Happy Chinese New Year
0 Comment by Wynn Tran / February 2, 2011 / Posted in Holidays, Random ThoughtsHappy Chinese New Year — “Gong Xi Fa Cai”
We are leaving the year of the Tiger and entering the year of the Rabbit. It is a special time for the Asian family to get together to celebrate and welcome the new year in hopes of good fortune, prosperity and good health.
My wife has been busy [...]
Fun With Optical Illusions
0 Comment by Wynn Tran / January 13, 2011 / Posted in Eyesight, Random ThoughtsAn important part of eyesight is being able to recognize and interpret what we are seeing. It is not always easy to understand what you are seeing especially when someone is trying to trick you. Yes, I am talking about optical illusions. Today, we will just have some fun trying to trick our eyes and [...]
Too Much Fluoride Causing Splotchy Teeth
0 Comment by Wynn Tran / January 10, 2011 / Posted in Cancer Causing Chemicals, Earth Watch, Random ThoughtsNews (Jan 7, 2011): US says too much fluoride causing splotchy teeth. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to lower the fluoride in drinking water because Americans are getting too much fluoride which is causing splotches in children’s teeth.
The whole idea behind fluoridation (adding of fluoride to our water supply) was to [...]
New Record Price For a Tuna
0 Comment by Wynn Tran / January 6, 2011 / Posted in Earth Watch, Random ThoughtsNews: A bidder paid 32.49 million yen (nearly $396,000 usd) for a 754-pound (342-kilogram) bluefin tuna at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. That is about $525 per pound including the head. Ouch!
Major scientific studies show that with the current trend there will be no more fish by 2050. Who knows, we may have to [...]
Pacific Ocean – Our Other Garbage Dump
0 Comment by Wynn Tran / March 19, 2010 / Posted in Earth Watch, Random ThoughtsI was watching “The Late Show with David Letterman” the other night, and Charles Moore was one of the guest. His discussion about the floating garbage shocked me. The amount of garbage floating in the pacific ocean is double the size of Texas. It is harming and killing all the sea creature [...]
Quotes About The Human Condition
0 Comment by Wynn Tran / March 15, 2010 / Posted in Random ThoughtsWe can’t solve problemsby using the same kind of thinkingwe used when we created them.Albert Einstein
Two things are infinite:the universe and human stupidity;and I’m not sure about the the universe.Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought,but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.Albert Einstein
Any intelligent fool [...]
