Among other materials for Hyperion Optics showing good transmission in 2-15 µm range. Due to high refractive index Ge lenses became very useful components of IR imaging systems operating in both...

I lead the brokenhearted,Don't be fooled, I'm just letting myself downI quit everything I start,Only I didn't start this game, I thought you said you wanted to play,I thought you said you wante...

Today, I was having a meal and overheard what sounded like a pretty heated discussion from a couple at the other table. They looked to be in their late 40s or early 50s. He was sitting there qui...

On Monday, I called in sick to work and to rehearsal. I was feeling under the weather which makes sense all things considered. There is still a massive cold ripping through the courthouse. Plu...

Standing room tickets at concerts only exist as part of a conspiracy between Ticketmaster and Big Lower Back Surgery. French cows be thanking you all “mooey bien”. One of the highest...

My Cousin’s moving back to TN Saturday morning. Wanted to see her one, last time, and say goodbye to her dog, but she said she’s not up to it. A big part of me thinks she wants to avoid the plet...

I have to stop being an idiot. I have this inner team spirit thing going in my brain, in which any system or group or game I happen to be involved in, I like to see things happen as evenly and ...

I’ve noticed that people are busy. Like, they plan things around other things. All the things are plans. And stuff friendships and family in between sports, extracurriculars, programs, etc. I...

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92 degrees.  That was the high today and it felt like it too.  Summer might as well already be here, because these are definitely not springtime temperatures.  Life in Southern California.  It'...

We are going to this old dive bar turned smokehouse where they’re still dive bar but serve bbq. This could be interesting. I don’t much feel like eating really… forgot to eat breakfast till 12pm...

After picking up my new glasses and dropping a package at the UPS store, I headed to the coffee shop for my usual. An Aerosmith song came on the radio, and I recognized it as Aerosmith, but di...

Two Sundays ago, I saw Cabaret at my usual local theatre, and I have struggled to write about it. It’s not because there was anything bad about the production, it was pretty amazing. The problem...

Christ, help me. I am far less exciting than my current writing history might suggest. Let’s try this one more time today and see if this works. For the record, over the course of the past 3 c...

I have been checking out from the internet. Lord knows I have put a lot of effort into finding new friends online, hoping that the connections would extend to real life, but it has not happened....