From the monthly archives:

October 2009

How To Stop Zapping Your Brain For Good

October 27, 2009

When I was a kid we would often fold up the foil wrappers from sticks of gum and poke them into electrical sockets.  A mild shock (because we didn’t know the straw trick), impressive sparks and a puff of black smoke later, we were on to the next thing we could dismantle, blow up or [...]

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If Goldilocks Ran Her Own Business

October 3, 2009

Goldilocks knew exactly what she wanted and she knew how to get it.  She tried each chair, sampled each porridge and approached each bed until she found the one that was juuuuust right.  Unfortunately, this story also teaches many a child that it is destructive and dangerous to know what you want and then have [...]

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