• About Me

    I’m an opinionated Grumpy Old Man. I enjoy the intellectual give and take that goes along with that, but have very little patience for stupid people (Note: there is a big difference between “stupid” and “educated”. Some of the stupidest people I’ve ever met have a PhD…). Beside arguing, I like to build things in almost any media. Right now I’m mostly building in wood, Lego, and a bunch of different electronic media. I teach in a number of different venues - from preschool all the way through graduate school. Subjects range from talmud to neuroscience to engineering.

    For fun, I like to bash people with swords (OK, so they’re made of foam. It’s still fun). Although I spend a lot of my time in a wheelchair, I manage to keep pretty active (Like bashing people with swords). I am a libertarian, and have a hard time finding anything good to say about government or politicians. OK, politicians might make good sausage, but that's about as good as it gets.

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Roomba update

Posted on June 19, 2007 by sphyrnatude

It has been about 6 weeks since I got my Roomba Discovery (robotic vacuum cleaner), and I figured it was time to let folks know how it has done so far. Even though I’ve got a major Source of Canine Fur, I have to say that the Roomba has earned its keep. With the touch [...]

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Raising kids in the Good Old Days

Posted on June 19, 2007 by sphyrnatude

Lately I’ve been reading a lot about how to raise smart, well adjusted, healthy, and otherwise good kids. In all of the reading that I’ve been doing, there has been a common thread. It has to do with parents perceptions and expectations of kids. Every parent thinks that their kid is above average, if not [...]

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