About me
I am a graduate of Grinnell College with a degree in Biological Chemistry. The name of this blog is derived from the name I use in Chinese, 孟柏民 (Mèng Bómín).
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Of flushing Qur’ans and hate crime
via Pharyngula Recently, a man was arrested for flushing two Qur’ans in the public restrooms at Pace University for hate crimes. Apparently, after the first Qur’an was found in the toilet on October 13 last year, Pace University officials called … Continue reading
My first 30 days on WordPress
Today is my thirtieth day of having a blog on WordPress. This is not significant beyond the fact that WordPress provides statistics relating to blog traffic, with the number of visits (excluding those made by you while logged into WordPress) shown for the past 30 days, … Continue reading
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The Annenberg Political FactCheck
Dick Cheney brought a lot of attention to the Annenberg Foundation’s non-partison FactCheck.org when he mistakenly referred to it as factcheck.com during the Vice Presidential Debate in 2004. Afterwards, many people flocked to the site to find out the latest in … Continue reading
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NASA’s bad news day
Today, there have been three negative news stories relating to NASA. The first of these was this story from Aviation Week, which claims in its first two paragraphs: A panel reviewing astronaut health issues in the wake of the Lisa … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Current events, Science
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Autostereogram Tetris
While looking at a link from a recent post from Pharyngula, I came across a link to an interesting variation on the well-known (I know, that’s an understatement) game of tetris at deviantART: Autostereogram tetris Autostereograms are commonly refered to … Continue reading
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The CNN-YouTube Democratic Presidential Debate
Yesterday, CNN held a debate among the 8 Democratic Presidential candidates where the questions were asked in the form of videos posted to YouTube. While these questions came from YouTube viewers, it is worth noting that it was CNN that made … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Opinions, Politics
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EAA AirVenture show starts today
Every year, Oshkosh, WI is host to the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow, where thousands of planes are brought in for display and aerial acrobatics. The show is one of the biggest events in the area each year. I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Local
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A review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Well, I just finished the last Harry Potter book, and so it is time to post my review of the book. I will start off with a short summary of my feelings about the book in general and then move … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions, Reviews
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Burj Dubai now the world’s tallest skyscraper
According to the BBC, Emaar Properties, the company developing the Burj Dubai skyscraper, claims that the under construction skyscraper has now surpassed the height of the Taipei 101 tower to become the tallest skyscraper in the world. Currently, the building … Continue reading
Posted in Current events
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Waiting at Barnes and Noble
So, I went out and bought the last Harry Potter book tonight. I haven’t opened it yet, but I assure you, once this blog entry is posted my nose will be in the book. I got it from Barnes and … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, General, Personal
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