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Crossedwords
Abseil, Acacia, Adz, Aegis, Aga, Ague, Alai, Alb, Aleph, Anodyne, Arcadia, Arete, Ashlar, Aspe, Attar... To name a few
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Brain Gains
A few years ago, I stumbled on a free online course from Yale University called The American Novel Since 1942, a self-paced, semester-long study of the so-called Great American…
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Resurrecting a Minimoog
A celebration and extended riff on a classic Moog synthesizer. PS, I own one.
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A Forgotten Gem: The Voyetra
In 1982, Keyboard magazine began running ads for a new synthesizer called The Voyetra Eight. Was it too far ahead of its time?
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The Orgo Experience
It's Wednesday, 5pm, and I'm nervously awaiting my grade in Organic Chemistry, the class I've been quietly suffering through since January. I've been getting anxious, speculative texts from classmates…
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On Losing a Pet
One afternoon in March, our beautiful cat Target went outside and never returned.
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The Ten Steps of Glycolysis
Glycolysis (glycol: “sugar”, lysis: “to split”) is the process by which a six carbon glucose molecule is broken down, or catabolized, into a pair of three carbon pyruvate molecules. Doing so releases energy…
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Protein Classifications
Tertiary Structure: the arrangement of secondary structure (sheets, helices, and loops) within a single polypeptide. Quaternary Structure: arrangement of several polypeptides within a protein complex that performs a specific…
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Amino Acid Structure and Shape
Notes from the edx/harvardX biochemistry class (2015) The amino acid sequence is the protein’s primary structure. The chemical nature of the polypeptide and the constraints creates its…
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The Amino Acids
Notes from the edx/harvardX biochemistry class (2015) A protein is a linear polymer, or polypeptide, of amino acids, each linked by a peptide bond. Proteins are responsible for the…
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Reversible Pairs
The math of reversible numbers, e.g., 123 and 321; 40012 and 21004, etc.
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Houston Rap, The Book
On the Walker/Beste book, "Houston Rap"
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Percival (Thelonious Ellison) Everett
Write like you talk. Play like you walk. On last night's reading at Brazos Bookstore.
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No Rhyme, No Reason: Farewell, George Duke
We all have our idols and today one of mine fell. George Duke, the veteran pianist, producer, and songwriter, passed away last night in Los Angeles at the age…
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Suicidal Sun
A nameless girl moves to Alaska with her dysfunctional family. An unwanted to change begins to creep in.
