I Volunteer to Never Forget 9/11!

There are 364 other days for me to volunteer, but today on 9/11 I choose to remember all those who didn’t arrive home that day.

The OSmiums & Crazy Horses!

I would imagine the stink crazy horses would make is probably very similar to that of osmium tetroxide. The atomic number for osmium is 76 and The Osmonds were huge in the 70’s. And with 47 gold and platinum records The Osmonds are the logical choice for a metal that is added to make record player needles harder.

Donny on that keyboard slide combo thingy I believe he may have invented, Jay singing lead and taking a break from the drums, Merrill singing and playing the bass, Alan and Wayne playing guitar. Merrill sings his absolute heart out on this, and Wayne just wails away on that guitar. One of my all time favorite rock songs. Makes me wish The Osmonds would have rocked out like this more often.

Osmium is primarily recovered during the processing of platinum and nickel ores. Osmium tetroxide smells bad and is very poisonous. Osmium is primarily used to make very hard alloys. Osmium alloys can be found in ball point pen tips, fountain pen tips, record player needles, electrical contacts and other devices where frictional wear must be minimized.

Dr. Clark Raps About the H1N1 better known as Swine Flu

Happy Mothers Day!

Swine Flu

This doctor from the CDC explains the situation very well and gives us some preventative actions we can all take.

Periodic Table on YouTube

The Elements Song!

I just love the way this guy gets all the elements said in 1:34 seconds. That is quite an impressive feat.

Sony Reader PRS 700

Thought I wanted a Kindle, but when I saw this at Sony Wonder in New York City a few days ago I was sold. I hit Sony Style the next day and got me the PRS 700. This is my contibution to the growing going GREEN Campaign.

Na Na Na Na!

“Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water. It has fascinated man for thousands of years not only as a substance he prized and was willing to labour to obtain, but also as a generator of poetic and of mythic meaning. The contradictions it embodies only intensify its power and its links with experience of the sacred.”
Margaret Visser, 20th century author

THE ATOMIC JOKE

A sodium atom and a chlorine atom were walking down the street.

Sodium: “I think I’ve lost an electron”

Chlorine: “Are you sure”

Sodium: “I’m positive”

Chlorine: “I’m not positive, but I am now attracted to you”

Sodium: “Don’t you assa(u)lt me!”

It then started raining and they dissolved into tears. They then went into a bar got steeped in alcohol, but this was not a solution to their problems, but caused further precipitation.

Spies ‘infiltrate US power grid’

According to Maggie Shiels a Technology reporter for BBC News we have some things to think about like why the technology for protecing the power grid isn’t keeping pace? The US government has admitted the nation’s power grid is vulnerable to cyber attack, following reports it has been infiltrated by foreign spies. The Wall Street Journal has reported that Chinese and Russian spies were behind this “pervasive” breach. According to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano the US has known about this vulnerability for years.

Here is a link to the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7990997.stm

On Thursday, August 14, 2003, we had a blackout in parts of Canada and the east coast of the USA. Any connections? It sure makes you wonder.