Tag Archives: Science

Lake Michigan

Posted on February 25, 2024 by The Twentieth Man

While drinking a glass of water and pondering life; I realized Lake Michigan and I were made of the very same stuff. And we’re both full of shit.

Posted in Dirty Words, Government, Humor, Observations, Plain English | Tagged "The United States of America", Geography, Lake Michigam, Life, Logic, Nature, Polution, Realizations, Science, Truth | Leave a comment

The Ancient Mystery is Solved

Posted on June 25, 2021 by The Twentieth Man

This mysterious cast bronze object, commonly known as a Gallo-Roman Dodecahedron, has baffled science for centuries. The riddle has been solved by The Twentieth Man. A dodecahedron is a twelve-faceted polyhedron. Each facet of this cast bronze dodecahedron has a … Continue reading →

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Even Einstein wasn’t an Einstein, Einstein

Posted on February 25, 2021 by The Twentieth Man

A long time ago somebody (I don’t remember who) received a gift of a dozen long-stem roses. They arrived wrapped in a long red paperboard box with a big red satin ribbon and tied with a giant bow. The recipient … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Expository Writing, Plain English, Violence | Tagged "I stand on the shoulders of giants", a dozen long-stem roses, Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Copyright, Einstein, Eponyms, Floral Water Tubes, Genius, Humanity, I.Q., Opportunity Cost, Patents, Physics, Plagiarism, Plagiarists, Prior Art, Psychology, Science, Technology, The Incandescent Light Bulb, The Mother Tongue, The Telephone, Thomas Alva Edison, Weaponization | Leave a comment

The Most Potent Psychotropic Drug

Posted on October 16, 2020 by The Twentieth Man

Know Thyself This admonition, from the time this maxim was first coined in ancient Greece until this very day, has yet to be accomplished and fully realized. Man (mankind) still does not know who and what we are. To that … Continue reading →

Posted in Drugs, Expository Writing, Love, Observations, Plain English | Tagged Air, Atmosphere, Beauty, Carp, Civilization, Cost - Benefit Analysis, Culture, Goldfish, Hippies, Hormones, Humanity, Jesus of Nazareth, Love, Mankind, Over-Population, Parenting, Parents, Perfume, Pheromones, Plants and Animals, Procreation, Prostitution, Psychology, Psychotropic Drugs, Science, Sex, Sex Pheromones, Sexism, Sexist, Soup, The Milwaukee River, The Moment of Conception, Twitterpation | Leave a comment

Curiosity

Posted on November 25, 2017 by The Twentieth Man

Curiosity is an instinct. Whenever any one of your five senses detects something new, something different, something strange, something out of the ordinary, or even just out-of-place; – a thing you’ve never encountered before; – your curiosity instinct kicks in … Continue reading →

Posted in Expository Writing, Observations, Short Stories | Tagged Autumn, Botany, Curiosity, Life, Maple Leaf, Psychology, Science, Trees | 1 Comment

Fireflies and Lightning Bugs

Posted on July 8, 2017 by The Twentieth Man

They are neither on fire, nor are they flies. They bear no correlation to lightning and they are simply not bugs. They are bioluminescent beetles, a species of winged insect. Yet we persist, none the less, in calling them fireflies … Continue reading →

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The Five-Second Rule

Posted on September 13, 2016 by The Twentieth Man

I suppose you’d have to be an ardent baseball fan to visualize the following: During the Seventh Inning Stretch the Klement’s Sausage mascots hold a foot race. Don’t ask me, I only live here. Klement’s Sausage is a major sponsor … Continue reading →

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My First Crush

Posted on August 19, 2014 by The Twentieth Man

I’ve changed my mind. I’m not going to tell you about my first crush. I intended to, but things just didn’t work out as planned. It’s partially my fault and partially the fault of WordPress. I set up a poll … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Observations, Personal History, Sadie Hawkins' Day, Short Stories, Uncategorized | Tagged Childhood, Dating, Expressions, Getting a Crush, Having a Crush, Hormones, Humor, Idioms, Junior High School, Life, Love, Mating, Pheromones, Psychology, Science, Sex | Leave a comment

Tar Spot

Posted on May 28, 2014 by The Twentieth Man

It’s Spring at last and the leaves on our young SuperForm Maple have now fully opened. For some time though, because of the weather, the leaves remained limp, hesitant and shy. So this morning I noticed they opened, stretched forth … Continue reading →

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On Transponders, Wi-Fi and Paranoia

Posted on March 10, 2014 by The Twentieth Man

My HP Pavilion 560w PC is now twelve years old! How very interesting. You know how an electric motor is the exact opposite of a generator? Or an audio speaker is the exact opposite of a microphone. They have all … Continue reading →

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The Ancient Mystery is Solved

Even Einstein wasn’t an Einstein, Einstein

The Most Potent Psychotropic Drug

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The Five-Second Rule

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