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No Anthony, hydrogen dioxide is not water. Water is H20, which means it is not dioxide but monoxide. The proper scientific name for water is water.
OK, oxidane is used as well.
If you want to mess with people’s heads you can call it dihyrdogen monoxide (DHMO).
Sad News Bad Dog — We just received some bad news. Our world famous bad dog mascot Peewee has cancer.
The vets give him about eight months and say it will be generally pain free with medication.
We intend to make them a pretty good eight months. As bad as he is — destroying rugs, attacking shoes, escaping from a cheap motel in Virginia, urinating on one’s leg when one doesn’t feed him turkey as fast as he feels one should at the Thanksgiving table — he is still easy to love.
We’d like to thank Dr. Kathryne Daniel at 4 Paws Veterinary Clinic in Springfield for the compassionate and wise advice which she has provided.
Yes, Peewee is world famous.
Open Data Search Engine — We just received the September newsletter from the Sunlight Foundation, which is an organization that advocates for government transparency.
The articles are from July and are a tad dated but they are still worth perusing.
Sunlight notes that more than 60 of the delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Philly were registered lobbyists.
It explains the benefits that can be had in forcing candidates to release tax returns.
It also provides a useful search engine for open data policies for governmental entities.