I endorse your editorial call (AIR 14:7) for having the local schizophrenics serve as tour guides to major cities. Here in New York we have an adequate supply of people who are qualified to train for the job. Having listened to bits of what the current official tour guides say, I feel sure that the […]
Tag: Air Vents
Lemonade Trials
I must disagree with Julia Robins (AIR Vents 15:1) about Dr. Deborah Anderson and the other doctors who did the Coca-Cola experiments that won the Ig Nobel prize. Robins said that Dr. Anderson said that “one of many reasons people should not use Coca-Cola as a contraceptive is that that ‘misplaced bottle caps can cause […]
Great Aunt Grace, Exhumed
This drawing of my Great Aunt Grace Walton was made on the occasion of her being awarded the Stokes-Hitton Medal at Leeds many years ago. I was not present, as I was several decades from being conceived, but the event is still talked of in the family. Great Aunt Grace went through her professional life […]
Prune Juice for the Soul
Can you help me locate a book that was published about ten years ago it was very popular among scientists I wish I bought a copy then but now it seems impossible to find one but you will know where to get one if anyone will the title is “Prune Juice for the Soul.” Bailey […]