So he would turn to the Book of Tolerances, which he said he pictured like one of those huge old dictionaries sitting on its own pedestal, and flip through the pages. "Hmm. . .let's see. . .cheese dip. Nope, that's still fine, carry on". (3/3)

Show Post

That way, he said, when a student wandered up to him during a lab section saying something like "Dr. Goodwin, I added cheese dip instead of 1N hydrochloric acid. Will that make a difference?" He insisted by the way, that the great majority of these queries ended with that traditional phrase. (2/3)

Show Post

My sophomore organic chemistry professor (Tom Goodwin at Hendrix College) used to say that he wanted to assemble what he called "Goodwin's Book of Tolerances". He'd have every experiment in the sophomore organic course run in every messed-way up way imaginable. (1/3)

Show Post

Pretty wild that ProPublica dropped an unbelievably damning article about pay-to-play corruption by Collins and the entire national political press conspired to make it go away.

Show Post

Lefty wants you to see the new way he's wearing his ear.

Show Post