Posts by jnyveen

I Don’t Do Blood

Posted by Jeff on Oct 19, 2012 in Stories

I love science, and I’ve always thought that I might have become a pretty good doctor, except for one thing: the sight of blood immediately makes me nauseous and faint.

Don’t Steal My Bananas

Posted by Jeff on Feb 24, 2012 in Stories

One day, I realized that bananas were disappearing from my desk at work. Were my co-workers eating them? Were they stealing them to be funny? Was the nighttime clean-up crew throwing them away? I didn’t make a big stink about it, because they were, after all, just bananas.

Life’s Lessons

Posted by Jeff on Oct 24, 2011 in Life

Some of the lessons I have learned over the years, roughly in the order I learned them.

Living in America

Posted by Jeff on Oct 12, 2011 in Life

After traveling around the world a bit, one gets an outside, more objective look at how America functions and how it compares to other the countries of the world.

Chance of Rain?

Posted by Jeff on May 19, 2011 in Science

Was looking at the weather report this morning, and there’s a probability question that has me stumped…

If there’s a 30% chance of rain on Sunday and a 30% chance of rain on Monday, what are the chances that it rains on EITHER of those days? And by EITHER, I mean one or the other or both.