Daily Archives: December 24, 2017

No Christmas lights needed here!

Fred Reines won the Nobel Prize in Physics (and the associated million dollars) in 1995 for detecting neutrinos, but he made a mistake in 1956 which long delayed his award. My father worked with Reines, and told me this story … Continue reading →

He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows if you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness sake! Oh! You better watch out! You better not cry lie Better not pout I’m telling … Continue reading →

Christmas Eve temperatures have plummeted in the US since the 1920’s. On Christmas Eve 1955, temperatures in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma approached 90 degrees, and it was over 80 degrees in Colorado, California, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. … Continue reading →