In the fall of 1959, as I began the fourth grade, Miss Miller (her official nom de guerre) introduced us to the "Scientific Method." I have never forgotten it: h.... Read More
Again, the riddle:
The American embassy put rules on what folkloric pursuit in Nepal in the 1950's?
Answer: Searching for the Abominable Snowma.... Read More
Wrapping up 2011, for some reason I got to thinking about 1981. The IBM PC was about to debut (we only had had Apple II+ computers for a couple of years). The bi.... Read More
Comments from last week's quiz:
While our mill anticipated the contraction of the newsprint business as early as 1988, years of marginal profitability of the 1908 mill made t.... Read More
Our quiz last week asked:
Has your mill ignored a slowly unfolding event that then led to a disaster?
YES 40%
NO 60%
If your answer to the first question was "yes".... Read More