Writing, Lying, Laying, and Clarifying Choosing which word you want take some trying English is a confusing language. People do not readily know or practice correct usage of many words. Two that get very confused, and arguably, also get confused with the homophones of “lie and lie” (as in lying) are the words: lay and lie. To lay…

Sadly, H5N1 (bird flu) is likely to kill hundreds of millions of birds Roaring Rivers Torrents, currents, and ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD Dear birds, I am so sorry. It’s Memorial Day 2013. Birds are dying, all over the world. The California Condor, back from 1989 brink of extinction, has already been struck. Researchers have recovered 21 dead…

Ron DeSantis announced his POTUS Run, We are not amused. — Roaring Rivers Torrents, Currents, and Ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD Ron DeSantis and Elon Musk join up to say: “We’re here!!” Yesterday, I blogged about whether or not you, or I, are Nazi-like people. Today, I am thinking of the recent news of Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis joining to announce a presidential run for the latter. They twittered and twipped it up, I hear.

It’s disturbing to realize how few people understand how fascism rises and falls Roaring Rivers Torrents, Currents, and Ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD You may already be a Nazi and not even know it The people of Germany were not all just a bunch of bad people. They got duped into some truly horrific stuff. They, and the world, paid a very heavy price. They didn’t pay close attention to the book bans, scape-goating, identity-based hierarchical…

Our species stores many misconceptions, and they may just be destroying many things we forget about — Illusion isn’t always what it seems Optical illusions work well on us for more than one reason. We all have seen Rubin’s vase, the two faces in profile illusion wherein we can see two faces, or we can see the vase in the center. Both “pictures” are there, but we can focus on only one at…

Will it contribute to cooling the world like a nuclear winter? — Roaring Rivers Torrents, Currents, and Ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD I am opinionated, but you can deal… Suddenly, like a freak show circus came to town, there are herds of people running to be POTUS. First, we have the original BLOTUS, who trumpets his bellowing bunk just as he has for decades. Fake News? Old news. But there is…

Self help is not always what you think it is — What moves you? In biology, we say “exo” as in exoskeleton, and “endo” as in endocrinology. These prefixes help us know whether we are looking beyond something, (exo) or within something (endo). For writing, and for gleaning everyday information, it is useful to learn some Greek and Latin roots. However, when we look…

Ukraine will win. Russia is losers It’s the oldest story known of combat abusers Putin seems to have “taken” Bakhmut But did he seize the heart of his latest recruit? When pride is at center, and aggression is obscenity people find sound strength in their own identity. Then, The free…

My blog is not read as much as Elon Musk, but I have a point, anyway Roaring Rivers Torrents, Currents, and Ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD On the road to nowhere Here is a driver, in what I think is a Tesla. She has to navigate by a touch screen. I have issues with touch screens. Is it because I was born in the last millennium? Maybe. I was born in the time…