Some time ago, I mentioned in passing that we are running out of water, fresh, drinking water that is. The remark made in the wider context of problems facing the developing world was mocked by a bunch of juvenile students on a discussion forum. “Yeah, right all the rain’s drying up, heh, heh,” they snickered [...]

UPDATE: Check out Sciencebase later today for a whole brew of periodic icons laid out as a proper PT.
Yes, I know, Periodic Table of Social Media has been done before. But, I wanted to create some new icons that hooked into the meme…so here they are:

Obviously, the only one that works correctly in the strict [...]

The most ironic search term I’ve ever seen on my site recently has to be this phrase:
A free term papers and essays on discuss the importance of integrity in the field of assessment?
Now, I could give the searcher the benefit of the doubt and assume that they were simply researching the issues, but given the [...]

A marketing rep from GQ magazine emailed me today offering a story (an anecdotal tale) of an (ex)alcoholic who had tried the 12-step program and then discovered baclofen and is apparently cured. It’s certainly an intriguing thought: pop a pill, eradicate alcoholic cravings and dependency. The feature article, from a quick read through, is well [...]