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Thursday, November 23, 2017

Soccer: fast lane to dementia?

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When I was 8 years old I would ferociously head heavy old leather soccer balls to the point of getting the nickname "Bullethead Smith...

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Just wonderful

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It was just wonderful to welcome my ex-boss, Martin Karplus to ORNL for the Wigner Lecture the 25th birthday celebrations of the ORNL Lea...

Monday, September 25, 2017

43 years of losing

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Well, last weekend, my team, Amazingly Average, won the 2017 Knoxville Metro Soccer League Silver tournament. There I am, in the middle...

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Saturday, August 26, 2017

The Column of Nelson

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Our hometown hero, he is (or, apparently, was). Born in my county of birth, went to school in my city, then commanded the British Fleet t...

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Monday, July 31, 2017

2017 ORNL Futbol Game

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Mentors versus Interns it was. The Mentors always win, of course. We can't let those young punks get too cocky. So this time we we...

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Outrageous Theory

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I arrived to start a PhD at the Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble in September 1982 a day late (having missed the boat and been 'repat...

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Friday, June 16, 2017

Helmut Kohl

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An alumnus of Heidelberg University who championed German reunification. I never really understood why the West Germans were so keen...

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