Ordinary Mer

Aliens Among Us

Last Monday, I wrote about my belief in extraterrestrial life, a post which came about in part because my friend Kim recently got me hooked on the “How the Universe Works” series on the Discovery channel. The mini-series originally aired in 2010 and explores some of the mysteries of the universe, such as black holes, [...]

The Truth is Out There

I think it’s pretty obvious by now that I’m a pretty big geek and that much of my geek-dom centers on science-fiction. I love the Star Wars movies more than I love some of my family members, I can make the “live long and prosper” sign with both hands, I have a star-covered teddy bear [...]

Three Cheers for Liberal Arts

“The most valuable skill anyone can learn in college is how to learn efficiently — how to figure out what you don’t know and build on what you do know to adapt to new situations and new problems.” I may be biased, seeing as I am on of THOSE liberal arts students who graduated with [...]

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