• 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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Swine flu: Is it a real threat or just hype?

Posted on May 1, 2009 by sphyrnatude

Well, its been about a week since the whole swine flu kerfluffle started up.
We’ve learned a lot since then. The current ‘pandemic’ is the H1 N1 strain of influenza. It is about as virulent as most of the ‘normal’ seasonal flus. So far, it is about as deadly as the normal seasonal flu. Oh yeah, [...]

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Why Swine Flu is not a Bad Thing

Posted on April 29, 2009 by sphyrnatude

If you aren’t aware of the recent Swine Flue “outbreak”, just pull your box closed again and go back to sleep – You’re already ahead of the game on this one.
Don’t get me wrong – it sucks that we have yet another outbreak of an ages old illness, but this is nothing new, and nothing [...]

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Adventures in airplane cuisine

Posted on March 4, 2009 by sphyrnatude

Ah the joys of international cuisine – especially on airplanes.
On a recent trip from Tel Aviv to Manchester, NH, I had the ultimate airplane food experience.
You see, on a trip like this (Tel Aviv to London to Dulles (Wash DC) to Manchester), you can expect to spend an entire day in airplanes and airports. That [...]

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