Strategies Simple ways to improve leadership skills: 30 of 33
Managing for Monkeys A View from the Bottom BranchesLet me state, right up front, that I have no managerial experience. If you missed it in the sub-title, the following points are not the life lessons of an experienced leader. I'm down on the lower limbs, where we get mostly what drops from those above (and it doesn't always ... More..