Monthly Archives: February 2015

Sciense and nonsense

Posted on February 12, 2015 34 Comments

Following my theme from last week, thinking about my dad and his influence on my life, I was intrigued by an ad I saw recently from Bayer. My dad worked for Sterling Drug, which owned Bayer, early in his career as a bench chemist. Sceptical as I am about a chinese wall being erected between […]

Parental control

Posted on February 7, 2015 19 Comments

All this week I have been thinking about the issue of parenting. One reason was my folks dropped in unexpectedly and we needed to scramble to organize our days (and house) to accommodate them. This almost never happens. For one thing, my dad isn’t crazy about California. For another, he hates to be away from his […]