Dr.Slime 05 Dec. 2009 13:30 Hours @ The Bay City Armory.
was called up to perform for the Soldiers & Families of the 919th Transportation Company of the US Army, for some Family R &R. I got to meet some great Guys & Gals of the 919th, and the kids and I had a great Time, we made Slime Hands-on & Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream as well as a lot of Other Cool Chemistry Show Demonstrations.
Support Your Troops and Don't Forget to Give a Toy For a Tot! Like DoctorSlime Does!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Flat Stanley Visit's Doctorslime
Flat Stanley Visits DoctorSlime!You may ask yourself, who or what is Flat Stanley, well if you have a small child living in your home ask them. Most Young children know and love Flat Stanely, he has his own books, and animated TV show I'm told. Simply put Flat Stanely is a 2 dimensional character, who visits far away and interesting places. Recently Flat Stanley Came to visit with Dr.Slime.
Why? I don't really know you'd have to ask the Creator of this particular version of Flat Stanely. In Early October a non-descript plain manila envelope arrived at DoctorSlime's Headquarters. That's Delta College located at 1961 Delta Rd. University Center Michigan 48710. Delta College is a Community College with over 10,000 students from Bay City, Saginaw, and Midland. I like to think of Delta College as the best place ever located in the middle of a Corn Field. Thats how Delta Began, but that is another story. Back to Flat Stanley... I opened the Letter and out pops this Cute little Guy, with a red Shirt, orange tie, red hair, and brown pants. Inside with Stanley is a letter.
Dear Michael ( that's doctorslimes real name)
Our First and second grade class recently read the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown.
(see he does have his own book, told you!) In the story, the main character, Flat Stanley, was Flattered by a falling Bulletin board ( oh Dear!). Although he wasn't hurt, he became flattened. When he wanted to go to California to visit some friends his family folded him up, put him in an envelope and mailed him to California. (Man I wish I could do that, Palm springs sounds nice!) What a way to travel.
To help our class learn about our world in a new way, I'm Mailing Flat Stanley to you. I hope you will be a gracious host and show Flat Stanley around your town or city during his time with you. Please write about the places Flat Stanley visited and things you did together. Send the letter, with Flat Stanley Back with any pictures post cards, etc you may have collected back to my class in a few weeks. My Class, teacher and I can't wait to hear about Flat Stanley's "adventures" with you!
Thank you for helping me with this Project. I wish I could fold myself up and visit you too!
Love,
Dylan Hardrman Laurel Elementary School
116 Laurel School rd.
Vanceburg, Ky. 41179-6186
Well with such a nice letter from Dylan, and Flat Stanley staring at me what was I to do?
So, I took Flat Stanley with me where ever I went! He got a tour of the Delta College Chemistry Department. http://www3.delta.edu/slime/tour.html This is the place where Flat Stanley Arrived and where I work. Its a very nice place the pictures in the tour show the building just as it was being completed. As I was moving in...Flat Stanley since he was to work with me in the chemistry Dept. He had to have special safety equipment added. So I made a pair or rubber gloves, for him which he keeps tucked in his belt when he's not using them, a pair of safety goggles to keep his eyes safe when we work together with chemicals, and a graduated cylinder which he uses to measure out chemicals for me. He's really good at measuring out tiny amounts like less than 5 ml to 50 uL, those small sizes are hard for me. SO.. for the first couple of weeks I taught him all about chemistry, because that's what I do at Delta College and Saginaw Valley State University. At Delta College I'm the Laboratory Manager and we mixed up chemicals to get ready for all the student Lab's at Delta. At Saginaw Valley State Unviversity, where I teach night school to college students Flat Stanley sat in on my class and learned Chemistry 101.
Whenever I went somewhere Flat Stanley Came with me, he got to meet some very weird and interesting people.
Included in this blog is just a few of the pictures and sights Stanley saw, for more please visit Flat Stanley's Photo album.
It is located on the World Wide Web at.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62292905@N00/
or log into flickr.com and search for doctorslime.
You might have to sign in to see all of the pictures of Flat Stanley at the Children's Zoo (Saginaw), Planetarium (Bay City), or Delta College (University Center, Mi.)
Well we have work to do, Flat Stanley and I
We will post more later!
DoctorSlime Flat Stanley & Michael Garlick
At the Bottom of this page is a Slide show, showing just a few places Flat Stanley and I traveled too. Scroll Down to see the Show.
Why? I don't really know you'd have to ask the Creator of this particular version of Flat Stanely. In Early October a non-descript plain manila envelope arrived at DoctorSlime's Headquarters. That's Delta College located at 1961 Delta Rd. University Center Michigan 48710. Delta College is a Community College with over 10,000 students from Bay City, Saginaw, and Midland. I like to think of Delta College as the best place ever located in the middle of a Corn Field. Thats how Delta Began, but that is another story. Back to Flat Stanley... I opened the Letter and out pops this Cute little Guy, with a red Shirt, orange tie, red hair, and brown pants. Inside with Stanley is a letter.
Dear Michael ( that's doctorslimes real name)
Our First and second grade class recently read the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown.
(see he does have his own book, told you!) In the story, the main character, Flat Stanley, was Flattered by a falling Bulletin board ( oh Dear!). Although he wasn't hurt, he became flattened. When he wanted to go to California to visit some friends his family folded him up, put him in an envelope and mailed him to California. (Man I wish I could do that, Palm springs sounds nice!) What a way to travel.
To help our class learn about our world in a new way, I'm Mailing Flat Stanley to you. I hope you will be a gracious host and show Flat Stanley around your town or city during his time with you. Please write about the places Flat Stanley visited and things you did together. Send the letter, with Flat Stanley Back with any pictures post cards, etc you may have collected back to my class in a few weeks. My Class, teacher and I can't wait to hear about Flat Stanley's "adventures" with you!
Thank you for helping me with this Project. I wish I could fold myself up and visit you too!
Love,
Dylan Hardrman Laurel Elementary School
116 Laurel School rd.
Vanceburg, Ky. 41179-6186
Well with such a nice letter from Dylan, and Flat Stanley staring at me what was I to do?
So, I took Flat Stanley with me where ever I went! He got a tour of the Delta College Chemistry Department. http://www3.delta.edu/slime/tour.html This is the place where Flat Stanley Arrived and where I work. Its a very nice place the pictures in the tour show the building just as it was being completed. As I was moving in...Flat Stanley since he was to work with me in the chemistry Dept. He had to have special safety equipment added. So I made a pair or rubber gloves, for him which he keeps tucked in his belt when he's not using them, a pair of safety goggles to keep his eyes safe when we work together with chemicals, and a graduated cylinder which he uses to measure out chemicals for me. He's really good at measuring out tiny amounts like less than 5 ml to 50 uL, those small sizes are hard for me. SO.. for the first couple of weeks I taught him all about chemistry, because that's what I do at Delta College and Saginaw Valley State University. At Delta College I'm the Laboratory Manager and we mixed up chemicals to get ready for all the student Lab's at Delta. At Saginaw Valley State Unviversity, where I teach night school to college students Flat Stanley sat in on my class and learned Chemistry 101.
Whenever I went somewhere Flat Stanley Came with me, he got to meet some very weird and interesting people.
Included in this blog is just a few of the pictures and sights Stanley saw, for more please visit Flat Stanley's Photo album.
It is located on the World Wide Web at.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62292905@N00/
or log into flickr.com and search for doctorslime.
You might have to sign in to see all of the pictures of Flat Stanley at the Children's Zoo (Saginaw), Planetarium (Bay City), or Delta College (University Center, Mi.)
Well we have work to do, Flat Stanley and I
We will post more later!
DoctorSlime Flat Stanley & Michael Garlick
At the Bottom of this page is a Slide show, showing just a few places Flat Stanley and I traveled too. Scroll Down to see the Show.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Space Craft to smash into the Moon! Oct 9th 2009
It’s hard for me to believe, but LCROSS is now only 18 days from impact.
http://tinyurl.com/nehxds
Did you hear about the Lacross Mission to impact a space craft on the surface of the
Moon the morning of Oct 9th? We live too far east to see it the sun will be rising, but you live where you might Get a glimpse of it check out http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/lcrossfdblog for more details on the space mission, Tell your dad he might find it cool too! Best viewing will be west of the Mississippi.
Also read http://tinyurl.com/nehxds for current mission status..
http://tinyurl.com/nehxds
Did you hear about the Lacross Mission to impact a space craft on the surface of the
Moon the morning of Oct 9th? We live too far east to see it the sun will be rising, but you live where you might Get a glimpse of it check out http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/lcrossfdblog for more details on the space mission, Tell your dad he might find it cool too! Best viewing will be west of the Mississippi.
Also read http://tinyurl.com/nehxds for current mission status..
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Cave of the Crystal Giants Awesome
http://tiny.cc/z5clb Cave of the Crystal Giants.
You have to check this out this is the most awesome example of exotic natural Crystal
growth anywhere on the planet, its still unspoiled. You must go to the link and check it out words do not express its quantum awesome-ness.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Ceramic Chemistry R&D
Ever Wonder how Doctorslime got his start?
One of the first R&D Projects I worked on in 1989 was Ceramic Research for the DOD
Department of Defense, Never Talked about it much because I was sworn to keep it secret.
Well if they are publishing articles about it I can point to the articles without violating any secrets acts. So in case you are interested, go here.
http://tiny.cc/vqFLj
Monday, August 3, 2009
Wesley Impact Crusher Object Strikes Jupiter!!!
NASA Science News for August 3, 2009
Two weeks after something slammed into Jupiter, creating a cloud of debris that is still easy to see through backyard telescopes, researchers are wondering ... what was the impactor?
FULL STORY at Wesley Impact Crusher Object Strikes Jupiter!!!
http://tinyurl.com/mlg5lo
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Transparent aluminum Yes its real!
Transparent aluminum named new state of matter.
We all remember the scene from Star Trek IV in which Scotty, despite his unfamiliarity with the Apple Macintosh mouse, hammered out the molecular structure of transparent aluminum. The real material is a little more exotic, requiring a high-power laser pulse to knock out a core electron with disrupting the metal’s crystalline structure. Transparent only to UV light for just 40 femtoseconds, this aluminum is nonetheless unlike anything scientists have ever created.
Detailed from july 29th 2009 issue R&D Magazine.
http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=014&ACCT=1400000101&ISSUE=0907&RELTYPE=MS&PRODCODE=00000000&PRODLETT=PA&CommonCount=0
or go tiny
http://tinyurl.com/m76km8
We all remember the scene from Star Trek IV in which Scotty, despite his unfamiliarity with the Apple Macintosh mouse, hammered out the molecular structure of transparent aluminum. The real material is a little more exotic, requiring a high-power laser pulse to knock out a core electron with disrupting the metal’s crystalline structure. Transparent only to UV light for just 40 femtoseconds, this aluminum is nonetheless unlike anything scientists have ever created.
Detailed from july 29th 2009 issue R&D Magazine.
http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=014&ACCT=1400000101&ISSUE=0907&RELTYPE=MS&PRODCODE=00000000&PRODLETT=PA&CommonCount=0
or go tiny
http://tinyurl.com/m76km8
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Time Warp Episode 211 Bumped in schedule!!!
Its not going to be on! 7/8/09
The episode has been bumped a second time!
Arrrggghhh I will Post when I have a confirmed Date!
I wonder what they are saving it for?
Is it that Cool, they want to run it as a Season opener for Season three?
Maybe
DoctorSlime
Well here's a taste from my private Photo Lab!
Monday, July 6, 2009
DoctorSlime Visits With Shepard MotorCycle Club
DoctorSlime had a wonderful opportunity to meet a great group of Michiganders, the Shepard Motor Cycle Club... Most on Harleys I noted, came to visit Shields on a road trip, we had lunch at The Old Time Road House on M-46 Gratiot Rd. in Thomas Township. The day was beautiful the roads were smooth the food was good but a little slow, due to the size of our group, even if they did call a head. I would be pleased to call any of these bikers my friends. They are traveling the state trying to find a long list (Scavenger hunt) of very strange items and sights, it appears a green haired mad scientist was just one of many things they were looking for, if you see them in your neck of the woods, wave, and smile. They are the good guys, even if they wear black leather, I think its to stay warm, in the 55-60 mph wind they are always in. After being invited to lunch, I waved bye and watched them roar off, in the warm Michigan Sunshine!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Air Date for DoctorSlime on Time Warp Episode 211 7/08/09?? Maybe?? Wed @ 8 pm
We have an AIR DATE! Maybe?
DoctorSlime Will appear on Time Warp the Discovery Channel Show July 8th that's Wednesday at 8 pm ; DoctorSLime Michael Garlick will be doing a guest host bit on the Discovery Channel Show TimeWarp with Jeff Lieberman and Zoz Brooks featuring the Science
of implosions. They Will Start with the simple pop can crush, move up to a 55 gallon Drum Can Crush, and then hit a 4700 Gallon Stainless Steel Dairy Tank with all the pressure the Air can spare 1,000,000 Lbs acting on the sides! Tune in and don't miss this Great Real Science Event!.
Why Maybe? They changed the date once, and the website doesn't support what I was told, so maybe it was changed again!! ARRRGGGHHH.
DoctorSlime
Timewarp Most Recent Clips click here
DoctorSlime Will appear on Time Warp the Discovery Channel Show July 8th that's Wednesday at 8 pm ; DoctorSLime Michael Garlick will be doing a guest host bit on the Discovery Channel Show TimeWarp with Jeff Lieberman and Zoz Brooks featuring the Science
of implosions. They Will Start with the simple pop can crush, move up to a 55 gallon Drum Can Crush, and then hit a 4700 Gallon Stainless Steel Dairy Tank with all the pressure the Air can spare 1,000,000 Lbs acting on the sides! Tune in and don't miss this Great Real Science Event!.
Why Maybe? They changed the date once, and the website doesn't support what I was told, so maybe it was changed again!! ARRRGGGHHH.
DoctorSlime
Timewarp Most Recent Clips click here
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
DoctorSlime Does Time Warp!!! Discovery Channel
Mike Garlick aka Dr. Slime Guest Appearance
(byline: David Baker)
Make Garlick a local science educator and familiar face at the annual Sci-fest Presentations was asked in early May to be a guest host on Time Warp a program on the Discovery Channel. He flew to Boston and within two hours he was filming the show on how a container can be crushed by the force of air on a vacuum. Time Warp features MIT scientist and teacher Jeff Lieberman along with Zoz Brooks of MIT, who use new high speed photographic technologies to bring truly never before seen wonders into a form that you can view.
Initially Mike ran through the standard collapsing of a soda can experiment, which you can do at home. This is achieved when the pressure outside is greater than the pressure inside, and the pressure difference is greater than the can is able to withstand.
The next demonstration was to crush a 55 gallon drum which raised the danger level to moderate. For this a steam-flo generator was used to charge the barrel with steam. The pressure in the barrel started to fall toward zero, and the barrel imploded. The air pressure crushed that barrel so fast, that under the high speed Camera’s 5-20K frames per second, the barrel disappears as Super chilled water, was poured slowly on to the barrel and WHAM!!!
The ultimate experiment involved the implosion of a 4700 gallon stainless steel dairy tank. The tank was charged with 230o steam, and then the inflow was cut off to allow the pressure to drop to near atmospheric, and then the second valve was closed. The tank was then cooled using a Boston Fire Department Blitz Gun, using a chilled fire hose packed in ice, dry ice and salt. The tank groaned and then folded up.
The show is on Wednesday nights on the Discovery Channel at 8 pm. The collapsing containers show featuring Mike Garlick is expected to air sometime in the next four to six weeks.
(byline: David Baker)
Make Garlick a local science educator and familiar face at the annual Sci-fest Presentations was asked in early May to be a guest host on Time Warp a program on the Discovery Channel. He flew to Boston and within two hours he was filming the show on how a container can be crushed by the force of air on a vacuum. Time Warp features MIT scientist and teacher Jeff Lieberman along with Zoz Brooks of MIT, who use new high speed photographic technologies to bring truly never before seen wonders into a form that you can view.
Initially Mike ran through the standard collapsing of a soda can experiment, which you can do at home. This is achieved when the pressure outside is greater than the pressure inside, and the pressure difference is greater than the can is able to withstand.
The next demonstration was to crush a 55 gallon drum which raised the danger level to moderate. For this a steam-flo generator was used to charge the barrel with steam. The pressure in the barrel started to fall toward zero, and the barrel imploded. The air pressure crushed that barrel so fast, that under the high speed Camera’s 5-20K frames per second, the barrel disappears as Super chilled water, was poured slowly on to the barrel and WHAM!!!
The ultimate experiment involved the implosion of a 4700 gallon stainless steel dairy tank. The tank was charged with 230o steam, and then the inflow was cut off to allow the pressure to drop to near atmospheric, and then the second valve was closed. The tank was then cooled using a Boston Fire Department Blitz Gun, using a chilled fire hose packed in ice, dry ice and salt. The tank groaned and then folded up.
The show is on Wednesday nights on the Discovery Channel at 8 pm. The collapsing containers show featuring Mike Garlick is expected to air sometime in the next four to six weeks.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Frozen in Michigan!!!
My wife Betty is so cool!
Brrrrr its cold. Infact so cold our hot water pipe to our kitchen sink froze during the day, Wed 2/04/09 After we left for school. Betty called me after she got home at 2:30 pm and noticed that the kitchen hot water was frozen, I had only used it at 7 am that morning. (Drat Another home repair)
She told me all about it, and I bought a torch on the way home to thaw it out.
( I know, I can hear Ex-Fire Chief Jerry wincing right now as he reads this, about using a propane torch).
When I got home it was still frozen, but Betty had opened up the sink,
pulled my access panel, and had duct taped a blow dryer, so it blew warm air down on the pipes, neat idea but the pipes were still frozen at 6:30pm. (Not a single drip)
I asked Betty how long before dinner and looked for my cold winter gear, she told me just
a few minutes and I had better sit down and eat first. So I sat down to a great supper,
listening to that blow dryer running the whole time.
After supper I started to get ready (Dreading my upcoming task fully),
and Betty said “hold on, let me check and see if it worked... “
To be honest I had no hope for her method, she turned the tap and it dripped. (once)
Hey it dripped, so I came over in my snowmobile suit and propane torch and looked... (twice?)
It dripped five more times, Well it could be just cold water from the cold water side,
So I shut off the cold side...(tight)
It still trickled... All eyes were glued to the faucet, as the trickle grew , and grew and then gushed.
Woo Hoo! Yeah! Cool! You rock mom! Awesome!
If you were driving down Victor Drive, you could have heard a collective cheer as the whole family
high fived Betty. I said, “ God you are the Coolest woman alive!, You made dinner and
fixed a frozen pipe! ” Betty beamed, and I never had to dig out, the access port on the side
of our house buried in a 36 inch snowdrift, crawl under our house with its 14 inch crawl space,
and wield a propane torch.
I gladly cleaned off the table, put away the dishes, and gave my wife the foot massage she
so richly deserved. As I rubbed her feet, I thought ..”Some days I know, I’m the luckiest man in
Thomas Township, today was one of those days.”
There is no moral to this story, except: The lord helps those who help themselves...
Drip your pipes...
Mike Garlick
Brrrrr its cold. Infact so cold our hot water pipe to our kitchen sink froze during the day, Wed 2/04/09 After we left for school. Betty called me after she got home at 2:30 pm and noticed that the kitchen hot water was frozen, I had only used it at 7 am that morning. (Drat Another home repair)
She told me all about it, and I bought a torch on the way home to thaw it out.
( I know, I can hear Ex-Fire Chief Jerry wincing right now as he reads this, about using a propane torch).
When I got home it was still frozen, but Betty had opened up the sink,
pulled my access panel, and had duct taped a blow dryer, so it blew warm air down on the pipes, neat idea but the pipes were still frozen at 6:30pm. (Not a single drip)
I asked Betty how long before dinner and looked for my cold winter gear, she told me just
a few minutes and I had better sit down and eat first. So I sat down to a great supper,
listening to that blow dryer running the whole time.
After supper I started to get ready (Dreading my upcoming task fully),
and Betty said “hold on, let me check and see if it worked... “
To be honest I had no hope for her method, she turned the tap and it dripped. (once)
Hey it dripped, so I came over in my snowmobile suit and propane torch and looked... (twice?)
It dripped five more times, Well it could be just cold water from the cold water side,
So I shut off the cold side...(tight)
It still trickled... All eyes were glued to the faucet, as the trickle grew , and grew and then gushed.
Woo Hoo! Yeah! Cool! You rock mom! Awesome!
If you were driving down Victor Drive, you could have heard a collective cheer as the whole family
high fived Betty. I said, “ God you are the Coolest woman alive!, You made dinner and
fixed a frozen pipe! ” Betty beamed, and I never had to dig out, the access port on the side
of our house buried in a 36 inch snowdrift, crawl under our house with its 14 inch crawl space,
and wield a propane torch.
I gladly cleaned off the table, put away the dishes, and gave my wife the foot massage she
so richly deserved. As I rubbed her feet, I thought ..”Some days I know, I’m the luckiest man in
Thomas Township, today was one of those days.”
There is no moral to this story, except: The lord helps those who help themselves...
Drip your pipes...
Mike Garlick
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Free Books! Check this out!
Go to Http://www.paperbackswap.com
Reference: Doctorslime
List 10 books, get 3 free right away, and potentially Free books for Life.
List me doctorslime as your referrer and I get a book too!
Tell your friends, they'll thank you.
Doctorslime
Reference: Doctorslime
List 10 books, get 3 free right away, and potentially Free books for Life.
List me doctorslime as your referrer and I get a book too!
Tell your friends, they'll thank you.
Doctorslime
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