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Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: On-Line Gamers Map HIV Protein, Opening the way for New Drugs

2011-09-20 06:01:07View | Delete

My wife calls me “ulterior motive man” because I have this firm belief that a single reason is rarely if ever justification for any action. Thus taking out the garbage should be done when you can button hole that neighbor kid about mowing your lawn for you. Today the L.A. Times has a story that gives [...]

Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: Water Cooler – Can Republicans Be any more Clueless how they Look?

2011-09-19 18:59:52View | Delete

So much of politics is about perception. The fact that working class people keep voting Republicans into office even when they candid about not wanting to do anything for those voters shows just how perception can trump reality. Which is why is beyond mystifying why rich Republicans keep doing everything they can to show they [...]

Bill Egnor commented on the diary post Getting to Know You by Coach Bill.

2011-09-19 08:13:56View | Delete

Thanks for your work on this Bill! It really is fun to talk to members isn’t it?

Bill Egnor commented on the diary post Food Sunday – Maple Oatmeal Bread by Bill Egnor.

2011-09-19 06:26:02View | Delete

You can use B grade for this. Most folks don’t have access to B grade but if you have it I’d say use it.

Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: AFL-CIO Outlines a Debt Reduction Plan that Would Actually Work

2011-09-19 05:56:35View | Delete

Here we are in mid-September with 10 weeks of the “Super-committee” drama ahead of us. We’ll be waiting to see the posturing, the demands, the breath holding, the capitulations and, most likely, the intransigence of the Republicans forcing this whole exercise into failure. The really sad part is that there is a plan out there [...]

Bill Egnor commented on the diary post Water Cooler – A Laugh, the Death Star and Penne Arribbiata by Bill Egnor.

2011-09-19 03:55:19View | Delete

Yep, even the Dark Lord of the Sith has to follow the rules occasionally.

Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: Water Cooler – A Laugh, the Death Star and Penne Arribbiata

2011-09-18 17:53:58View | Delete

So, it is Sunday night and I find myself in need of some laughs. My sister pointed me to this, it is a lego animation of an Eddie Izzard comedy ruetine about the canteen on the Death Star. In case your are wondering Penne Ala Arrabbiata is a spicy red sauce made of garlic, tomatoes [...]

Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: Food Sunday – Maple Oatmeal Bread

2011-09-18 05:37:36View | Delete

Happy Sunday Bread Heads! In a lot of places it is starting to fell like fall. The mornings are crisp, the days are not as hot and what we crave to start the day begins to change. Oatmeal and things drenched in maple syrup come back into the menu. Which brings us to this week’s [...]

Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: Water Cooler – Good News, The Webb Space Telescope Survives, for Now

2011-09-17 18:56:12View | Delete

So there is some good news for the Space Cadet corps this week. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been fully funded in the Senate. This is big news because the House had fully defunded the project. A lot of the press about JWST says that it is the replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope, [...]

Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: Water Cooler -Rep. Peter King is an Embarassment, On Both Sides of the Atlantic

2011-09-14 19:01:03View | Delete

I come from an Irish family. When I say that I mean I have aunts and uncles born in Ireland, not that we’ve been here in the United States since the first potato famine. For all of that I am not one to engage in tribalism. I am proud of my Irish heritage, but it [...]

Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: Water Cooler – Proud to be a Human Tonight

2011-09-13 19:01:09View | Delete

We who deal with politics for a living have a pretty severe occupational hazard, namely cynicism. It is far too easy to see the failings of our fellow man in our political dealings and assume that there is just not that much honest goodness in the people of our nation. Then you see a story [...]

Bill Egnor commented on the diary post CNN Debate, Ugly Republicans, the Candidates and the Crowd by Bill Egnor.

2011-09-13 09:08:42View | Delete

That would have been more entertaining!

Bill Egnor commented on the diary post CNN Debate, Ugly Republicans, the Candidates and the Crowd by Bill Egnor.

2011-09-13 07:07:27View | Delete

Yeah, I’ve built up a tolerance over a long time. The side benefit is I can now drink a Gin and Arsenic when ever I like!

Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: CNN Debate, Ugly Republicans, the Candidates and the Crowd

2011-09-13 05:52:27View | Delete

It is fair to say that just about anyone who is reading this is a dyed-in-the-wool political junkie. Which means that you are also likely to have watched last nights Republican Goat Rodeo, er, Debate. Sadly the people who need to be watching these debates are the very ones who would never consider it, the [...]

Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: Water Cooler – Sure the Republicans Debated, but They are No Trunk Monkey

2011-09-12 19:00:48View | Delete

Tonight’s Republican Debate got me thinking about an particular ad campaign. There are times when I am just in awe of ad campaigns. One of the very best is the Trunk Monkey campaign by Suburban Auto Group. They have come up with not only a very memorable campaign, but a product whose time I think [...]

Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: Markets in Europe Plunge (Again) Over Greek Default Fears

2011-09-12 05:45:15View | Delete

It looks to be a rocky start to the new week in the world financial markets. Major stock indexes in Europe plunged between 2.42% and 4.57% in trading there. What is the big driver of this new sell off? The renewed fear of a Greek debt default and all that would mean for European banks [...]

Bill Egnor commented on the diary post Water Cooler – Blocked Vent Cause of Soyuz Crash, But Space Station Still To Be Abandoned by Bill Egnor.

2011-09-12 04:02:59View | Delete

Well, I don’t think it is totally fair to lay this at Obama’s feet. The Space Shuttle fleet was becoming increasingly dangerous to fly. With the exception of Atlantis they are all the original “test” vehicles. The ones we flew were not really supposed to be production models. The decision to ground the shuttle fleet [...]

Bill Egnor commented on the diary post Water Cooler – Blocked Vent Cause of Soyuz Crash, But Space Station Still To Be Abandoned by Bill Egnor.

2011-09-11 18:29:57View | Delete

Um…..What?

Bill Egnor wrote a new diary post: Water Cooler – Blocked Vent Cause of Soyuz Crash, But Space Station Still To Be Abandoned

2011-09-11 17:59:21View | Delete

Tonight’s Water Cooler is a follow up to the August 25th on about the launch failure of the Russian Soyuz-U variant. As you know, with the end of the Space Shuttle program the Russians are the only nation that has the heavy lift capability to go to the International Space Station. In fact the United States [...]

Bill Egnor commented on the diary post Sunday Food – Cherry Walnut Kolache by Bill Egnor.

2011-09-11 09:06:59View | Delete

I think you’ll love this bread! I know that when we give it away people are always thrilled.

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