Merry Minuet

They’re Rioting in Africa, They’re Starving in Spain There’s Hurricanes in Florida, And Texas needs rain The whole world is festering with unhappy souls. The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles Italians hate Yugoslavs. South Africans hate the Dutch. And I don’t like anybody very much…….. You get the drift. In a …

O,Chem

During a recent medical appointment, along with the usual chit-chat, the Physicians Assistant mentioned how she had had trouble with “O Chem” as an undergraduate. Turns out she meant Organic Chemistry. The word “organic” has, in modern times, acquired several meanings it didn’t have, back in the day. We speak of a subclass of food …