My roommates buy a lot of fancy stuff  for me.  Environmentally friendly biodegradable poop bags. (Who cares?) French Vanilla scented shampoo for sensitive skin. (Like I want a bath.) Two dog beds that they for some reason stack on top…

Wow! It's been a hectic weekend, and its going to be one heck of a Monday. Let's just say it involves major deadlines and multi-paged proposals. And so I will simply start the week with this beautiful photo of a…

I've seen a lot of microwave bacon cookers in my day, but most of them are about the same. They're usually a tray with poles or slats to drape the bacon over, allowing the grease to drip off and the…

Considered by some to be the first scientist, Roger Bacon was a Franciscan friar and English philosopher known for his emphasis on empirical research and experimentation. Bacon studied at Oxford at the tender age of 13, and later became an…