Friday Musing
Benjamin Schreiber Aman of Iowa, who was serving a life sentence for murder, claimed his sentence was fulfilled during his short-lived death after he was rushed from the Iowa State Penitentiary in 2015 to the hospital and his heart was ...
Hot Stuff
I recently read that scientists in Germany have created small zeolite pellets that can store up to four times more heat than water, loss-free, for “lengthy periods of time.” Interesting, but there’s a much cheaper material that does ...
Hell Bent
According to its website, Hell, Michigan is “surrounded by 400 acres of beautiful campgrounds, biking and hiking trails, a chain of lakes and channels, recreational areas for picnics, and so much more.” That’s not the description I heard ...
Time to Evacuate
I don’t like how big storms are named. “Edna Set to Arrive in Charleston on Saturday” sounds like a visit from a kindly old aunt. Old aunts can be scary, but storms are worse. They need to have names that encourage the public to take them ...