Polarity?

The other day at work was a study in dichotomy. I had one call with a Creationist weaver to whom I had to explain how evolution works (and even worked in how that it might be part of God's plan and not necessarily the antithesis) and my next passenger was a Libertarian Wiccan to whom I had to explain smoking bans and assure him that the government was not going to take his guns away. There was ...

Summary of Fucking, Snarch-Style

... without intercourse is possible. Anatomy-independent eroticism is part of our sexual potential. Many people “make love” specifically to avoid fucking In many people's minds, fucking is the polarity on the continuum of “making love.” Sexual intent and aggression are center stage in fucking. “What is pornography to one man is the laughter of genius to another. If a ...

changing polarity

I cannot imagine the life I would have had if I had chosen the beach trail. A long distance phone call to bring me that warmth when tears are so cold. The world would be a completely different environment but this is what I chose. There are many things that come to bring you down but rarely do people hold them too close. The cigarettes and booze people take are holes for what bring them down. ...

We stood on the beach at sunset

..., and the two fly slightly chunkily off to Fort Knox, which the Legion is robbing again. They're running at maybe one milliplotpoint's worth of power while Batman and Robin work on reversing the polarity of the crystallization ray, and what do you know, it works. So Superman punches a pile of gold bricks into a fortress around Lex Luthor, complete with a window, which is really showing off; ...

... point of coming here to have everyone live? "I'm trying!" the Doctor called. He tugged the brake, gave up on that, then spun around to the other side of the console to try to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow, get the TARDIS heading backwards. "Hit the lever, there!" he called. The TARDIS kept moving, thrust away from the rift. "No, no, no! " The wailing ceased abruptly, the silence ...

[topic] August 21 - First Court Hearing

...October 12, 2009 - Extended final document submission deadline passes The court apparently extended the document submission deadline to October 12 because of the volume of paperwork involved and the extreme polarity of both sides' views. User "psrabell" reported on his/her blog on journalog.net (associated with DongAh), that there was actually a secret mediation attempt on that day and ...

claim

... Magnetokinesis - The ability to mentally manipulate and generate magnetic fields to achieve a wide range of effects. He can increase, decrease, and redirect the flow of magnetic fields, reverse polarity, move magnetic metals with a minimum of concentration, and activate magnetism in typically non-magnetic metals with effort. Some electrical activity may be a noticeable side-effect as a result ...

Second to last show

... my workshop's my entertainment center no time for TV when I could build a better one... Just waiting for the muse to inspire me next thing you know the whole world will hire me I'll pay the rent with my reverse polarity gun My name is Tim My name is Tim Take some time, maybe then you'll see a side of me that is more than crazy it's hard to tell, but I mean well when I say "Someday we'll play ...

Worksheet 13: Constructing a galvanic cell using Volta's model

...put between the 2 metals was a piece of filter paper. We tested for a current (is it a current we're looking for when we deal with the voltmeter??) under these circumstances: Dry filter paper, distilled water, sucrose solution, potassium nitrate (KNO3) solution, Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) solution. The results are as shown. (Coins, Coupling, Voltmeter Reading, Polarity of Connection)

spaceship design

... have passed. Eventually. Probably. ... Is there a 'science for SF writers' course somewhere? Or a book... I realise if I only want to write for Doctor Who then science is optional, but, I kind of miss that whole logic and reason thing where you can figure stuff out. It's all very well going 'reverse teh polarity!' and fixing everything, but it's like a whole set of puzzles you can't play with.