Dr Wingnut

Year: 2011

  • Acceptance

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    If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger, how much happier we would all be.Peter McWilliams

  • Best “Birds and the Bees talk” ever

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    Alright, listen closely, I’m not going to beat around the bush.  Ha ha ha, your little body’s changing—it’s all good, believe me.  Problem now is… every time we jerk the gherkin, we got a lot of unwanted sticky white stuff everywhere, right?  Right.  So… first order of business—no more socks.  They’re expensive, gumming up the…

  • Opportunity

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    You’ve got to seize the opportunity if it is presented to you.Clive Davis

  • Goals

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    There is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.Walt Whitman

  • Big Chemical Grows Up

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    In the past, the big concern for companies on the environment was just to avoid risk.  The difference is now they can look at nature as the source of business values.Glenn Prickett, The Nature Conservancy’s Chief External-affairs Officer, Time, 21 February, 2011

  • Bread Recipes

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    These recipes are from an extension class I took during High School during the mid-1970’s.  They are easy to follow and produce serviceable products.  I don’t remember the name of the nice women who taught the class, but I’ve been using these recipes ever since and would like to thank her.Grandmother’s White Bread1 envelope dry…

  • Waste Time

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    Why Charlie Brooker won’t switch to a Mac (funny Windows rant)Why Chicago should celebrate losing the Olympic bidIn Liberia, this daily newspaper goes up on a blackboardFrom Zina Saunders, another hydrant portraitChristoph Niemann’s brilliant depiction of his “complicated” sleep:Nicely packaged, handpicked garbage off of NYC streetsNYC fire hydrants with lots of personality, drawn by cartoonist…