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Sometimes my facebook conversations aren't that bad.
A guy I knew from high school had this to say to me recently.

Dude, mushy stuff incoming, and I'm sober... and I don't care, so Deal. I freaking love you! I know I said some out of line shit back in high school, one time, but I didn't mean it. Doesn't matter, though. I don't want you to ever lose your flame. I know we're not the closest, but I'm proud to call you friend

Me: Lol. You said shit out of line in high school? who didnt? but I am curious* to know what you think you said that you remember.

Oh, Ms. Brandi. It wasn't anything too terrible, just HS boy mentality. It was as simple as somebody asking me if I "hit it" and me replying with "If I wanted to, I could have." We were both too young to be 'hitting' anything. I've always carried that around, though. I always felt that our friendship suffered because of my young, dumb mouth.

Me: Haha I never knew that And I guarantee you aren't the first or prob even the last to have said that.

Oh no, you did. You called me out on it. Haha

Me:  And no worries. I think all my friendships suffer every day bc of my mouth. Slowly accepting it tho. Haha lol. I guess I forgot

Glad to know I've carried around that long for nothing :)

Me:  It says something about you. Not me. Just means it was memorable. I bet you never did that to anyone else. We always hold memories of the lessons we learn. Unfortunately we hold strong feelings about the people in those lessons.

And I'm sure..... you're Brandi Badass
You're absolutely right.
I don't find that unfortunate in my scenario. You're an awesome person

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Why Niels Bohr Would Probably Fight James Watson Today

James Watson is making some serious headlines lately as if he had nothing better to do than keep up with the Kardashians.

Despite the massive publicity regarding the prestigious gold relic, the science community is unimpressed. 

In my honest opinion, Watson selling his Nobel Prize metal just confirmed to me that he didn't deserve it to begin with
— BranVanChemist (@BranVanChemist) December 10, 2014

Let's talk about race and science and shit getting real. 

When Hitler declared personal valuables such as gold a capital offense when exiting the country, Nobel Laureates took to innovative measures and risked their safety and well-being to preserve the priceless historical science antiquity. 

I have nothing more to add. You just can't disregard the past and those who took up arms to endure and persist against any and all Earthly forces to preserve the medal's importance.

You just don't ever fuck with Bohr. 

The other lesson here is you can dissolve a Noble Prize in acid, but it takes putting a price on it to severely damage it. The blemish is now historical.