Happy Birthday Mom
As a young lad I believed that my mother was Irish. She always had an impish smile and we celebrated her birthday on Saint Patrick’s Day. Later, when I learned that she was Sicilian, I put it all together. The Irish are a little crazy and so are the Sicilians. But fun people!
This morning at the “Bucks” Rori, another Irish-Sicilian lass, read us a St. Pat’s Day prayer:
Take time to work, it is the price of success.
Take time to think, it is the source of power.
Take time to play, it is the secret of perpetual youth.
Take time to read, it is the foundation of wisdom.
Take time to be friendly, it is the road to happiness.
Take time to love, it is the privilege of the gods.
Take time to share, life is too short to be selfish.
Take time to laugh, it is the music of the soul.
Our Greek goddess Angela wonderered: Is life really too short to be selfish? Just kidding!!
A warm welcome to our newest blog friend Christina, the chemistry student, and good luck to her in the National Chemistry Olympiad.
Christina offered the following comments on the Five Biggest Problems in Science.
”About question #5 - I think finding accurate long range weather forecasting should either support/disprove the idea of global warming. Right now, there are so many different factors that computer generated models can't be trusted. Each model comes out with huge differences in temperature change, so like, you really don't know which one is right, if any is correct. A lot of time, effort and money has been spent on trying to prevent the possibility of global warming (the Kyoto treaty was recently put in action). What if it never happens? Then it's like a total waste of everything.”
Ah, the young shall save us from ourselves.
I have to leave now for the airport. Going to San Francisco to visit our son John. We will be visiting my 95 year old Aunt Marie, tasting all the new dishes at U. Street, and flying up to Mt. Vernon, Washington to visit John’s “Irish” grandmother Mary.
Happy birthday Mom.
posted by Bill Lama at
11:50 AM
4 Comments:
NChO wasn't so bad. Miles and I are reviewing what we did wrong. So far, Miles -4, Christina -2. Yay! Can't remember any more questions, so I guess we'll have to wait.
But maybe you can answer these two for us? They're a bit odd, and very chem.
[+] When I2(s) is heated, does it sublimate or does it change color first?
[+] When equal moles of two organic compounds with melting points at 112C and 114C respectively, at what T will the solution begin to melt?
Thanks! And happy St. Patrick's day!
NChO wasn't so bad. Miles and I are reviewing what we did wrong. So far, Miles -4, Christina -2. Yay! Can't remember any more questions, so I guess we'll have to wait.
But maybe you can answer these two for us? They're a bit odd, and very chem.
[+] When I2(s) is heated, does it sublimate or does it change color first?
[+] When equal moles of two organic compounds with melting points at 112C and 114C respectively, at what T will the solution begin to melt?
Thanks! And happy St. Patrick's day!
Christina,
Congrat's on the NChO. Let me know how you finish. I can spell "chemistry" but don't remember much more. No idea on your questions.
I am conversant in physics. How is your physics friend?(Patty?)
See you at the "Bucks" some time.
Climate and Weather use different sorts of models. That's not surprising. Think about the differences for you, at your home, between weather and climate. Climate tells you if it generally rains in March, or if it generally snows.
On the other hand, weather is about an absurd amount of detail. We want to know if it will rain, at our coordinates (plus or minus a couple miles) at a pecise date and time (our planned backyard party).
We might curse the weatherman if the party is ruined, but it hasn't changed the climate.
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