Friday 18 October 2013

First Base

Ah relationships. Dating, love, reaching first base, all fundamental parts of human society. At one point, they'll hug and hold hands and get to first base. For example, I've seen this happen in science class. A couple gets together and starts a lab, they put some hydroxide with some sodium and they got to first base. The next week, they get to their second base: Mg(OH)2. Things were getting hot, really hot. Bunsen burner hot. I really didn't know how to react. But it was crazy. Once they got to third base, they were working with some really next level bases. The base was so next level, it was an acid. That's when things went sour and they had a fallout. It was over, all the bases were nothing now. It was time to start anew. Two people drifting to find new people to bond with.

Thursday 17 October 2013

Bonds

Chemical bonding. One of my passions. Ionic bonds, polar and non-polar covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds and metallic bonds. Every chemistry teacher I've had told me that covalent bonds are the strongest of all bonds. Stronger than ionic bonds and stronger than hydrogen bonds. But that's only if we think inside the box. As I've said in my first post, true excellence is reached through asking questions outside the box. So today, we'll be discussing two other types of bonds. The first type of bond is a government bond. A government bond is used to support government spending. Why is this bond strong? Well, the desire to make money is strong in all of us. I'd argue that people hold on to money much more tightly than compounds hold their electrons. Another bond I have heard to be very strong is the bond of friendship. Apparently, friendship can overcome anything and is very strong. This bond is known to endure very difficult situations. Someone even told me that their friendship lasted while things got heated. This is far more impressive than certain bonds that just break. From this research, I have deduced that all these bonds don't really matter because in the end, they're not part of an action movie. Not yet, anyway. Until I get to that project, it seems that James Bond will be the only Bond that matters.

Wednesday 16 October 2013

French Toast

Ah breakfast, the first of the three meals. Known as an essential meal. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, they told me. That's when I realized. I sat there and pondered, eating my cereal and looking carefully at my cheerios. I thought to myself, Cheerios are basically, cheery-o's. Why are the o's so cheery? They were whole grain, they couldn't possibly bring me cheer. Now onto the topic of jam. What does it mean by jam? What's being jammed? Do I call a mechanic to fix my jam? Are we jamming? I'm not much of a musician myself. Nothing makes sense in the most essential meal. But all this is nothing compared to French toast. This bothers me more than any of the other breakfast foods. French toast. What's French for toast? It's toast. Yeah, nothing is different. Why don't we call it English toast since it's basically the same thing? French toast is English toast. Toast is toast. Watch out, breakfast. I'm coming for you. And once I get there, you're toast.

Tuesday 15 October 2013

Newton's Third Law

Newtonian physics, a world of wonder for the young physicists of our age. "For every action there is an opposite reaction." said the physicist. For example, when a truck hits a car, the car moves back. There was a reaction to the truck. However, the law is interesting in a different way. Let's think of this carefully. Okay. So this one day, I was walking in the cemetery, full of wondrous hope and looking around to appreciate the beauty of nature and life. However, I saw a little girl crying over the grave. Since for every action, there is an opposite reaction, I understood that my happiness made the young child sad. Because sad is the opposite of happy. This law is what we scientists like to call Newton's third law of Emotion. For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction. Another example is when I stole cookies from the cookie jar. My sister no longer had cookies to eat. My joy brought her grief. Therefore, we can conclude that this law does prove true. Science does it again. We should all celebrate the ideas of one of the greatest physicists that ever lived, Newton. Actually, I'm celebrating. You should all mourn, I don't need you making me sad.

Introduction: Asking is understanding

Ask questions, ask questions is what they always tell you in school. They want you to ask questions about math, science, economics. They expect questions like, "What is a supply curve?" or "What is a quadratic?" Now, those of you who are oh so excited about math might want to turn away seeing as I won't be answering any of those questions. No, I will instead be answering the unanswered and unasked questions in this society. Sometimes, the unasked is more important than the asked. We need to take a step away from the conventional ideas of this 21st century. We need to take the path that no one takes. That's what breeds innovation.



Note: Some things on this blog may not be factual. Like, at all.