oh, Sophia, that's terrible! Have you thought about doing some self defense training? The first thing we learned was about how to be vocally assertive and it seriously changed my life. It's a big problem for a lot of women -- being polite to the detriment of their own safety.
I get UBER polite when in a dangerous situation-- but this turned out to be a drunk college student who had passed out in the wrong car, so all was actually well. Although I had to help him find his car because he didn't remember where he parked.
My office is so f*cking penny wise and pound foolish it is driving me crazy. Like, I can't pay $2.00 to have 200 copies folded, but I can fold them by hand which takes me hours. But we do things like get these very expensive folders printed that we actually have very little use for-- and we don't even price different printers because they think we can only use the one university approved printer.
I'm seen references all over the web to a new catalyst for splitting hydrogen developed by M.I.T. researchers that would dramatically reduce the cost of the process.
Inspiration for the new catalyst came from nature; Nocera studied the chain of processes that take place during photosynthesis, such as how plants use the energy from sunlight to rearrange water's chemical bonds. In a future hydrogen economy, he imagines, a house would function much like a leaf does, using the sun to power household electricity and to break down water into fuel—a sort of artificial photosynthesis.
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It sounds cool, but I'm not getting too excited until there is production usage.
Thank you all for your birthday wishes!
Actually Tamara I thought you were pregnant. whoops.
Ok, that is truly terrifying.
Happy Birthday, Scrappy!
Happy Birthday Scrappy!
For those interested, Dr. Suzette Haden Elgin has a number of reputable works about the art of verbal self-defense: [link]
good god, meara! WTFF? I'm sorry this is happening to you AGAIN.
"The stupid - it BURNS!"
A video made by a woman who's freaked out she can see a rainbow in her water sprinkler. Because that didn't happen 20 years ago. So there's obviously something in the water....
