LUIGI GALVANI (Italian) (1737 - 1798)
Physicist.
This pioneer was born at Bologna in 1737. He was a deeply religious cast of mind and wished to enter the church; largely due to his parental persuasion, he became a physician. He made anatomy his special study and in due time was appointed lecturer in that subject at the [...]
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Pen Portraits-41
Posted in personalities, tagged electricity, Faraday, voltaic pile on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kerbside Economics
Posted in humor, tagged economic meltdown, office politics, recession on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One panhandler: When my career was on right track I had a job and a desk. No one came with meaner killer streak. Around the cooler my jokes dropped them dead; my back-stabbing took no prisoners.
The other: Then what did go wrong?
The first: The gravy train went wrong way.
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A Day at the Office
Posted in finance, tagged downsizing paychecks, economic downturn, humor, job market, panhandling, recession, unemployment on May 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The day I turned 18 my father called me to his study and said I was on my own. My parents wanted me to go and find a job. But jobs that came were not what exactly I was after.
So after a long search I became my own boss. I have this sign in front [...]
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