Category Archives: physics
Overpowered and Underbrained
When Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster channeled youthful male wish fulfillment into the bulging muscles of Superman, clad in the costume of a circus strong man, they first gave him super strength, speed, and invulnerability. However, he couldn’t fly when … Continue reading
My Math Memoirs
Math was usually my most difficult academic subject. That surprises people who know that I was an award-winning high school physics teacher. I think that having to work to earn As in math improved my teaching. I related to students … Continue reading
The Elastic Heart of Youth
The elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time. Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Almost all of my childhood belongings were sold off over time in garage sales, given to younger … Continue reading
A Port in a Storm
October 4, 2023 During my Sunday morning walk, I was listening to Richard Osman’s second Thursday Murder Club book, The Man Who Died Twice. A character remarked: …it really is very pretty here in the dark. There are a few … Continue reading
All Good Things…
June 22, 2018 The title for this post comes from the final television episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which ended its run in 1994 after seven years and 178 episodes. It was a great series finale, something the iconic … Continue reading
Meador Manor 