Daily Archives: Thursday, March 18, 2010

Note: This post is one in a series on how we prepared our homeschooled children to take various College Level Examination Program tests. The introductory post for this series explains why we take these tests, what parts of the preparation … Continue reading →

University of Texas at Austin claims to have invented a cheap (28 cents per gal.) way to do coal gasification.  This sounds VERY interesting.  It would change everything.  Here is the article:  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/texas-university-has-eureka-moment-for-coal-to-gas/article1502823/

You know those awkward silences when you’ve said something a bit out of place and no one responds? Or even worse, when you’ve said something that, as far as you know, is prefectly acceptable, but the silence is still there? … Continue reading →