Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
October 5, 2014

The Riding Hood Hypothesis

In 2007, British researcher Anya Hurlbert conducted a nature-nurture study on the influence of culture and biology as it pertains to color spectrum preference. She entered the study with the bias that color identification for ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
September 17, 2014

The Melodious Bridge Revelation

Albert Einstein once said, “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” Within the language of music there is an element called ... Keep Reading

Do you remember the time your four year old took your face in her hands and said “mommy why do your eyes seem to be a little red?” To which you replied, “oh I don’t know maybe because you and your two little sisters have a tag team conspiracy system perfected that have kept me from sleeping through the night in over 17 months!” To which she replied, “Hmmm….maybe you should try and do something about that.” And then you gave the evil eye to a little blonde haired girl. No?…..okay me neither.

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
August 30, 2014

Schrödinger’s Cat Goes Back to School

In 1935 Erwin Schrödinger made his most widely known contribution to the field of quantum physics: the Schrödinger’s cat mind experiment. The hypothetical experiment placed a radioactive sample, a Geiger counter, a bottle of ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
August 24, 2014

The Medical Mystery Minimization

In 1944 Anthony E. Platt, an English musician, applied for a patent for a mystery themed board game, originally named “Murder!” The game was later renamed Clue upon its distribution in the United States in 1949. The ... Keep Reading

Tales from the elephant in the room
August 8, 2014

How to Potty Train Your Elephant

On November 16, 1902, a political cartoon was released in the Washington Post featuring notorious big game hunter, President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt and a black bear who’s life he had spared on a hunting ... Keep Reading

Do you remember after having given your four year old daughter her first quasi American Girl Doll for Christmas…whom she finds beloved, has taken very seriously her mothering duties, and insisted should be named Margaret. That one night…..in effort to stall for bed……your daughter looked at you with concern as you were closing the bedroom door and said, “mom can I ask you something?” “Of course,” you replied. “I’m worried….I’m not sure who Margaret’s father is.” And you just stood their blinking?? No??…okay me neither.

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
July 20, 2014

The Changeling Destabilization Transformation

In 1889 William Butler Yeates wrote one of his more notable poems, The Stolen Child, based upon the Irish legend of the changeling. The poem contains this haunting refrain repeated at the close of each stanza, “Come away, O human ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
July 6, 2014

The Dr Seuss Inquisition Anticipation

Theodor Seuss Geisel, American writer, poet and cartoonist is best known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss. During his lifetime, Geisel published 46 children’s books, and was characterized by his imaginative characters and ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
June 24, 2014

The Deuteragonist Perceptionist

Within the whole of Greek literature, the terms protagonist and antagonist are amongst the most well known when analyzing the role of characters within a story. Ingrained within the human condition, there seems to be a desire to ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
June 12, 2014

The Fatherhood Extrapolation

In mathematics, extrapolation is the process of estimating, beyond the original observation range, the value of a variable on the basis of its relationship with another variable. This term can also be applied to human interaction ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
June 3, 2014

The Bicycle Recombination Consternation

Genetic Recombination is a naturally occurring process of meiosis where two DNA molecules, during their exchange of information, produce new cells with unique genetic material not present in either of the original parent cells. By ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
May 27, 2014

The Social Imagination Amalgamation

In 1959, American Sociologist Charles Wright Mills introduced a form of insight known as “social imagination.” To be deemed a person possessing social imagination, one must have the unique ability to view the world through ... Keep Reading

Tales from the elephant in the room
May 20, 2014

The Elephant in the Room Idiomation

An idiom is defined as a combination of literal words that possess a figurative meaning. There are presently an estimated 25,000 idiomatic expressions in the English language. The idiom, the elephant in the room, was first ... Keep Reading

Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
May 14, 2014

The Sisterhood Quantum Entanglement

Quantum entanglement is the name given by Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen to the interaction between groups or pairs of quantum systems in something they referred to the EPR Paradox. Within the quantum state, the ... Keep Reading