Thursday, May 21, 2009

I thought I saw....

A few days ago, I was sitting at home watching my family go through their daily routine of cleaning, outside activities and eating. It was lunch time and everyone was enjoying a delicious sandwich and salad outside on the deck. My Dad was home and he finally decided to take a break from the yard work. Everyone decided that it would be a good idea to go into town and treat ourselves to some ice cream. I needed to quickly run downstairs and grab my bag containing very important necessities, but before that I finished my sandwich with my family including my father. My dad is a goof, and one of his favorite things to do is to frighten me and my sisters. I walked slowly down the stairs, unaware of what I will encounter on my journey in the basement. I turned the corner, and saw what I thought was my dad. He was obviously going in to my room to hide and then jumping out when I least expected it. So before I walked into my room, I prepared myself, I stayed as quiet as possible and slowly walked into my room... I saw no one. Maybe he was in the closet? He wasn't. Maybe he was behind the door? He wasn't. A shiver went down my back, I thought I saw my dad. Who was that man who walked into my room? All I could do was stand, I didn't move a muscle. Frightened, I tried to calm myself down, and slowly looked around the room. Still nothing was there, so I jumped and ran upstairs as fast as I could. There he was, my dad, sitting there with my family laughing while eating his lunch. To this day I don't know if my imagination was going insane, or I actually did see a ghost.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Novel Synthesis

"Angels and Demons" a novel by Dan Brown, and "Evolution and Religion Can Coexist, Scientists Say" an article by Stefan Lovgren, both deal with the theme, Religion vs. Science. Many people believe that science takes away the faith and wonder, and is destroying the earth with its inventions that pollute the world. Some Scientists believe that religion would be lost without their guidance. Everyone has their points in the argument, such as religion arguing the evolution theory, and science arguing the facts. In both the written work, Science and Religion argue back and forth, "but what if evolution is God's tool?" Another very important similarity between Science and Religion, is that they are just trying to find a meaning to life. Scientists today are trying to combine science and religion, hoping that one day they will compliment each other in what they know and how everything works. "Religion is about ethics, or what you should do, while science is about what's true," and when you look at it this way, it seems a bit silly comparing the two. Everyone has a choice to believe in either explanation, and "science advancements may even draw scientists closer to religion" making it easier for people to understand both points of view. Even with science and religion, people are still wondering what is really out past our universe and is there a stronger power linking evolution and change in the world. The future will bring us discoveries and some may be wrong, but we are only human.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Angels and Demons


"Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown, is a story revolving around something called anti-matter. Anti-matter is the opposite of Matter, and when combined they create a huge explosion making it very difficult to work with. The great thing about Anti-matter is that it is 100% efficient, and can power a car for 100,000 years. The only problem involved working with Anti-matter is that it can't come in contact with matter, and so to store Anti-matter, it is placed in what is called a trap. A trap suspends Anti-matter in the air and doesn't contain any negative or positive charges, making it a safe place to view the Anti-matter. It is very expensive and is yet to be used in normal society. Anti-matter is so powerful that it can become a threat, or a weapon if it gets into the wrong hands. Hopefully in the future Anti-matter will be under control and we will be able to use its power for good. http://livefromcern.web.cern.ch/livefromcern/antimatter/FAQ.html