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Dual citizenship possible, but complicated

by Dr. Jerry D. Wilson,

Emeritus Professor of Physics, Lander University
Question: Is it possible for a U.S. citizen to have dual citizenship with another country?  (Asked by a curious column reader.)

Reply: Good question. Had I answered this off the top of my head, I would have said no, because I had [...]

When you stop and think about it, words are pretty darn important. They are symbols for our ideas which we code into a form that others can understand. With differences in language, culture, experiences, and education, it is a wonder we can communicate at all. Words often have multiple definitions, and their definitions have varying [...]

Simple stir stick prevents superheated explosion

by Dr. Jerry D. Wilson,
Emeritus Professor of Physics, Lander University

Question: I recently read a story about a boy being burned while trying to boil water in a cup in a microwave oven. When removed, the heated water in the cup was not boiling, but suddenly “blew up” into his [...]

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Good!
Rob’s Megaphone was awarded the
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Brillante Weblog Award!
 

I humbly accept this most awesome award 
 
Much appreciation goes to my friend in blogdem: Skye B, who nominated me.
Skye’s wonderfully witty posts can be found on her blog: Ramblings of a Writer
 
The rules for this award are as follows:(1) Put the logo on your blog
(2) Add [...]

“Good evening and welcome to the news . . . This just in - (insert your name here) has committed a despicable crime.”
Imagine if someone published something defamatory and untrue about you.  Your character could be ruined; your reputation forever questioned.
Fortunately, at least in the US, there are laws preventing this scenario from happening.
Unfortunately, the laws aren’t perfect. Let’s [...]

Tumblin’ tumbleweeds are a pain in the west. 

by Dr. Jerry D. Wilson,
Emeritus Professor of Physics, Lander University

Here are a couple of “What is” questions.
Question: What is tumbleweed? (Asked by some curious dude.)
Reply: “Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds” (Sung by Sons of the Pioneers, if you’re old enough to remember).
 I guess we’ve all seen tumbleweed [...]

Twelve reasons to drop everything and run to your local library

Books: Escape the rat race through travel, fiction or fantasy. Consider a biography, history, or how-to. Try something completely different, or revisit an old friend.

Books on Tape: Sit back and relax in a comfortable chair or cruise in your car while listening to a real thriller.

Special holdings: [...]

by Dr. Jerry D. Wilson,
Emeritus Professor of Physics, Lander University

A touch of the grape may be good for the heart 

 
Question: I heard on the news that grape juice may help prevent heart attacks. How is this?  (Asked by a curious column reader.)
Reply: What’s good and bad for you seems to change every day, and it [...]

July 30
On this day in . . .  
1619 – In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.
1729 – Baltimore, Maryland is founded.
1932 – Walt Disney’s Flowers and Trees, the first Academy Award winning cartoon and first cartoon short to use Technicolor, premieres.
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1954 
Elvis [...]

The information for this post was sent to me by a friend to run on Rob’s Megaphone. 
I thought it was really interesting, so I dug a little.  I discovered that this post had made the rounds in the blogosphere – more than once. What I found most interesting was that more than 200 sites ran this history from the [...]