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- an opinion piece Does quantum mechanics rule out free will?
- Food and eating A great blog by my friend, Dr. Deanna Minich. Let’s think about what we’re eating!
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Electric trains and delayed gratification
When I was a kid (I think maybe 11), my brother Jim and I decided we wanted to have an electric train set. We looked at the different sizes (called “gauges”); HO gauge is sized in between the two other … Continue reading →