Science fascinates me. The old Denorex commercials where the guy has two different shampoos applied to each side of his head had me sold. I mean, if it’s tingling, it’s working, right?

Anyway, people don’t do enough of their own science these days. We rely on fantastic tools like Google and Wikipedia to answer all of our questions about life. For instance, when I wanted to know if you can really break glass with your voice, I did a quick search online instead of just buying some glass and giving it a go. Well, I decided not to check with Google first on this next one.

I wanted to know, does water actually drain in opposite directions on the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? Since I visited Sydney last month, I thought I’d test the theory. I used ground pepper in the water so you could clearly see the drainage direction. Here’s my result.

As it turns out, people have believed this myth because of something called the Coriolis Effect. It’s what makes hurricanes spin in opposite directions north and south of the equator. However, it isn’t strong enough to effect the water in your sink at home. Different things can impact how the water drains. If you want to learn a little more, check here. Or just Google it.

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As I mentioned to my email list last week, I’ve decided to relocate to the other side of the planet. For just over 2 weeks now I’ve been living in Hong Kong.

Today was a significant day as I now have Internet access and more than one English language TV channel at home. In fact, for the first time in my life, I now have a cable TV account. But it’s a different kind of cable TV. They actually have a la carte cable TV here in Hong Kong. And it comes into the house via my Internet service.

Anyway, it’s an exciting time in life. I’m here for at least a couple years as I took a job at a church where I’ll be leading the music each weekend.

When I’m not doing that, I’ll be working on the production of my next CD, taking in the Hong Kong scene, playing out a bit here in Asia and watching the Discovery Channel. I’m not gay but I have decided to admit that I do have a man-crush on Bear Grylls.

So there you have it. That’s what I’m doing. I’ll still post here regularly with the nonsense you’ve come to know and love. And I’ll do my best to set up regular web cams when I play out.

I’m going to be posting other ramblings more related to my church and my day-to-day life in Hong Kong over at myfeebleaudition.com.

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