Daily Archives: August 17, 2012

Growing Up

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Ron

My son Mark was only 5 feet, 8 inches tall when he left for college inthe fall. He worked through the Christmas holidays and didn’t returnhome again until the February break. When he got off the plane, I was stunned … Continue reading →

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It Might Be the Light

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Ron

Deep In the back woods, a hillbilly’s wife went into labor in the middle of the night, and the doctor was called out to assist in the delivery. Since there was no electricity, the doctor handed the father-to-be a lantern … Continue reading →

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A Nice Boy

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Ron

One night a teenage girl brought her new boyfriend home to meet her parents, and they were appalled by his appearance: leather jacket, motorcycle boots, tattoos and pierced nose. Later, the parents pulled their daughter aside and confessed their concern. … Continue reading →

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Be My Valentine

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Ron

A guy walks into a post office one day to see a middle-aged, balding man standing at the counter methodically placing “Love” stamps on bright pink envelopes with hearts all over them. He then takes out a perfume bottle and … Continue reading →

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DNA storage

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Ron

Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram 2012.08.17.10:22 A bioengineer and geneticist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have successfully stored 5.5 petabits of data — around 700 terabytes — in a single gram of DNA, … Continue reading →

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