Bowling, etc.

My workplace, which is a research institute, organizes a gala type dinner each year for all the employees and their companions. We have no clue how many people we are talking about, but it well passes one thousand.
Last night was that big night that everyone was waiting. This year, they had decided to have it [...]

Want some Donuts?

I am sitting here waiting for my stuff to bake - not edible stuff just materials for my experiements- before I head for our Institute’s annual party. I surf the web and I find this news. Is this not ridiculous? What is becoming of that “tolerant” country?!
On a similar note, the other day my American [...]

Alchemy is the key

Chemistry was never my favorite subject. As much as I liked Physics and Math as a kid, Chemistry was the subject to escape. This was the case, until I was 15 and I fell in love with a guy that was studying some sort of Chemistry at the University. Later I found out that he [...]

Buy a car, get a gun for free!

This story is so ridiculous and sad that it cracks me up.  I always wonder what the limits of freedom are. Does a free country mean you can do whatever you like? Say whatever pleases you? Dress (or not dress) whichever way you fancy? And if the answers is some obscure thing like “yes, as [...]

Help China

In a sense earthquakes are the most evil of natural disasters, in few minutes all is gone and there is not a way of predicting its happening before hand. Close to my heart are the earthquakes of Spitak in Armenia, which is in a sense is similar to the current Sichuan earthquake in China. It [...]