Monday, September 30, 2013

Arthur Machen note

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From "The Terror", 1917 And how, asks Huvelius, are such wars to be waged? The wise prince, he replies, will begin by assuming the...
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Wedding

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The day of the wedding was quite busy, and only mildly chaotic. The RSVP web site Middle Daughter used swallowed RSVPs without a trace, and...
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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Pharaoh's teeth

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I'd wondered why ancient Egyptian teeth were so badly worn--even the rulers'. The bread in tombs was pretty coarse, but that wasn...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Radio Yerevan

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Anybody remember the Radio Yerevan stories? BREAKING NEWS headlines ( pick a news source, any news source ) remind me of this story: Anno...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Kenyan mall

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To forestall misunderstanding, let me emphasize that the Muhammedan terrorists are not a product of poverty or US policy toward Israel or US...

Stove technology

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BBC reports on a low-smoke model of cookstove to replace the traditional mud stoves. The model (now open sourced) may well be as efficient...
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Monday, September 23, 2013

Archaeology

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This time I'm trying to resuscitate a VTrak E610f. Half the time our problems are common as dirt, and half the time they're unique...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Artistic table ware

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I have long had an un-examined dislike for artistic cups and plates like the one below. I will stipulate that these require skill to make,...
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Shepherd of Hermas by not sure

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I finally got started in volume 2 of the AnteNicene Fathers ( CCEL makes these available ). Shepherd of Hermas was attributed to the earl...

Gluten intolerance

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We all see a lot more gluten-free options in the stores, and hear a lot more about it than we used to. This isn't because people used t...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Deep waves

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Decades ago when I first read of undersea currents I wondered if they had waves. The obvious answer is yes; presumably slow--but how do you...

And what else is addictive?

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A little late for inclusion in the previous post : Brain scans find porn addiction . Compulsive users of pornography show the same signs of...

Addiction and self-control

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The NYT reports on Carl Hart's work studying the self-control of crack and meth addicts. Maybe somebody can tell me how you get away w...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Sex jihad?

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"A number of Tunisian girls who had travelled to Syria to perform “sexual jihad” there have returned back home pregnant, Tunisian Inter...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Blogging oddities

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This site doesn't get a huge amount of traffic, and so when a post jumps way up in the stats I wonder about bots. And when a site jumps...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Judgment of Judas

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Jesus told the 12 in the upper room (or after the Rich Young Ruler: Matt 19:28) that they would sit on twelve thrones judging the tribes of...
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Monday, September 16, 2013

I'd give my left flipper for a Q-tip

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Apparently blue whales's ear wax keeps building up all life long. Light wax during feeding season, dark when migrating. But Trumble a...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Feynman lectures

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Volume 1 of the Feynman Lectures on Physics is online now. Physicists widely admire them, and some teachers re-read sections because his e...

Unexpected weakness

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I've had the usual set of diseases, including pneumonia and malaria, and I'm quite familiar with "weak as a kitten." It i...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Holidays

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I caught the tail end of a piece on the radio describing an effort (or a trial balloon) to get 9/11 declared a national day of remembrance. ...