Happy Thanksgiving

I know it's cliche to do a Thanksgiving post on a blog, but it's my blog and I'm a sentimental fellow so here goes!2014 has been a tough year for me and my family...not tough in a bad way but in terms of a lot of change, some bad but mostly good. I'm definitely taking a little...

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BOOK REVIEW: The Beatles Through Headphones

As someone who has been obsessed with the Beatles for basically my entire life, I've stuffed every scrap of information about them that I possibly can into my head. The number of books, magazines, websites, movies, television shows, and interviews I've consumed has led to a...

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A Funny Newspaper Comic Strip For Fellow Rock Music Fans

This was in today's newspaper...I love it!&nb...

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BOOK REVIEW: A Banquet of Consequences (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

There's always a great story behind the scenes when reading about any well-known rock band, and oftentimes the supporting characters are as interesting as the band members themselves.  This can safely be assumed to be true given the sadly ridiculous and pathetic (in the...

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A Career in Chemistry: My Long and Winding Road (So Far)

Central science indeed!Now that I've been at my new job for a few months and am fairly settled in, I've been reflecting a lot on where I am and how I got here in terms of my career as a chemist. It's been a very strange, interesting, and (I think) unique journey, and one that's...

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