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The Abyss, 165
Academy Award, 104, 252,
257
acceptance, 251
AC/DC, 179
Achilles, 84
acids, 170
Action!, 254, 264
Adam and Eve, 22, 127
Addicted to Love, 92
Adirondacks, 173, 284
adversity, 28, 103
advertising, 13
Aeschylus, 84
Afghanistan, 33
Africa, 26, 95, 134
aggression, 107
agriculture, 11, 27
AIDS, 143, 159
Aiello, Danny, 105
air, 6, 9, 82, 151
aircraft, 181
aircraft carrier, 218
Alaska, 201
Albany, 84, 266
albedo effect, 25
albino, 162
Alexandria Library, 83
algae, 59, 168
biologically
engineered, 201
Alias, 252
Ali, Muhammad, 75, 77
alien, 162, 165, 255
Alive, 190
Allegany River, 267
The Allegory of the Cave,
236
Alpha Male/Female, 40, 59,
93, 133-4, 191
Alpha radiation, 217
al-Qaeda, 99
alternate fuels, 202
amateur, 243, 276
Americans, 84, 204, 268
Amsterdam, 259
anal retentive, 35-6
Anatomy of Dominance,
147
Andes Mountains, 190
Angels & Demons, 221
anger, 280
Aniston, Jennifer, 250
anonymity, 253
anti-hydrogen, 222, 225
anti-matter, 221-7, 229
apple, 210, 214, 266
Appomattox, 138
Archaeopteryx, 51
Archimedes, 84, 219
aristocracy, 12, 19, 70, 172
Aristotle, 207, 210
army ants, 91, 95
Around the World in
Eighty Days, 209
art, 254, 260, 263, 273-4,
284
arteries, 269
arthritis, 109
artist, 253-4, 258, 271, 275
asexual reproduction, 47,
122
Asimov’s Science Fiction,
156
assembly line, 119-2
astronauts, 183, 194, 208
astronomy, 252
Atkin’s Diet, 194
atmosphere, 170, 181, 183,
186, 198, 200
atom, 10, 154, 158, 161-3,
165-6, 169-70, 176-7,
183, 195, 198, 205-6,
212-20
atomic bomb, 83, 163-4,
206
atomic energy, 168, 192
atomic war, 154, 157
atom smasher, 221
atoms, super-heavy 231
The Aviator, 36
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baby, 102, 177
bachelorette party, 126-7
Back to the Future, 243
Bacon, Kevin, 77
bacteria, 80, 156, 160, 162,
200
Bakker, Robert, 48
baldness, 148, 250
barbershop quartet, 275
baritone, 179, 275
Barnum, P.T., 15-6, 210
basalt, 164
baseball, 10, 176-7
Battered Wives, 136
batteries, 174, 179, 183,
201
rechargeable, 201
beach, 169-70, 188,
193, 199, 228
Beaches, 247
The Beagle, 52
beast, 73, 82
The Beatles, 52, 145
beauty, 5-7, 12, 81,
117, 128, 154-5,
215, 250, 264,
271-4, 280
beauty salon, 124
beaver, 266
beef, 152
beetles, 52, 173
beggars can’t be
choosers, 147-8
belly-dancing, 264
Bern, Dan, 258-60
Besson, Luc, 250
best seller, 45, 113,
190, 220
Beta radiation, 217
Bethe, Hans Albrecht,
227
Beverly Hills, 90210,
249
Bible, 31
Big Apple, 210, 266
Big Bang, 11, 219-22,
229, 232, 234
Big Boom, 53-4, 58
binge eating, 252
Biodiesel, 200
Biology, 45, 282
bipedal, 135
birth, 102, 232-3
Birth Control Pill, 141
blackberry pie, 6, 61
Black Hole, 217,
219-20
black market, 132
Black Smokers, 162,
164, 175
Black Widow, 46, 68,
89, 130
blindness, 280
Bloch, Dr. Eduard, 34-5
Bloomberg, Michael, 268
Blue Thunder, 183
BMW, 200
boats, 266
body temperature, 153
bones, 58, 82, 94, 102, 169,
190, 269
bonobo, 76, 131
booby, 49, 51
books, 55, 86, 150, 212,
253-4, 257, 271
Born on the Fourth of
July, 264
Boston, 84
boxing, 75, 106, 246
The Boy Scouts, 100
The Boys from Brazil, 35
brain, 91-92, 95-98, 100-3,
107-8, 143, 147, 164,
239, 242
brain disorder, 280
Brando, Marlon, 244
Branson, Sir Richard, 202
Braun, Ava, 36
bravery, 263
Brazil, 246
bread winner, 120
breasts, 92
breathing, 195
brewery, 176
Brickell, Edie, 276
A Brief History of Time,
220
Brokaw, Tom, 203-4
Brooklyn, 267
Brown, Dan, 221
Brown, Jr., Jim, 252
Bruno, Giordano, 215-6,
221
Buck, Pearl S., 71
Buddha, 31
Buffalo, 174, 246, 265,
267
Buffalo Bills, 246
bulimia, 128
Buller, Sir Francis, 137
bulletproof vest, 256
bullfrog, 276
bullying, 42, 104, 138
burger, 230
burning, 180, 186, 195,
199, 201, 204, 206-7
burning the midnight oil,
174
Bush, George W., 60, 257
Bushido, 263
butcher, 191
butterfly, 155, 239
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Cage, Nicolas, 257
calcium, 87, 231
calculus, 84, 219
California, 202, 208, 242,
255
calorie, 180
Cambodia, 143
Cambridge University, 52
camera, 165-6, 242-3, 248
Cameron, James, 165
Cameron, Mike, 165
camouflage, 238
campfire, 167, 194, 207
canal, 265, 267
cancer, 188
candles, 172-3
canvas, 9, 275
caprock, 171
carbohydrates, 193
carbon atoms, 165, 193-4,
196, 200, 230
carbon based life form, 193
carbon dioxide, 170,
194-5, 197, 199, 204
carbon footprint, 195-6
carbon monoxide, 194-5
carbonic acid, 170
Carey, Mariah, 179
caricatures, 115
carnivore, 191
carpentry, 137
Carrey, Jim, 247
carrot, 205
cars, 168, 180, 183, 186,
194-7, 199, 202, 232,
266, 269
Carson, Johnny, 158
cartoon, 124
Casamayor, Joel, 246
Cash, Johnny, 179, 247
Cash, June, 247
casinos, 118
cat, 191, 223
cataclysm, 25, 53, 231
cattle, 158, 161
caveman, 124
celebrity, 248-50, 253,
260
cell phones, 166
Challenger explosion,
224
chameleon, 179
charity, 157
Charles, Ray, 13, 247
chemicals, 165, 168
Chemical Weathering,
170
chemistry, 82, 142,
177, 183, 188
chemosynthesis, 162
Cherokee, 33
Chevy Big Block, 167
Chicago, 265
chicken, 157-8, 160,
188
chicken or the egg,
122
children, 18, 103-4,
117, 204, 251-2,
282
child support, 148
chimpanzee, 59,
76-77, 98
China, 199, 204
Chinese foot binding,
66-71
Chinese government,
132
Chinese language,
270-1, 274
chlorophyll, 187
Christians, 157, 216
The Chronicles of
Thomas Covenant,
143
Churchill Downs, 102
CIA, 33
citizen, 140, 284
citizenship, 248
city, 269
Civil War, 135, 138
Clapton, Eric, 158
clay, 169-71, 254
Cleveland, 252, 265
the Cleveland Skull, 102
climate, 48, 53, 204
Clinton, Bill, 60, 202
Clinton, Chelsea, 252
clitoris, 122
clocks, 174, 241
clones, 47
close but no cigar, 168
clothing, 27, 56, 73, 126, 199
clouds, 192, 238
coal, 93, 176, 199, 204
cocaine, 92, 188
cockroach, 79
cocktail party, 126, 129, 205
coffee, 237
the Cold War, 281
the Coliseum, 157
collagen, 187
collision, 232
colonial America, 136, 173,
265
Colorado River, 5
The Color of Money, 261
colors, 183, 198, 240, 275
Columbine, 104
comic books, 257-8
commercials, 251, 276
common ancestor, 76, 79,
159, 188
communication, 254
complaining, 16, 112
computer, 86, 166, 204-5
concubine, 71, 73, 127
Condon, Bill, 147
Connecticut, 267
Constitution, 38
Copernicus, 215
Coppola, Francis Ford, 257
Coppola, Nicholas, 257-8
corn, 152, 157, 191-2, 200,
226, 228
Corpus Hypercubus
(Crucifixion), 241
Corvette, 13-14, 18
cosmetics, 73, 125-8, 250
cosmetic surgery, 128, 149
Cosmopolitan magazine, 107,
128
cow, 191, 194, 234
cowpie, 158
crab, 162, 165
creativity, 55-56, 164
Crowe, Cameron, 13
Cruise, Tom, 13, 255, 260-4
crystals, 169
CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation, 97
Cusack, John, 229
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dad, 64
Dali, Salvador, 241
Dallas, 249
dandelion, 230, 233
dandruff, 111
Darth Vader, 250
Darwin, Charles, 45, 48-53,
56, 215, 260
date-rape drug, 142
daughter, 102
David, 272-4
The DaVinci Code, 221
DaVinci, Leonardo, 80
day job, 271
daylight savings time, 173
death, 46, 100, 168, 231
Declaration of
Independence, 38, 138
deer, 152
DeLorean, 243
DeMille, Cecil B., 244
Democratic Party, 60
denial, 203
Denmark, 228
Depp, Johnny, 253
desert, 160
destruction, 164
Detroit, 201, 265
diamond, 145, 154, 170
diapers, 203
diet, 152
DiFranco, Ani, 260
digital camera, 166
dinosaurs, 47, 56
diploma, 105
DirecTV, 183
disagreements, 282
disease, 160, 281
Disney World, 244
divorce, 148
doctors, 99, 142
the Dodgers, 210
dogs, 61, 70, 73, 77, 90
91, 152, 281
dolphin, 77, 90, 94, 131
Donaldson, Stephen,
143
Donaldson, Stephen R.,
143
Donner, Richard, 181
Donovan, ‘Wild Bill’,
34
Doom, 262
Do The Right Thing,
104, 282
DNA, 24, 26-28, 45,
48, 51, 55, 75-81,
83-84, 122, 153, 157,
174, 178, 224
dragster, 180, 196
dreams, 238, 241, 243,
247, 273
drunk driving, 31, 140
Druyan, Ann, 45
duality, 10, 231, 235
Duel, 254
The Dukes of Hazzard,
255
dung, 172
the Dutch, 266
DVD, 247, 254, 258
DVR, 248
Dylan, Bob, 260
Dynasty, 249
dyslexia, 260
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E=mc2, 10, 177, 216,
226-8
eagle, 79, 155
ear, 223, 237-8, 259
eardrum, 178-9
Earth, 207-9, 216
East River, 266
Eastwood, Clint, 22
Ebay, 275
Ebola virus, 23
economy, 264
ecosystem, 160, 168, 230
Ecuador, 49
Edison, Thomas A., 174, 244
effort, 271
egg mound, 89
Egypt, 135, 271
Einstein, Albert, 10, 16, 27
77, 104, 177, 213, 215-6,
219-20
electricity, 164, 168, 174-6,
179, 192-3, 201, 211
electric motor, 176
Electro-Magnetic, 161, 178,
180, 182, 187, 223,
240-1, 247
electron, 167, 175-6, 198,
211-4, 217-8, 221, 231
electron gun, 198
Electronics Magazine, 85
elephant, 91
El Salvador, 139
emergency room, 98
Eminem, 260
Emmy Awards, 253
emotions, 13, 18
Empire State Building,
210-2
Emperor, 69
energy, 10, 26, 93, 271, 273
engine, 167, 180, 197, 203
enthusiasm, 254
entropy, 155, 161
environment, 28, 47, 51, 53,
55-56, 65-6, 78, 94, 122,
166, 203, 253
epilepsy, 73
ER, 132
erectile dysfunction, 109
Erie Canal, 265, 267
Escher, M. C., 242
E.T., 182
ethanol, 200
ethnicity, 109
ethnic jokes, 43
Europa, 164
Europe, 96, 201
Europeans, 136, 265
evolution, 28, 52-53, 56, 80,
176, 233-4
execution, 139
ex-husband, 252
explosion, 3, 22, 25-7, 53,
180, 217, 232
extra-terrestrial, 23, 182, 193
eyelash curler, 125, 127-8
eyelash tinting, 128
eyes, 182, 209, 237, 275
eyespots, 63-66, 239
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Fabio, 124
fad, 128
fame, 250-2, 258-9, 263
family, 87, 204, 248-9, 264
Faraday, Michael, 176
farm, 202
fashion, 62, 73, 103
Fat Man and Little Boy,
229
fats, 173, 193-4
fear, 31, 56-7, 99-100,
112, 139, 281
feathers, 62-3, 66, 191
federal grant, 166
feldspar, 170
Ferguson, Craig, 248-9
fertilizer, 158
fetal development, 123
fight, 124
finches, 49-51, 54
Vampire Finch, 51
fire, 175
fish, 152
flesh, 169, 189
flies, 173
flight simulators, 243
flint, 245
flocks, 90
floods, 185
Florida, 185, 192, 209,
276-7
flowers, 188
FM, 178
focus, 271, 273, 276
fontanel, 101
food, 28, 51, 55, 78, 81,
93, 152-3, 157, 164,
175, 177, 179-80,
190, 193, 229
food fight, 41
football, 140, 252
foot fetish (worship),
69-70
force, 179
Ford, Henry, 118-20
forest, 153, 171, 237,
269
forgiveness, 112, 216
fortune, 263
fossil fuels, 167, 174-5,
192, 201, 267
fossil record, 47, 51
Founding Fathers, 137
Foxx, Jamie, 247
France, 240, 253
Franklin, Benjamin,
173-4, 211
Frankenstein, 188
Freitas, Acelino, 246
The French Connection,
188
Freud, Dr. Sigmund, 34
friction, 163
friends, 13, 43, 57, 74,
87, 103, 105, 110,
246, 249, 254
Frontline, 132
Frost, Robert, 8
fruit, 158, 191
fuel, 167-8, 173, 180,
193-4, 199
fungi, 162
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Gable, Clark, 147
Galapagos, 165
Galápagos Islands, 49
galaxies, 176, 221
Galileo, 207-8, 215-6,
221, 228-9
gangrene, 67
garbage, 42, 183
Garden of Eden, 22
gasoline, 12, 175, 180,
195-6, 268
gazelle, 126
geek, 117
gender signals, 124
genetics, 25, 45, 64, 76-8,
89, 100, 103, 276, 283
genie, 177
geology, 25, 253
geothermal power, 201-3
gerbil wheel, 128
Ghirardi, Dr. Maria L., 201
ghost in the machine, 177
Ghost Rider, 258
ghosts, 207, 219
Giamatti, Bart, 260
glacier, 98, 185
gladiators, 246
glass, 169-70, 175, 197, 199
glass ceiling, 141
Global Warming, 185, 197,
202-4
glucose, 269
glycogen, 194
goats, 158
gobstoppers, 230
God, 36, 69, 213, 216, 260,
281
The Godfather, 244, 257
Godzilla, 198
gold, 211, 231-2
golden lotus/lily, 67
golf, 247
The Good Earth, 71
Google, 146
goose, 130
Gore, Al, 59-60, 202-3
gorilla, 58-9, 76-7
Gould, John, 50
GPS, 169
graduation day, 105, 177
Grammy Awards, 253
Grant, Ulysses S., 138
grass, 161, 234
gravity, 5, 87, 163, 171,
217-9, 222, 224, 230
Gray, Dr. John, 113-5
Great Lakes, 265
Greece, 135
greed, 107, 194
greenhouse, 197-9
Greenhouse Effect, 197
greenhouse gas, 204
The Green Leopard
Plague, 156
gremlin, 181
grief, 235
grizzly bear, 92
groceries, 269
guitar, 158, 275
Gulf of Mexico, 266
gunpowder, 142
guns, 18, 24, 104, 149, 256
.44 Magnum, 22
gunshots, 260
Guthrie, Woody, 260
Guyana, 281
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Hackman, Gene, 188
hair, 73, 124
Hall of Fame, 252
happiness, 209, 270-1, 276,
281-2
Harlem River, 266
Harry Potter, 191
Harvey, P.J., 260
Hawaii, 49, 169, 202
Hawking, Stephen, 220
HBO, 248
hearing aid, 179
heat, 161-4, 176, 180-1,
184-5, 192, 197, 201,
232
Heisenberg, Werner, 213
helium, 201, 225, 229-30
Herman, Pee Wee, 260
heroin, 188-9
Hertz, Heinrich, 178
hibachi, 238
highways, 232
Hilton, Conrad, 29
Hilton, Paris, 12, 257
Hilton, Nicky, 12
Himalayas, 169
hippies, 125
Hitler, Adolph, 32-38, 40,
42, 50, 203, 212, 216,
234, 260, 281
hitman, 250
HIV, 160
hoax, 210
Hoffman, Dustin, 262
Holly, Buddy, 145
Hollywood, 22-24, 26,
165, 244, 249-50,
258
home, 269
hominid, 95, 133, 160,
178
homo erectus, 96-7
homo habilis/‘handy-
man’, 96-9
homosexual, 37, 117,
216
honesty, 283-4
honey bees, 95
honeymoon, 174
honeysuckle, 1, 235
hormones,142
horny, 143
hors d’oeuvres, 126
horse, 103, 196, 242
horsepower, 201, 203
hot dogs, 191, 238
Hubble, Edwin, 220
Hudson, Henry, 265
Hudson River, 265-6
Hughes, Howard, 36
human genome, 81
The Human Zoo, 58
hummingbird, 212
hunter/gatherers, 28, 54,
96, 100, 115-6, 118,
122, 133
hurricanes, 185-6
hybrid, 201-3
hydrocarbon, 194-6
hydrogen, 167, 196,
200-2, 211-3, 224-6
hydrogen bomb, 228-9
hydrothermal vents,
162
hyena, 131, 191
Hyneman, Jaime, 194
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I-90, 84, 267
ice, 164
ice cube, 208
Iceland, 201
ideology, 282
illness, 238
illusion, 148, 212, 235-6
imperfection, 150, 226, 231
implosion, 229
An Inconvenient Truth, 202
India, 56, 134, 199
Indian Ocean, 26
Indonesia, 25, 28-9, 53
Industrial light and Magic,
243
Industrial Revolution, 92,
176, 267
information, 33-5, 177
Infra-Red, 198-9
inorganic, 154, 158, 168
insects, 52, 90, 98, 152, 188
inspiration, 270
insult, 205
internal combustion engine,
166
Interstate highways, 267
Intel, 85
intelligence, 28, 90, 134, 239
Internet, 117
invisible, 10, 18, 178, 197-8
Iraq, 33
iron, 87, 142, 181, 203, 233
iron horse, 195
Iroquois, 38
Irving, Amy, 252-3
Italy, 272
ivory, 241
Izod Lacoste, 72
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Jackass, 255
Jackson, Beverley, 68
Japan, 135
Jefferson, Thomas, 38
Jekyll and Hyde, 89
Jesus, 216, 241, 260
Jet Stream, 182
jewelry, 55, 73, 127
JFK airport, 268
Jim Brown: All American,
252
Joel, Billy, 253, 276
johnny got his gun, 215
Johnson, Duane (The Rock),
255
Jones, Jim, 281
Jordache Jeans, 72
Joule, James, 175
The Journey of Man, 80
Judge Thumb, 137
juggle, 273
Jupiter, 164, 228
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Keller, Helen, 1-3, 6-7, 88,
234, 238, 270, 285
Kelly, Jim, 247
Kennedy, John F., 270
Kepler, 215
Kevlar, 256
kidnapping, 132
killer whale, 90, 94-4, 130
killing, 18, 55, 139, 141,
168, 173, 192, 216, 281
Kinderhook Creek, 84
kinetic energy, 180-1, 184
King George III, 137
King Louis XIV, 17
King of the Ocean, 266
King, Stephen, 189-90
Kinsey, 146
Kinsey, Alfred, 146-7
Kiss Army, 52
kissing, 59-60
kittens, 103
knowledge, 254, 283
Knoxville, Johnny, 255-6
Koran, 31
Kovic, Ron, 264
Krakatoa, 25
Kravitz, Lenny, 145
Ku Klux Klan, 99, 216
Kuwait, 33
kwashiorkor, 157
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LaGuardia airport, 268
Lake Erie, 174-5
Lake Ontario, 174
Lambeau Field, 210
landslide, 168
Langer, Walter C., 34
language, 2, 6, 27, 55-6,
82-4, 177, 212
Laplace, Pierre-Simon, 208
The Last Samurai, 263
laughter, 280
lava, 169
law, 11, 30-1, 107, 136,
139-40, 268, 283
Law of Conservation of
Energy, 162
leaders, 40, 69, 134,
280, 283-4
Leary, Denis, 249
leather, 198
Leatherman multi-tool,
97
Leaving Las Vegas, 257
Lee, Robert E., 139
Lee, Spike, 104, 252,
282
legislative bill, 84
Lemaître, Georges-
Henri, 220
leopard, 238-9
leprechauns, 197
Letterman, David, 248
Levin, Ira, 35
Libra, 196, 218
library, 269
lice, 55
life, 164-7, 173, 183,
193, 251, 283
light, 85, 161, 173, 178,
180, 183, 197, 220,
227-8, 246
speed of light, 227-8
light bulb, 205
lighthouses, 172
lightning bolt, 186
Lincoln, Abraham, 138
lion, 125
lipstick, 115
Liszt, Franz, 84
lithium, 201
logic, 207
London, 173
Long Island
Expressway, 268
Los Angeles, 244
lottery, 15, 27, 166
love, 19, 92, 174, 273
Lucas, George, 243,
250, 262
luck, 26-8, 47-8, 53-4, 56,
64, 88, 166
Luke Cage, 258
lust, 263
luxury, 116, 225, 268
lying, 188
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madness, 282
Madonna, 220, 260
magma, 169
magnesium, 169
magnetic field, 217-8, 244
malice, 281
Mallard ducks, 62, 68
mammals, 47-6, 57, 91-2,
94, 102, 191, 277
Manhattan, 13, 266, 268
Manhattan Project, 229
manipulate, 13
Manson, Charlie
(Krautmeyer), 260
marble, 272
Mardi Gras, 65
marketers, 128
marriage, 57, 69, 129,
145-6, 148, 200, 252
forced marriage, 140
marrow, 269
Mars, 115, 131, 164-5, 208,
227, 243
The Mars Society, 165
Martin, Del, 136
martyr, 216
mass, 10
Match.com, 276
Matheson, Richard, 182
MCAT, 109
McConaughey, Matthew,
148
McDonald’s, 79
McGovern, George, 60
meadow, 269
meat, 160, 189
Mecca, 135
medicine, 166
Mein Kampf, 35
memories, 176, 179, 215,
247, 269
Men are from Mars,
Women are from Venus,
113
Mendel, Gregor, 45
Men in Black II, 255
metal, 181
meteorology, 252
meteors, 163
MHz (megahertz), 178
Michelangelo, 272-7, 283
micro-organisms, 168, 171
microwave energy, 223
Middle East, 201
Midler, Bette, 247
military engineers, 266
mind, 275
mineral, 162-3, 170
mink, 58
Minority Report, 262
Minute Men, 33
Mission: Impossible, 262-3
Mission: SPACE, 243
Mississippi River, 266
Mohawk; Native Americans,
38
Mohawk River/Valley, 39
242, 265
molecule, 154, 157, 165,
167, 186
money, 12-13, 17, 100, 117,
120, 127, 248, 262-3,
273
Mongolia, 56
The Monkees, 260
Monongahela River, 266
Monroe, Marilyn, 174, 260
Montana, 102
the moon, 164, 208, 270
Moore, Gordon, 85
Moore’s Law, 85
Morris, Desmond, 58
mortgage, 268
Moses, 228
motion, 167, 179, 181,
223, 237, 242-3
Motion Pictures Patent
Trust, 244
motivation, 276
motorcycle, 12, 115, 180,
196, 276
mountain, 228
movie, 242-3, 246-7,
249-51, 254
movie star, 249, 253,
257, 260
MRI, 244-5
Mt. Everest, 164, 169
Mt. Olympus, 115
Mt. St. Helens, 25
MTV, 103, 107, 255
murder, 22, 89, 281
muscles, 65, 82, 176
museum, 102, 269
music, 259, 273, 275-6
musical instrument, 260,
276
Mustang, 13
mutation, 26-7, 64, 80,
85, 122, 161
Muybridge, Eadweard,
242
Mythbusters, 193
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The Naked Ape, 58
Nanotyrannus, 102
Nantucket, 173
NASA, 182, 222
National Renewable
Energy Lab, 201
Native Americans, 150,
263
natural gas, 199
nature, 283
Navy, 266
Nazi loyalists, 99
Neanderthal, 95-6
Neeson, Liam, 147
neighbors, 67, 75, 250,
253
neon, 231
neurons, 81, 176-7, 245
mirror neurons, 245,
272
neurotransmitters,
245
neutron, 211-2, 217,
221, 225, 231
neutron star, 217-8,
234
Nevada, 271
New Amsterdam, 265
New Jersey, 12, 220, 223,
232, 267
Newman, Paul, 229, 262
New Orleans, 266
Newton, Isaac, 27, 84, 215
New York, 12, 39, 242,
251, 265-6, 276
New York City, 202,
251, 266-9
New York City Syndrome,
265, 267
New Zealand, 206
Niagara, 174
Niagara Falls, 174, 266
Niagara River, 174
Nicholson, Jack, 250
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 28
nightclub, 197
Nightmare at 20,000 feet,
181
Nin, Anaïs, 215
nipples, 92, 123, 209
nitrogen, 181, 231
nitro-methane, 195
Nixon, Richard, 60
Noah’s flood, 53, 169
Normandy invasion, 33
Norwood, Scott, 246
N.O.W., 136
nuclear fission, 226
nuclear fusion, 226, 233
nuclear power, 163, 175
nuclear war, 281
nucleus, 213, 218-9, 221
Top
oats, 152, 196
obsidian, 169
obstacles, 276
OCD, 36, 284
ocean, 26, 153, 165, 180-4,
228, 238
Oedipus Complex, 35
Ohio, 262
Ohio River, 266
oil, 169, 171, 175, 194-5,
199-201, 229
Old Faithful, 171, 184
‘Old Kinderhook’, 84
olfactory deafness, 172
Olympus Mons, 164
omnivore, 152, 191
OPEC, 173
optic nerve, 241
organic, 154, 158, 166
organism, 46, 94, 162, 166
orgasm, 3, 123, 145, 148
The Origin of Species, 48, 52
Orlando, 243
the Oscars, 107, 146, 223
the OSS, 34
outer space, 51, 182, 207,
222, 233
outsiders, 39, 41-2, 56, 99,
110, 213, 283
Oval Office, 84
Ovation, 276
Ovshinsky, Stan, 201
owl, 191
oxidation reduction, 167
oxygen, 87, 153, 166, 170,
177, 181, 183, 193-6,
199
Top
P-51 Mustang, 262
pacemaker, 176
pain, 100, 277, 280
paint, 80, 239, 254, 259,
271, 273
Palmer, Robert, 92
panda bear, 93-4
Pandora’s box, 141
paper, 171
paradigm shift, 30, 42-3, 205
Paramount Pictures, 262
parents, 18, 32, 57, 232
Paris, 250
parochial schools, 122
Pasadena, 255
passion, 263, 283
Pavlov, Ivan, 61, 63, 71
PBS, 132
peace, 82, 252
peacock, 63-6, 68, 239
peahen, 65-6, 239
penis, 57, 66, 122, 149
Penn, Sean, 249
Penzias, Arno, 223
pepper spray, 255
perfection, 283
perfume, 73, 126, 145
Petrie, Marion, 66
petroleum, 172-3, 202,
266
Pharaohs, 70
Phoenix, 244
Phoenix, Jaoquin, 247
photography, 242-4,
247
photon, 228
physical education, 103
physics, 175
piano, 276
pigeons, 50
pills, 158
pit bulls, 281
Pittsburgh, 266
planet, 156, 161, 166,
168, 183, 203-5,
230
plankton, 168
plants, 158, 160, 162,
188
plastic, 267
Plate Tectonics, 169
Plato, 235-6
playground, 133
The Pledge, 249
poison, 99
Poison Ivy, 188
police, 32-3, 139
The Police, 282
politicians, 267
Pope John Paul II, 216
pork, 152, 158
pornography, 247
Porsche, 13
Portman, Natalie, 250-1
Portville, 266
potential energy, 180
power, 200, 207, 216
Predator, 183
predators, 49, 90, 95,
135, 160, 238
prediction, 238
pregnancy, 100-1, 116,
132, 142, 239
prejudice, 106, 200, 271
pride, 87
primates, 58
Prince, 260
prison, 143
professional, 275
The Professional, 250
protein, 91, 93, 95-7, 189,
193-4
proton, 211-2, 217-8, 221,
225, 231
public school, 39
Public Opinion, 258
pulsar, 217
punishment, 37, 137, 140-2
puppies, 103, 271
Top
Quaker, 143
quarks, 214
quartz, 170, 193
Queen, 145
Queen Amidala, 250
Queens, NY, 267
Top
racehorse, 180, 196
racism, 268
radiator, 186
radio, 178, 182, 223
radioactive decay, 163,
217
rage, 283
railroads, 266-7
rain, 168, 1702, 181, 226
rainbow, 148, 155, 166,
198, 212, 240
Rain Man, 262
Ramachandran, V.S., 245
rape, 142-4
Rape of the Sabine Women
142
raptor, 63
Raptor Red, 48
rattlesnake, 238
Ray, 247
Read, Piers Paul, 190
reality, 235, 238
Redcoats, 33
red corpuscles, 269
Red Ochre, 54
rejection, 100, 103
religion, 107, 155, 215-6
Reno, Jean, 250
resentment, 251
respiration, 153
Revlon, 250
Revolutionary War, 138,
265
rhinoceros, 53
rice, 152
Richards, Keith, 260
riot, 273
Risk; war-game, 33
Risky Business, 255
river, 8, 44, 175, 182, 202,
266, 268-9
Roberts, Julia, 124
robot, 165
rock, 169
rocket, 194
Rogaine, 148
Rolex, 73
Roman, 124, 142
Rome, 135, 216, 221
Romeo and Juliet, 92
Rømer, Ole, 228
Rose, Pete, 260
Rosie the Riveter, 119
Rubik’s Cube, 245
rule of thumb, 136-7
Russia; U.S.S.R., 33, 61
Russians, 282
Rutherford, Ernest, 206
Top
sabre-toothed tiger, 51,
99, 160
Sagan, Carl, 45, 282
Sagittarius, 217
Saint Lawrence River, 266
Saint Peter, 173
salami, 194
salesman, 13
saliva, 61, 79, 157, 179
salmon, 90
salt, 154
samurai, 263
sand, 168-70, 238
sandstone, 171
Sanger, Margaret, 141
satellite, 209, 213, 222
Saturday Night Live,
276
Saudi Arabia, 201
Savage, Adam, 193
school, 104, 110, 142
science, 33, 216-7, 253,
263, 270
science fiction, 122
scientist, 45, 166, 220,
267, 271
Scorsese, Martin, 35,
261
scrimshaw, 241
Seabiscuit, 196
seagulls, 238
sea level, 169
seals, 173
sea shells, 55, 169
seaplanes, 268
sediments, 168, 171
seeds, 187, 191-2
Seles, Monica, 260
selfishness, 251, 281,
283
serenity, 73, 205, 270
Sergio Valente jeans, 72
Severinsen, Doc, 158
Sex, 220
sex, 3, 36, 45-8, 55, 57,
59, 61, 64, 72, 130,
142-50, 188
sex crime, 144
sexual bullies, 144
sexual performance,
146-7
Shadows of Forgotten
Ancestors, 45
shale, 171
Shalhoub, Tony, 35
shame, 124
Shatner, William. 181
sheep, 152, 158
Sherlock Holmes, 165
shock-film, 256
shoes, 155
show-business, 249
silicon, 170, 175, 193,
211
Simmons, Gene, 52
Simon, Paul, 275-6
Simpson, Jessica, 124
Singleton, John, 257
The Sirens of Titan, 165
Skeleton Crew, 189
skill, 254, 284-5
skin, 187, 269
skull, 102, 128, 160
slavery, 135, 138
slavs, 135
soccer moms, 125
Social Cruelty, 42
social hierarchy, 134
sodium chloride, 154, 161
solar energy, 171, 189,
201-2
solar panels, 175, 202
solar system, 28, 164, 207
soldiers, 123
sonogram, 132-3
soprano, 179
sound, 167, 179-80, 184,
237, 254
speed of sound, 209
soybeans, 152, 157
spaceship, 183, 194, 197
spacewalk, 208
spark plug, 180
Spears, Britney, 260
Spencer, Herbert, 48
spermatozoa, 58, 132
SPF, 187
spider, 20, 46, 91
Spielberg, Steven, 252-4,
261
Splendid Slippers, 68
sponge, 78-9
sports, 246
sportscar, 71, 116, 127,
149
Springsteen, Bruce, 260
Spuds MacKenzie, 281
square dance, 104
The Squaw Man, 244
squid, 79
Stanford, Leland, 242
Stanford University, 108,
242
star, 163, 176, 183, 216,
220
Starry Starry Night, 259
starvation, 190
Star Wars, 250
steak, 161, 194
stealing, 253
steel, 142, 268
Steele, Claude, 108-10
Steppin’ Stone, (I’m Not
Your), 260
Stereotype Vulnerability,
108-9, 129, 149, 270
Stewart, Jon, 248
Sting, 282
stomach, 161
Stone, Oliver, 264
Stop Prison Rape, 143
strangers, 71, 111
Stratosphere, 181-2
Streep, Meryl, 247
stress, 268, 284
strip club, 126
subatomic particles, 211-3,
225
submarine, 211
submissive, 136, 139, 144-5
sugar, 156, 191, 193
sugar cube, 227
suicide, 38, 280-1
sulfur, 167
sulfur dioxide, 26
summer, 186-7, 207, 276
the sun, 161-2, 164, 168,
170, 175, 177, 180,
182-7, 198, 207, 216,
226
sunburn, 186
sunflowers, 259
sunlight, 25, 175-6, 183,
200, 229
Super Bowl, 246
the Superdome, 210
superhero, 258
supermarket, 82, 192
supernova, 217
Supreme Court, 30
surfing, 186
survival of the fittest, 48,
156
Survivor, 153
Survivor Type, 189
SUV’s, 203
swamps, 176
symmetry, 63, 147
synapse, 176
syphilis, 36
Top
tabloid, 252
talking, 117
Tasker, Steve, 247
Taylor, Elizabeth, 147
teacher, 104, 149, 254
teaching, 270
teeth, 61, 79, 106, 157,
160, 241
telescope, 182, 208
temperature, 176
termites, 95, 97-8, 160,
191
terrorists, 99, 281
Tesla, Nicola, 174
testicles, 58-9
Texas, 221
Thinner, 190
Thornhill, Randy, 146
thorns, 188
thought, 215, 234, 283
thunder, 209, 226
thunderstorm, 186, 237
Tiger Woods, 260
Timberlake, Justin, 145
time, 249, 272-4
tipping point, 204
Titanic, 165
TiVo, 248
Toba, 25
Tolstoy, Leo, 83, 106,
284
Tolstoy, Sonya, 83
tomato, 158-9
The Tonight Show, 158
Tony Awards, 253
tool, 12, 19, 55, 96, 98,
253, 273, 283
topaz, 170
Torah, 31
tornado, 185-6
traffic, 266-8
tragedy of the commons,
203
treasure, 156, 183
tree, 7, 75, 77, 188, 199,
207, 237
trial-and-error, 103
tribes, 131
trilobite, 51
Troposphere, 181-2
Troy, NY, 265
Trumbo, Dalton, 215
truth, 58, 113, 122, 138,
161, 206-7, 209-10,
234, 284
tsunami, 25
tuition, 265
turtle, 46, 88-9, 222
Turturro, John, 105
TV, 5, 157, 198, 246,
248-9, 256, 265, 277
Twilight Zone, 181
twins, 221
typewriter, 83
Tyrannosaurus Rex, 77,
102
Tyson, Mike, 142
Top
Ultra-Violet, 198, 223
umbilical cord, 259
the Uncertainty Principle,
213
United States, 30, 32, 204,
267
Universal Studios, 243
unlucky, 48, 101, 160, 239
uranium, 211, 231-2
USA Today magazine, 143
U.S. Military Academy,
266
Top
vacation, 199, 247
values, 233
Valuev, Nikolai, 106
Van Buren, Martin, 84
Van Gogh, Joe, 258-9
Van Gogh, Theo, 16
Van Gogh, Vincent, 16,
73-5, 258-9
Vanilla Sky, 13
vapor, 181-2, 184
the Vatican, 216, 221
VCR, 254
vegetables, 158, 189-90
vegetarian, 157
Venice Beach, 65
Venus, 113, 115
Venus Fly Traps, 122
Verne, Jules, 209
V for Vendetta, 250
Vietnam, 264
violence, 140, 179, 281,
283
Virgin, 202
virus, 80, 160
vitamins, 158
volcano, 25, 48-9, 53,
152, 162, 164, 184
ash; volcanic, 25, 48
Vonnegut, Kurt, 165
vote, 140
V-Twin, 180
Top
Walking Tall, 255
Wall Street, 123
war, 124
War and Peace, 83
War of 1812, 265
war paint, 127
warship, 266
Washington, D.C., 203
water, 1, 78, 152, 164, 171,
180, 182-4, 195, 266
waterfall, 176
water power, 93, 201-2
wax, 167
weather, 200, 281
Weather Channel, 185
Weaver, Dennis, 253
weddings, 268
Wells, Spencer, 81
werewolves, 73
West Point, 266
whales, 77, 92, 172-4, 241,
280-1
sperm whale, 172-3
right whale, 173
whaling ship, 266
Wham, bam, thank you
ma’am, 148
wheat, 152
whippoorwill, 276
Whispers from the Stone
Age, 10, 43
white supremacists,
136
wife beating, 136, 141
wild boar, 82
Williams, Walter Jon,
156
Wilson, Robert, 223
wind, 29, 207
wind power, 175, 201-2
winter, 186, 197, 268
withdrawal, 92
Witherspoon, Reese,
247
wolf, 14, 61, 70, 77, 91,
93-4, 99, 131, 133,
143
womb, 122-3
woodpecker, 237
Woods, Tiger, 260
wooly mammoth, 51,
56, 100
words, 5-8, 13, 84, 212
work, 174-5, 179, 205
World Peace, 43
World War II, 32-4, 119, 262
World Wide Web, 82
worm, 160, 162
wrinkles, 187
write, 273
writer, 149
Top
Yellowstone, 202
yolk, 188
Yule Log, 167
Top
zebra, 90
zinc, 187, 231
Top
The Abyss, 165
Academy Award, 104, 252,
257
acceptance, 251
AC/DC, 179
Achilles, 84
acids, 170
Action!, 254, 264
Adam and Eve, 22, 127
Addicted to Love, 92
Adirondacks, 173, 284
adversity, 28, 103
advertising, 13
Aeschylus, 84
Afghanistan, 33
Africa, 26, 95, 134
aggression, 107
agriculture, 11, 27
AIDS, 143, 159
Aiello, Danny, 105
air, 6, 9, 82, 151
aircraft, 181
aircraft carrier, 218
Alaska, 201
Albany, 84, 266
albedo effect, 25
albino, 162
Alexandria Library, 83
algae, 59, 168
biologically
engineered, 201
Alias, 252
Ali, Muhammad, 75, 77
alien, 162, 165, 255
Alive, 190
Allegany River, 267
The Allegory of the Cave,
236
Alpha Male/Female, 40, 59,
93, 133-4, 191
Alpha radiation, 217
al-Qaeda, 99
alternate fuels, 202
amateur, 243, 276
Americans, 84, 204, 268
Amsterdam, 259
anal retentive, 35-6
Anatomy of Dominance,
147
Andes Mountains, 190
Angels & Demons, 221
anger, 280
Aniston, Jennifer, 250
anonymity, 253
anti-hydrogen, 222, 225
anti-matter, 221-7, 229
apple, 210, 214, 266
Appomattox, 138
Archaeopteryx, 51
Archimedes, 84, 219
aristocracy, 12, 19, 70, 172
Aristotle, 207, 210
army ants, 91, 95
Around the World in
Eighty Days, 209
art, 254, 260, 263, 273-4,
284
arteries, 269
arthritis, 109
artist, 253-4, 258, 271, 275
asexual reproduction, 47,
122
Asimov’s Science Fiction,
156
assembly line, 119-2
astronauts, 183, 194, 208
astronomy, 252
Atkin’s Diet, 194
atmosphere, 170, 181, 183,
186, 198, 200
atom, 10, 154, 158, 161-3,
165-6, 169-70, 176-7,
183, 195, 198, 205-6,
212-20
atomic bomb, 83, 163-4,
206
atomic energy, 168, 192
atomic war, 154, 157
atom smasher, 221
atoms, super-heavy 231
The Aviator, 36
Top
baby, 102, 177
bachelorette party, 126-7
Back to the Future, 243
Bacon, Kevin, 77
bacteria, 80, 156, 160, 162,
200
Bakker, Robert, 48
baldness, 148, 250
barbershop quartet, 275
baritone, 179, 275
Barnum, P.T., 15-6, 210
basalt, 164
baseball, 10, 176-7
Battered Wives, 136
batteries, 174, 179, 183,
201
rechargeable, 201
beach, 169-70, 188,
193, 199, 228
Beaches, 247
The Beagle, 52
beast, 73, 82
The Beatles, 52, 145
beauty, 5-7, 12, 81,
117, 128, 154-5,
215, 250, 264,
271-4, 280
beauty salon, 124
beaver, 266
beef, 152
beetles, 52, 173
beggars can’t be
choosers, 147-8
belly-dancing, 264
Bern, Dan, 258-60
Besson, Luc, 250
best seller, 45, 113,
190, 220
Beta radiation, 217
Bethe, Hans Albrecht,
227
Beverly Hills, 90210,
249
Bible, 31
Big Apple, 210, 266
Big Bang, 11, 219-22,
229, 232, 234
Big Boom, 53-4, 58
binge eating, 252
Biodiesel, 200
Biology, 45, 282
bipedal, 135
birth, 102, 232-3
Birth Control Pill, 141
blackberry pie, 6, 61
Black Hole, 217,
219-20
black market, 132
Black Smokers, 162,
164, 175
Black Widow, 46, 68,
89, 130
blindness, 280
Bloch, Dr. Eduard, 34-5
Bloomberg, Michael, 268
Blue Thunder, 183
BMW, 200
boats, 266
body temperature, 153
bones, 58, 82, 94, 102, 169,
190, 269
bonobo, 76, 131
booby, 49, 51
books, 55, 86, 150, 212,
253-4, 257, 271
Born on the Fourth of
July, 264
Boston, 84
boxing, 75, 106, 246
The Boy Scouts, 100
The Boys from Brazil, 35
brain, 91-92, 95-98, 100-3,
107-8, 143, 147, 164,
239, 242
brain disorder, 280
Brando, Marlon, 244
Branson, Sir Richard, 202
Braun, Ava, 36
bravery, 263
Brazil, 246
bread winner, 120
breasts, 92
breathing, 195
brewery, 176
Brickell, Edie, 276
A Brief History of Time,
220
Brokaw, Tom, 203-4
Brooklyn, 267
Brown, Dan, 221
Brown, Jr., Jim, 252
Bruno, Giordano, 215-6,
221
Buck, Pearl S., 71
Buddha, 31
Buffalo, 174, 246, 265,
267
Buffalo Bills, 246
bulimia, 128
Buller, Sir Francis, 137
bulletproof vest, 256
bullfrog, 276
bullying, 42, 104, 138
burger, 230
burning, 180, 186, 195,
199, 201, 204, 206-7
burning the midnight oil,
174
Bush, George W., 60, 257
Bushido, 263
butcher, 191
butterfly, 155, 239
Top
Cage, Nicolas, 257
calcium, 87, 231
calculus, 84, 219
California, 202, 208, 242,
255
calorie, 180
Cambodia, 143
Cambridge University, 52
camera, 165-6, 242-3, 248
Cameron, James, 165
Cameron, Mike, 165
camouflage, 238
campfire, 167, 194, 207
canal, 265, 267
cancer, 188
candles, 172-3
canvas, 9, 275
caprock, 171
carbohydrates, 193
carbon atoms, 165, 193-4,
196, 200, 230
carbon based life form, 193
carbon dioxide, 170,
194-5, 197, 199, 204
carbon footprint, 195-6
carbon monoxide, 194-5
carbonic acid, 170
Carey, Mariah, 179
caricatures, 115
carnivore, 191
carpentry, 137
Carrey, Jim, 247
carrot, 205
cars, 168, 180, 183, 186,
194-7, 199, 202, 232,
266, 269
Carson, Johnny, 158
cartoon, 124
Casamayor, Joel, 246
Cash, Johnny, 179, 247
Cash, June, 247
casinos, 118
cat, 191, 223
cataclysm, 25, 53, 231
cattle, 158, 161
caveman, 124
celebrity, 248-50, 253,
260
cell phones, 166
Challenger explosion,
224
chameleon, 179
charity, 157
Charles, Ray, 13, 247
chemicals, 165, 168
Chemical Weathering,
170
chemistry, 82, 142,
177, 183, 188
chemosynthesis, 162
Cherokee, 33
Chevy Big Block, 167
Chicago, 265
chicken, 157-8, 160,
188
chicken or the egg,
122
children, 18, 103-4,
117, 204, 251-2,
282
child support, 148
chimpanzee, 59,
76-77, 98
China, 199, 204
Chinese foot binding,
66-71
Chinese government,
132
Chinese language,
270-1, 274
chlorophyll, 187
Christians, 157, 216
The Chronicles of
Thomas Covenant,
143
Churchill Downs, 102
CIA, 33
citizen, 140, 284
citizenship, 248
city, 269
Civil War, 135, 138
Clapton, Eric, 158
clay, 169-71, 254
Cleveland, 252, 265
the Cleveland Skull, 102
climate, 48, 53, 204
Clinton, Bill, 60, 202
Clinton, Chelsea, 252
clitoris, 122
clocks, 174, 241
clones, 47
close but no cigar, 168
clothing, 27, 56, 73, 126, 199
clouds, 192, 238
coal, 93, 176, 199, 204
cocaine, 92, 188
cockroach, 79
cocktail party, 126, 129, 205
coffee, 237
the Cold War, 281
the Coliseum, 157
collagen, 187
collision, 232
colonial America, 136, 173,
265
Colorado River, 5
The Color of Money, 261
colors, 183, 198, 240, 275
Columbine, 104
comic books, 257-8
commercials, 251, 276
common ancestor, 76, 79,
159, 188
communication, 254
complaining, 16, 112
computer, 86, 166, 204-5
concubine, 71, 73, 127
Condon, Bill, 147
Connecticut, 267
Constitution, 38
Copernicus, 215
Coppola, Francis Ford, 257
Coppola, Nicholas, 257-8
corn, 152, 157, 191-2, 200,
226, 228
Corpus Hypercubus
(Crucifixion), 241
Corvette, 13-14, 18
cosmetics, 73, 125-8, 250
cosmetic surgery, 128, 149
Cosmopolitan magazine, 107,
128
cow, 191, 194, 234
cowpie, 158
crab, 162, 165
creativity, 55-56, 164
Crowe, Cameron, 13
Cruise, Tom, 13, 255, 260-4
crystals, 169
CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation, 97
Cusack, John, 229
Top
dad, 64
Dali, Salvador, 241
Dallas, 249
dandelion, 230, 233
dandruff, 111
Darth Vader, 250
Darwin, Charles, 45, 48-53,
56, 215, 260
date-rape drug, 142
daughter, 102
David, 272-4
The DaVinci Code, 221
DaVinci, Leonardo, 80
day job, 271
daylight savings time, 173
death, 46, 100, 168, 231
Declaration of
Independence, 38, 138
deer, 152
DeLorean, 243
DeMille, Cecil B., 244
Democratic Party, 60
denial, 203
Denmark, 228
Depp, Johnny, 253
desert, 160
destruction, 164
Detroit, 201, 265
diamond, 145, 154, 170
diapers, 203
diet, 152
DiFranco, Ani, 260
digital camera, 166
dinosaurs, 47, 56
diploma, 105
DirecTV, 183
disagreements, 282
disease, 160, 281
Disney World, 244
divorce, 148
doctors, 99, 142
the Dodgers, 210
dogs, 61, 70, 73, 77, 90
91, 152, 281
dolphin, 77, 90, 94, 131
Donaldson, Stephen,
143
Donaldson, Stephen R.,
143
Donner, Richard, 181
Donovan, ‘Wild Bill’,
34
Doom, 262
Do The Right Thing,
104, 282
DNA, 24, 26-28, 45,
48, 51, 55, 75-81,
83-84, 122, 153, 157,
174, 178, 224
dragster, 180, 196
dreams, 238, 241, 243,
247, 273
drunk driving, 31, 140
Druyan, Ann, 45
duality, 10, 231, 235
Duel, 254
The Dukes of Hazzard,
255
dung, 172
the Dutch, 266
DVD, 247, 254, 258
DVR, 248
Dylan, Bob, 260
Dynasty, 249
dyslexia, 260
Top
E=mc2, 10, 177, 216,
226-8
eagle, 79, 155
ear, 223, 237-8, 259
eardrum, 178-9
Earth, 207-9, 216
East River, 266
Eastwood, Clint, 22
Ebay, 275
Ebola virus, 23
economy, 264
ecosystem, 160, 168, 230
Ecuador, 49
Edison, Thomas A., 174, 244
effort, 271
egg mound, 89
Egypt, 135, 271
Einstein, Albert, 10, 16, 27
77, 104, 177, 213, 215-6,
219-20
electricity, 164, 168, 174-6,
179, 192-3, 201, 211
electric motor, 176
Electro-Magnetic, 161, 178,
180, 182, 187, 223,
240-1, 247
electron, 167, 175-6, 198,
211-4, 217-8, 221, 231
electron gun, 198
Electronics Magazine, 85
elephant, 91
El Salvador, 139
emergency room, 98
Eminem, 260
Emmy Awards, 253
emotions, 13, 18
Empire State Building,
210-2
Emperor, 69
energy, 10, 26, 93, 271, 273
engine, 167, 180, 197, 203
enthusiasm, 254
entropy, 155, 161
environment, 28, 47, 51, 53,
55-56, 65-6, 78, 94, 122,
166, 203, 253
epilepsy, 73
ER, 132
erectile dysfunction, 109
Erie Canal, 265, 267
Escher, M. C., 242
E.T., 182
ethanol, 200
ethnicity, 109
ethnic jokes, 43
Europa, 164
Europe, 96, 201
Europeans, 136, 265
evolution, 28, 52-53, 56, 80,
176, 233-4
execution, 139
ex-husband, 252
explosion, 3, 22, 25-7, 53,
180, 217, 232
extra-terrestrial, 23, 182, 193
eyelash curler, 125, 127-8
eyelash tinting, 128
eyes, 182, 209, 237, 275
eyespots, 63-66, 239
Top
Fabio, 124
fad, 128
fame, 250-2, 258-9, 263
family, 87, 204, 248-9, 264
Faraday, Michael, 176
farm, 202
fashion, 62, 73, 103
Fat Man and Little Boy,
229
fats, 173, 193-4
fear, 31, 56-7, 99-100,
112, 139, 281
feathers, 62-3, 66, 191
federal grant, 166
feldspar, 170
Ferguson, Craig, 248-9
fertilizer, 158
fetal development, 123
fight, 124
finches, 49-51, 54
Vampire Finch, 51
fire, 175
fish, 152
flesh, 169, 189
flies, 173
flight simulators, 243
flint, 245
flocks, 90
floods, 185
Florida, 185, 192, 209,
276-7
flowers, 188
FM, 178
focus, 271, 273, 276
fontanel, 101
food, 28, 51, 55, 78, 81,
93, 152-3, 157, 164,
175, 177, 179-80,
190, 193, 229
food fight, 41
football, 140, 252
foot fetish (worship),
69-70
force, 179
Ford, Henry, 118-20
forest, 153, 171, 237,
269
forgiveness, 112, 216
fortune, 263
fossil fuels, 167, 174-5,
192, 201, 267
fossil record, 47, 51
Founding Fathers, 137
Foxx, Jamie, 247
France, 240, 253
Franklin, Benjamin,
173-4, 211
Frankenstein, 188
Freitas, Acelino, 246
The French Connection,
188
Freud, Dr. Sigmund, 34
friction, 163
friends, 13, 43, 57, 74,
87, 103, 105, 110,
246, 249, 254
Frontline, 132
Frost, Robert, 8
fruit, 158, 191
fuel, 167-8, 173, 180,
193-4, 199
fungi, 162
Top
Gable, Clark, 147
Galapagos, 165
Galápagos Islands, 49
galaxies, 176, 221
Galileo, 207-8, 215-6,
221, 228-9
gangrene, 67
garbage, 42, 183
Garden of Eden, 22
gasoline, 12, 175, 180,
195-6, 268
gazelle, 126
geek, 117
gender signals, 124
genetics, 25, 45, 64, 76-8,
89, 100, 103, 276, 283
genie, 177
geology, 25, 253
geothermal power, 201-3
gerbil wheel, 128
Ghirardi, Dr. Maria L., 201
ghost in the machine, 177
Ghost Rider, 258
ghosts, 207, 219
Giamatti, Bart, 260
glacier, 98, 185
gladiators, 246
glass, 169-70, 175, 197, 199
glass ceiling, 141
Global Warming, 185, 197,
202-4
glucose, 269
glycogen, 194
goats, 158
gobstoppers, 230
God, 36, 69, 213, 216, 260,
281
The Godfather, 244, 257
Godzilla, 198
gold, 211, 231-2
golden lotus/lily, 67
golf, 247
The Good Earth, 71
Google, 146
goose, 130
Gore, Al, 59-60, 202-3
gorilla, 58-9, 76-7
Gould, John, 50
GPS, 169
graduation day, 105, 177
Grammy Awards, 253
Grant, Ulysses S., 138
grass, 161, 234
gravity, 5, 87, 163, 171,
217-9, 222, 224, 230
Gray, Dr. John, 113-5
Great Lakes, 265
Greece, 135
greed, 107, 194
greenhouse, 197-9
Greenhouse Effect, 197
greenhouse gas, 204
The Green Leopard
Plague, 156
gremlin, 181
grief, 235
grizzly bear, 92
groceries, 269
guitar, 158, 275
Gulf of Mexico, 266
gunpowder, 142
guns, 18, 24, 104, 149, 256
.44 Magnum, 22
gunshots, 260
Guthrie, Woody, 260
Guyana, 281
Top
Hackman, Gene, 188
hair, 73, 124
Hall of Fame, 252
happiness, 209, 270-1, 276,
281-2
Harlem River, 266
Harry Potter, 191
Harvey, P.J., 260
Hawaii, 49, 169, 202
Hawking, Stephen, 220
HBO, 248
hearing aid, 179
heat, 161-4, 176, 180-1,
184-5, 192, 197, 201,
232
Heisenberg, Werner, 213
helium, 201, 225, 229-30
Herman, Pee Wee, 260
heroin, 188-9
Hertz, Heinrich, 178
hibachi, 238
highways, 232
Hilton, Conrad, 29
Hilton, Paris, 12, 257
Hilton, Nicky, 12
Himalayas, 169
hippies, 125
Hitler, Adolph, 32-38, 40,
42, 50, 203, 212, 216,
234, 260, 281
hitman, 250
HIV, 160
hoax, 210
Hoffman, Dustin, 262
Holly, Buddy, 145
Hollywood, 22-24, 26,
165, 244, 249-50,
258
home, 269
hominid, 95, 133, 160,
178
homo erectus, 96-7
homo habilis/‘handy-
man’, 96-9
homosexual, 37, 117,
216
honesty, 283-4
honey bees, 95
honeymoon, 174
honeysuckle, 1, 235
hormones,142
horny, 143
hors d’oeuvres, 126
horse, 103, 196, 242
horsepower, 201, 203
hot dogs, 191, 238
Hubble, Edwin, 220
Hudson, Henry, 265
Hudson River, 265-6
Hughes, Howard, 36
human genome, 81
The Human Zoo, 58
hummingbird, 212
hunter/gatherers, 28, 54,
96, 100, 115-6, 118,
122, 133
hurricanes, 185-6
hybrid, 201-3
hydrocarbon, 194-6
hydrogen, 167, 196,
200-2, 211-3, 224-6
hydrogen bomb, 228-9
hydrothermal vents,
162
hyena, 131, 191
Hyneman, Jaime, 194
Top
I-90, 84, 267
ice, 164
ice cube, 208
Iceland, 201
ideology, 282
illness, 238
illusion, 148, 212, 235-6
imperfection, 150, 226, 231
implosion, 229
An Inconvenient Truth, 202
India, 56, 134, 199
Indian Ocean, 26
Indonesia, 25, 28-9, 53
Industrial light and Magic,
243
Industrial Revolution, 92,
176, 267
information, 33-5, 177
Infra-Red, 198-9
inorganic, 154, 158, 168
insects, 52, 90, 98, 152, 188
inspiration, 270
insult, 205
internal combustion engine,
166
Interstate highways, 267
Intel, 85
intelligence, 28, 90, 134, 239
Internet, 117
invisible, 10, 18, 178, 197-8
Iraq, 33
iron, 87, 142, 181, 203, 233
iron horse, 195
Iroquois, 38
Irving, Amy, 252-3
Italy, 272
ivory, 241
Izod Lacoste, 72
Top
Jackass, 255
Jackson, Beverley, 68
Japan, 135
Jefferson, Thomas, 38
Jekyll and Hyde, 89
Jesus, 216, 241, 260
Jet Stream, 182
jewelry, 55, 73, 127
JFK airport, 268
Jim Brown: All American,
252
Joel, Billy, 253, 276
johnny got his gun, 215
Johnson, Duane (The Rock),
255
Jones, Jim, 281
Jordache Jeans, 72
Joule, James, 175
The Journey of Man, 80
Judge Thumb, 137
juggle, 273
Jupiter, 164, 228
Top
Keller, Helen, 1-3, 6-7, 88,
234, 238, 270, 285
Kelly, Jim, 247
Kennedy, John F., 270
Kepler, 215
Kevlar, 256
kidnapping, 132
killer whale, 90, 94-4, 130
killing, 18, 55, 139, 141,
168, 173, 192, 216, 281
Kinderhook Creek, 84
kinetic energy, 180-1, 184
King George III, 137
King Louis XIV, 17
King of the Ocean, 266
King, Stephen, 189-90
Kinsey, 146
Kinsey, Alfred, 146-7
Kiss Army, 52
kissing, 59-60
kittens, 103
knowledge, 254, 283
Knoxville, Johnny, 255-6
Koran, 31
Kovic, Ron, 264
Krakatoa, 25
Kravitz, Lenny, 145
Ku Klux Klan, 99, 216
Kuwait, 33
kwashiorkor, 157
Top
LaGuardia airport, 268
Lake Erie, 174-5
Lake Ontario, 174
Lambeau Field, 210
landslide, 168
Langer, Walter C., 34
language, 2, 6, 27, 55-6,
82-4, 177, 212
Laplace, Pierre-Simon, 208
The Last Samurai, 263
laughter, 280
lava, 169
law, 11, 30-1, 107, 136,
139-40, 268, 283
Law of Conservation of
Energy, 162
leaders, 40, 69, 134,
280, 283-4
Leary, Denis, 249
leather, 198
Leatherman multi-tool,
97
Leaving Las Vegas, 257
Lee, Robert E., 139
Lee, Spike, 104, 252,
282
legislative bill, 84
Lemaître, Georges-
Henri, 220
leopard, 238-9
leprechauns, 197
Letterman, David, 248
Levin, Ira, 35
Libra, 196, 218
library, 269
lice, 55
life, 164-7, 173, 183,
193, 251, 283
light, 85, 161, 173, 178,
180, 183, 197, 220,
227-8, 246
speed of light, 227-8
light bulb, 205
lighthouses, 172
lightning bolt, 186
Lincoln, Abraham, 138
lion, 125
lipstick, 115
Liszt, Franz, 84
lithium, 201
logic, 207
London, 173
Long Island
Expressway, 268
Los Angeles, 244
lottery, 15, 27, 166
love, 19, 92, 174, 273
Lucas, George, 243,
250, 262
luck, 26-8, 47-8, 53-4, 56,
64, 88, 166
Luke Cage, 258
lust, 263
luxury, 116, 225, 268
lying, 188
Top
madness, 282
Madonna, 220, 260
magma, 169
magnesium, 169
magnetic field, 217-8, 244
malice, 281
Mallard ducks, 62, 68
mammals, 47-6, 57, 91-2,
94, 102, 191, 277
Manhattan, 13, 266, 268
Manhattan Project, 229
manipulate, 13
Manson, Charlie
(Krautmeyer), 260
marble, 272
Mardi Gras, 65
marketers, 128
marriage, 57, 69, 129,
145-6, 148, 200, 252
forced marriage, 140
marrow, 269
Mars, 115, 131, 164-5, 208,
227, 243
The Mars Society, 165
Martin, Del, 136
martyr, 216
mass, 10
Match.com, 276
Matheson, Richard, 182
MCAT, 109
McConaughey, Matthew,
148
McDonald’s, 79
McGovern, George, 60
meadow, 269
meat, 160, 189
Mecca, 135
medicine, 166
Mein Kampf, 35
memories, 176, 179, 215,
247, 269
Men are from Mars,
Women are from Venus,
113
Mendel, Gregor, 45
Men in Black II, 255
metal, 181
meteorology, 252
meteors, 163
MHz (megahertz), 178
Michelangelo, 272-7, 283
micro-organisms, 168, 171
microwave energy, 223
Middle East, 201
Midler, Bette, 247
military engineers, 266
mind, 275
mineral, 162-3, 170
mink, 58
Minority Report, 262
Minute Men, 33
Mission: Impossible, 262-3
Mission: SPACE, 243
Mississippi River, 266
Mohawk; Native Americans,
38
Mohawk River/Valley, 39
242, 265
molecule, 154, 157, 165,
167, 186
money, 12-13, 17, 100, 117,
120, 127, 248, 262-3,
273
Mongolia, 56
The Monkees, 260
Monongahela River, 266
Monroe, Marilyn, 174, 260
Montana, 102
the moon, 164, 208, 270
Moore, Gordon, 85
Moore’s Law, 85
Morris, Desmond, 58
mortgage, 268
Moses, 228
motion, 167, 179, 181,
223, 237, 242-3
Motion Pictures Patent
Trust, 244
motivation, 276
motorcycle, 12, 115, 180,
196, 276
mountain, 228
movie, 242-3, 246-7,
249-51, 254
movie star, 249, 253,
257, 260
MRI, 244-5
Mt. Everest, 164, 169
Mt. Olympus, 115
Mt. St. Helens, 25
MTV, 103, 107, 255
murder, 22, 89, 281
muscles, 65, 82, 176
museum, 102, 269
music, 259, 273, 275-6
musical instrument, 260,
276
Mustang, 13
mutation, 26-7, 64, 80,
85, 122, 161
Muybridge, Eadweard,
242
Mythbusters, 193
Top
The Naked Ape, 58
Nanotyrannus, 102
Nantucket, 173
NASA, 182, 222
National Renewable
Energy Lab, 201
Native Americans, 150,
263
natural gas, 199
nature, 283
Navy, 266
Nazi loyalists, 99
Neanderthal, 95-6
Neeson, Liam, 147
neighbors, 67, 75, 250,
253
neon, 231
neurons, 81, 176-7, 245
mirror neurons, 245,
272
neurotransmitters,
245
neutron, 211-2, 217,
221, 225, 231
neutron star, 217-8,
234
Nevada, 271
New Amsterdam, 265
New Jersey, 12, 220, 223,
232, 267
Newman, Paul, 229, 262
New Orleans, 266
Newton, Isaac, 27, 84, 215
New York, 12, 39, 242,
251, 265-6, 276
New York City, 202,
251, 266-9
New York City Syndrome,
265, 267
New Zealand, 206
Niagara, 174
Niagara Falls, 174, 266
Niagara River, 174
Nicholson, Jack, 250
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 28
nightclub, 197
Nightmare at 20,000 feet,
181
Nin, Anaïs, 215
nipples, 92, 123, 209
nitrogen, 181, 231
nitro-methane, 195
Nixon, Richard, 60
Noah’s flood, 53, 169
Normandy invasion, 33
Norwood, Scott, 246
N.O.W., 136
nuclear fission, 226
nuclear fusion, 226, 233
nuclear power, 163, 175
nuclear war, 281
nucleus, 213, 218-9, 221
Top
oats, 152, 196
obsidian, 169
obstacles, 276
OCD, 36, 284
ocean, 26, 153, 165, 180-4,
228, 238
Oedipus Complex, 35
Ohio, 262
Ohio River, 266
oil, 169, 171, 175, 194-5,
199-201, 229
Old Faithful, 171, 184
‘Old Kinderhook’, 84
olfactory deafness, 172
Olympus Mons, 164
omnivore, 152, 191
OPEC, 173
optic nerve, 241
organic, 154, 158, 166
organism, 46, 94, 162, 166
orgasm, 3, 123, 145, 148
The Origin of Species, 48, 52
Orlando, 243
the Oscars, 107, 146, 223
the OSS, 34
outer space, 51, 182, 207,
222, 233
outsiders, 39, 41-2, 56, 99,
110, 213, 283
Oval Office, 84
Ovation, 276
Ovshinsky, Stan, 201
owl, 191
oxidation reduction, 167
oxygen, 87, 153, 166, 170,
177, 181, 183, 193-6,
199
Top
P-51 Mustang, 262
pacemaker, 176
pain, 100, 277, 280
paint, 80, 239, 254, 259,
271, 273
Palmer, Robert, 92
panda bear, 93-4
Pandora’s box, 141
paper, 171
paradigm shift, 30, 42-3, 205
Paramount Pictures, 262
parents, 18, 32, 57, 232
Paris, 250
parochial schools, 122
Pasadena, 255
passion, 263, 283
Pavlov, Ivan, 61, 63, 71
PBS, 132
peace, 82, 252
peacock, 63-6, 68, 239
peahen, 65-6, 239
penis, 57, 66, 122, 149
Penn, Sean, 249
Penzias, Arno, 223
pepper spray, 255
perfection, 283
perfume, 73, 126, 145
Petrie, Marion, 66
petroleum, 172-3, 202,
266
Pharaohs, 70
Phoenix, 244
Phoenix, Jaoquin, 247
photography, 242-4,
247
photon, 228
physical education, 103
physics, 175
piano, 276
pigeons, 50
pills, 158
pit bulls, 281
Pittsburgh, 266
planet, 156, 161, 166,
168, 183, 203-5,
230
plankton, 168
plants, 158, 160, 162,
188
plastic, 267
Plate Tectonics, 169
Plato, 235-6
playground, 133
The Pledge, 249
poison, 99
Poison Ivy, 188
police, 32-3, 139
The Police, 282
politicians, 267
Pope John Paul II, 216
pork, 152, 158
pornography, 247
Porsche, 13
Portman, Natalie, 250-1
Portville, 266
potential energy, 180
power, 200, 207, 216
Predator, 183
predators, 49, 90, 95,
135, 160, 238
prediction, 238
pregnancy, 100-1, 116,
132, 142, 239
prejudice, 106, 200, 271
pride, 87
primates, 58
Prince, 260
prison, 143
professional, 275
The Professional, 250
protein, 91, 93, 95-7, 189,
193-4
proton, 211-2, 217-8, 221,
225, 231
public school, 39
Public Opinion, 258
pulsar, 217
punishment, 37, 137, 140-2
puppies, 103, 271
Top
Quaker, 143
quarks, 214
quartz, 170, 193
Queen, 145
Queen Amidala, 250
Queens, NY, 267
Top
racehorse, 180, 196
racism, 268
radiator, 186
radio, 178, 182, 223
radioactive decay, 163,
217
rage, 283
railroads, 266-7
rain, 168, 1702, 181, 226
rainbow, 148, 155, 166,
198, 212, 240
Rain Man, 262
Ramachandran, V.S., 245
rape, 142-4
Rape of the Sabine Women
142
raptor, 63
Raptor Red, 48
rattlesnake, 238
Ray, 247
Read, Piers Paul, 190
reality, 235, 238
Redcoats, 33
red corpuscles, 269
Red Ochre, 54
rejection, 100, 103
religion, 107, 155, 215-6
Reno, Jean, 250
resentment, 251
respiration, 153
Revlon, 250
Revolutionary War, 138,
265
rhinoceros, 53
rice, 152
Richards, Keith, 260
riot, 273
Risk; war-game, 33
Risky Business, 255
river, 8, 44, 175, 182, 202,
266, 268-9
Roberts, Julia, 124
robot, 165
rock, 169
rocket, 194
Rogaine, 148
Rolex, 73
Roman, 124, 142
Rome, 135, 216, 221
Romeo and Juliet, 92
Rømer, Ole, 228
Rose, Pete, 260
Rosie the Riveter, 119
Rubik’s Cube, 245
rule of thumb, 136-7
Russia; U.S.S.R., 33, 61
Russians, 282
Rutherford, Ernest, 206
Top
sabre-toothed tiger, 51,
99, 160
Sagan, Carl, 45, 282
Sagittarius, 217
Saint Lawrence River, 266
Saint Peter, 173
salami, 194
salesman, 13
saliva, 61, 79, 157, 179
salmon, 90
salt, 154
samurai, 263
sand, 168-70, 238
sandstone, 171
Sanger, Margaret, 141
satellite, 209, 213, 222
Saturday Night Live,
276
Saudi Arabia, 201
Savage, Adam, 193
school, 104, 110, 142
science, 33, 216-7, 253,
263, 270
science fiction, 122
scientist, 45, 166, 220,
267, 271
Scorsese, Martin, 35,
261
scrimshaw, 241
Seabiscuit, 196
seagulls, 238
sea level, 169
seals, 173
sea shells, 55, 169
seaplanes, 268
sediments, 168, 171
seeds, 187, 191-2
Seles, Monica, 260
selfishness, 251, 281,
283
serenity, 73, 205, 270
Sergio Valente jeans, 72
Severinsen, Doc, 158
Sex, 220
sex, 3, 36, 45-8, 55, 57,
59, 61, 64, 72, 130,
142-50, 188
sex crime, 144
sexual bullies, 144
sexual performance,
146-7
Shadows of Forgotten
Ancestors, 45
shale, 171
Shalhoub, Tony, 35
shame, 124
Shatner, William. 181
sheep, 152, 158
Sherlock Holmes, 165
shock-film, 256
shoes, 155
show-business, 249
silicon, 170, 175, 193,
211
Simmons, Gene, 52
Simon, Paul, 275-6
Simpson, Jessica, 124
Singleton, John, 257
The Sirens of Titan, 165
Skeleton Crew, 189
skill, 254, 284-5
skin, 187, 269
skull, 102, 128, 160
slavery, 135, 138
slavs, 135
soccer moms, 125
Social Cruelty, 42
social hierarchy, 134
sodium chloride, 154, 161
solar energy, 171, 189,
201-2
solar panels, 175, 202
solar system, 28, 164, 207
soldiers, 123
sonogram, 132-3
soprano, 179
sound, 167, 179-80, 184,
237, 254
speed of sound, 209
soybeans, 152, 157
spaceship, 183, 194, 197
spacewalk, 208
spark plug, 180
Spears, Britney, 260
Spencer, Herbert, 48
spermatozoa, 58, 132
SPF, 187
spider, 20, 46, 91
Spielberg, Steven, 252-4,
261
Splendid Slippers, 68
sponge, 78-9
sports, 246
sportscar, 71, 116, 127,
149
Springsteen, Bruce, 260
Spuds MacKenzie, 281
square dance, 104
The Squaw Man, 244
squid, 79
Stanford, Leland, 242
Stanford University, 108,
242
star, 163, 176, 183, 216,
220
Starry Starry Night, 259
starvation, 190
Star Wars, 250
steak, 161, 194
stealing, 253
steel, 142, 268
Steele, Claude, 108-10
Steppin’ Stone, (I’m Not
Your), 260
Stereotype Vulnerability,
108-9, 129, 149, 270
Stewart, Jon, 248
Sting, 282
stomach, 161
Stone, Oliver, 264
Stop Prison Rape, 143
strangers, 71, 111
Stratosphere, 181-2
Streep, Meryl, 247
stress, 268, 284
strip club, 126
subatomic particles, 211-3,
225
submarine, 211
submissive, 136, 139, 144-5
sugar, 156, 191, 193
sugar cube, 227
suicide, 38, 280-1
sulfur, 167
sulfur dioxide, 26
summer, 186-7, 207, 276
the sun, 161-2, 164, 168,
170, 175, 177, 180,
182-7, 198, 207, 216,
226
sunburn, 186
sunflowers, 259
sunlight, 25, 175-6, 183,
200, 229
Super Bowl, 246
the Superdome, 210
superhero, 258
supermarket, 82, 192
supernova, 217
Supreme Court, 30
surfing, 186
survival of the fittest, 48,
156
Survivor, 153
Survivor Type, 189
SUV’s, 203
swamps, 176
symmetry, 63, 147
synapse, 176
syphilis, 36
Top
tabloid, 252
talking, 117
Tasker, Steve, 247
Taylor, Elizabeth, 147
teacher, 104, 149, 254
teaching, 270
teeth, 61, 79, 106, 157,
160, 241
telescope, 182, 208
temperature, 176
termites, 95, 97-8, 160,
191
terrorists, 99, 281
Tesla, Nicola, 174
testicles, 58-9
Texas, 221
Thinner, 190
Thornhill, Randy, 146
thorns, 188
thought, 215, 234, 283
thunder, 209, 226
thunderstorm, 186, 237
Tiger Woods, 260
Timberlake, Justin, 145
time, 249, 272-4
tipping point, 204
Titanic, 165
TiVo, 248
Toba, 25
Tolstoy, Leo, 83, 106,
284
Tolstoy, Sonya, 83
tomato, 158-9
The Tonight Show, 158
Tony Awards, 253
tool, 12, 19, 55, 96, 98,
253, 273, 283
topaz, 170
Torah, 31
tornado, 185-6
traffic, 266-8
tragedy of the commons,
203
treasure, 156, 183
tree, 7, 75, 77, 188, 199,
207, 237
trial-and-error, 103
tribes, 131
trilobite, 51
Troposphere, 181-2
Troy, NY, 265
Trumbo, Dalton, 215
truth, 58, 113, 122, 138,
161, 206-7, 209-10,
234, 284
tsunami, 25
tuition, 265
turtle, 46, 88-9, 222
Turturro, John, 105
TV, 5, 157, 198, 246,
248-9, 256, 265, 277
Twilight Zone, 181
twins, 221
typewriter, 83
Tyrannosaurus Rex, 77,
102
Tyson, Mike, 142
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Ultra-Violet, 198, 223
umbilical cord, 259
the Uncertainty Principle,
213
United States, 30, 32, 204,
267
Universal Studios, 243
unlucky, 48, 101, 160, 239
uranium, 211, 231-2
USA Today magazine, 143
U.S. Military Academy,
266
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vacation, 199, 247
values, 233
Valuev, Nikolai, 106
Van Buren, Martin, 84
Van Gogh, Joe, 258-9
Van Gogh, Theo, 16
Van Gogh, Vincent, 16,
73-5, 258-9
Vanilla Sky, 13
vapor, 181-2, 184
the Vatican, 216, 221
VCR, 254
vegetables, 158, 189-90
vegetarian, 157
Venice Beach, 65
Venus, 113, 115
Venus Fly Traps, 122
Verne, Jules, 209
V for Vendetta, 250
Vietnam, 264
violence, 140, 179, 281,
283
Virgin, 202
virus, 80, 160
vitamins, 158
volcano, 25, 48-9, 53,
152, 162, 164, 184
ash; volcanic, 25, 48
Vonnegut, Kurt, 165
vote, 140
V-Twin, 180
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Walking Tall, 255
Wall Street, 123
war, 124
War and Peace, 83
War of 1812, 265
war paint, 127
warship, 266
Washington, D.C., 203
water, 1, 78, 152, 164, 171,
180, 182-4, 195, 266
waterfall, 176
water power, 93, 201-2
wax, 167
weather, 200, 281
Weather Channel, 185
Weaver, Dennis, 253
weddings, 268
Wells, Spencer, 81
werewolves, 73
West Point, 266
whales, 77, 92, 172-4, 241,
280-1
sperm whale, 172-3
right whale, 173
whaling ship, 266
Wham, bam, thank you
ma’am, 148
wheat, 152
whippoorwill, 276
Whispers from the Stone
Age, 10, 43
white supremacists,
136
wife beating, 136, 141
wild boar, 82
Williams, Walter Jon,
156
Wilson, Robert, 223
wind, 29, 207
wind power, 175, 201-2
winter, 186, 197, 268
withdrawal, 92
Witherspoon, Reese,
247
wolf, 14, 61, 70, 77, 91,
93-4, 99, 131, 133,
143
womb, 122-3
woodpecker, 237
Woods, Tiger, 260
wooly mammoth, 51,
56, 100
words, 5-8, 13, 84, 212
work, 174-5, 179, 205
World Peace, 43
World War II, 32-4, 119, 262
World Wide Web, 82
worm, 160, 162
wrinkles, 187
write, 273
writer, 149
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Yellowstone, 202
yolk, 188
Yule Log, 167
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zebra, 90
zinc, 187, 231
