woody's world

I just watched a video clip of the “tar balls” on Pensacola beach. (Notably absent were Sara Palin and John McCain.) For many years Florida’...

Just read an article (1) on so called junk genes. These are genes that make defective RNA, the stuff that helps make protein in cells. The ...

From one Richard to another. From his sense of humor to his commitment to education to his very name (I’m a Richard too), Richard Miller and...

LGBT Willy Nelson: “Just when you think it’s all over it has only begun” (1) And so the continuing fight for equality for our lesbian, gay,...

My good friend and college roommate got married to the girl of his dreams while we were still undergraduates. (I was at the wedding and got...

Life goes on The alarm went off at 6:15 as usual. Coffee pot gurgled. Shower ran. Hair dryer. Then a few minutes pre-briefing about the day...

Last week or so I wrote an essay on lies. I had detected one from a family member and among other things wanted to say that “white lies” ar...

In Flanders fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, ...

Looking forward or looking back? It occurred to me just now that with all the looking back I do in these essays (this will be the 190th sin...

Time for the annual skin cancer warning. Research is piling up on the long term effects of tanning beds (1) and sun bathing. No contest rea...