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Six of One and Half a Dozen of the Other
But no ones or twos. Or, like this post, half an appreciation of nifty stuff and half a peeve. The nifty stuff, first: Medieval Dice with No 1 or 2 Found on Street in Norway. Dice are really old tech, as it were, and crooked dice of one sort or another are almost equally old. […]
Where I’ll Be Tomorrow
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I’ll be at the Granite State Magicians’ benefit performance for the Merrimack (NH) CrimeLine. ? Come out on Saturday, April 14th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to support the Merrimack Police K9 Program. Meet Dallas, Merrimack’s new K-9 officer and watch a demonstration at noon! The Magic Show will…When First I Came to Town; or, Some Families are Like That
One of my favorite folk songs is “Katy Cruel,” a cheerful ditty from the point of view of a young lady who has run completely out of [bleeps] to give: Our Ms. Cruel comes from a distinguished (or maybe the right word is “notorious”) folkloric lineage. There’s the Cruel Mother: And the Cruel Father: (Sorry, […]
Category Archives: Science
I For One Welcome Our Alien Overlords
Why are they grey? Perhaps because Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) was in black-and-white…. Check out PodcastUFO, where I’ll be talking about my take on Betty and Barney Hill’s abduction, on Wednesday, 29 November.
Mars Attacks!
Due to the recent storms in the northeast and massive power outages, the scheduled Podcast UFO for tonight has been delayed. I’ll let y’all know the rescheduled date as soon as I know it. UPDATE 02NOV17: New date will … Continue reading
Climate Change At Walden Pond
Climate change is real, it’s happening, it’s measurable, and humans are causing it. Here’s some more primary date for anyone interested: a free e-book from the University of Chicago Press: Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods by Richard … Continue reading
Shots
I got my flu shot, how ’bout you? I got my flu shot, how ’bout you? I got my flu shot, how ’bout you? Skip to my Lou, my darling.
Whacked-out Conspiracy Theory of the Month
This time around it’s the “Mandela Effect” — that there’s a parallel universe and timeline that has gotten mixed up with ours. Due to the experiments at CERN, a hole has opened up, leading to the two (or more!) timelines … Continue reading
It Isn’t Just for SETI Any More
Distributed computing –lots of small machines emulating one gosh-darned big one — is a thing. Used to be that pretty much the only thing happening was SETI At Home, where you could be part of a project looking for extraterrestrial … Continue reading