May 19, 2013

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Deep Sky Zodiac

The beaten path that the Sun appears to trod on its yearly trek among the stars is the oldest known method of mapping our way around the sky. So the Sun was the center of celestial attention even before people promoted it to admin of the solar system. That makes a lot of sense to […]

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May 12, 2013

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The Inequality of Dr Bell

A Particle Man’s Lifeis Always Intense How can a pair of tiny particles remain connected, remain related, and perfectly responsive to each other, in spite of being separated beyond their ability to communicate at subluminal speeds? It’s as if a pair of twins are born but are never truly separate beings. They remain in some […]

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May 5, 2013

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Ten Commandments of Star Parties

Shatter not the darkness at the site of observing. Man-made lights thou shalt eschew, save the faint of red. Thou shalt not illuminate thy headlights of thy automobile, nor the car door shalt thy open before the disconnecting of thy dome light. Even a match strucketh in haste is mightily unpleasing in the dark-adapted eyes […]

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April 28, 2013

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Heavenly Bodies

John was a geek. No one doubted that. He liked three things; math, physics, and math. He spent hours every day at his little desk, drawing circles and triangles and weirdly nested multi-faceted polyhedrons, and he played around with the associated mathematical formulae. He made pretty good money these days at least, even though almost […]

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April 21, 2013

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Monster Out of Time by Frank Frazetta

A Hero Story

There is a hero. Everyone loves him because he is charitable and people’s lives tend to flourish under his watchful eye. But there is a nemesis, a huge and hideous reptile, the largest ever seen, who rises slowly from beneath the Earth bringing death and darkness and fear in his wake. The hero goes down […]

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April 14, 2013

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Lovers and Haters

The Curse Malachi 1:1 to 4:4 1:1 The burden of being the chosen ones, as articulated by a guy named Malachi. The Lord made something very clear. He said “I have loved you Jews thoroughly, and thoroughly hated just about everyone else.” That’s all fine and good, however the Jews have polluted the food at […]

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April 13, 2013

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Scientists Are Cracking the Primordial Soup Mystery | Motherboard

Scientists Are Cracking the Primordial Soup Mystery | Motherboard.

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April 11, 2013

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Asimov on Science

I think Isaac would appreciate my continuing struggle against the ridiculous notion that every scientific theory is eventually discarded. The Relativity of Wrong by Isaac Asimov (1988) I received a letter from a reader the other day. It was handwritten in crabbed penmanship so that it was very difficult to read. Nevertheless, I tried to […]

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April 7, 2013

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Young Beer and Fresh Women

Vision of Zion Zechariah 1:1 to 14:1 1:1 The words of the Lord suddenly appeared in the mind of Zechariah saying “The Lord is upset with your fathers. Don’t be like your fathers.” One night I saw a man riding on a red horse. Behind him were other riders also on red horses. That was […]

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March 31, 2013

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Permit Approved

Zerubbabel and the Temple Haggai 1:1 to 2:23 1:1 The word of the Lord as imagined by the prophet Haggai, chief bottle washer and overpaid yes-man to The Mighty Zerubbabel, Prince of Persia, in the province of Judah (rural delivery). 2:3 Some people are saying that it is not yet time to rebuild the old […]

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March 30, 2013

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Easter 101

Yonatan Zunger posted this excellent treatment regarding Easter traditions. It seems to also serve as a survey of the social evolution that brings us to our current conglomerate of holiday rituals in general. Meanwhile Yonatan’s knowledge and writing skill is more advanced than mine (damn him) but he has graciously agreed to let me re-post […]

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March 24, 2013

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Have a Nice Day

Day of the Lord Zephaniah 1:1 to 3:20 1:1 The word of the Lord which dawned on Zephaniah, who was the son of somebody, who was the son of somebody, who was the son of somebody. God says he will come and utterly eat everything. A day is coming, a bad day, a real bad […]

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