Islamic Scholar on Neanderthals and Aliens
My discussions with mainstream Christian theologians about aliens usually leaves me disappointed. But this discussion by an Islamic scholar did not. A thoughtful discussion of where Aliens and Cavemen...
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Washington Ballet’s Frontier
This may appeal to others besides myself. I wish I could see it. From the Washington Post: “Okay, you walk — one, two, three, four, five, six, seven — and kneel on eight,” Stiefel tells Sarah Steele, a...
View ArticleOne Weekend, Two Launches, One Refurbished Stage, Two Recovered Stages
I like a feller who tain’t afeared to swagger.
View ArticleAmbiguity
The other day, His Majesty and I were in a bit of a rush to get to a formal dinner and fund raiser. We don’t attend many such events any more — for which I am deeply grateful — but His Majesty insisted...
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Space X Mars Plans
I love a feller who boasts until he is blue in his fizzyognomees. I do the same mahself. Why, many o’ mah most specktackulary feats wuz accomplished by dint o’ wakin’ up the next morning and...
View ArticleFalcon Heavy Success
Goldurn ya, SpaceX, yer a peach. I reckon this hyere day counts as the fustest day o’ the dadblame 21st century.
View ArticleR.I.P. Art Bell
Famed radio host of the desert, Art Bell, has died, crossed the veil, gone to the spirit world, ascended, passed to another dimension, transited the portal.
View ArticleSettling Mars
This hyere feller has a passel o’ highfalutin’ reasons for settlin’ Mars. Thems my reasons to, I reckon. The fact o’ the matter is, he up and stole them from me. You wouldn’t think it to look at me,...
View ArticleFeast of the Holy Reset
One of my traditions for the first day of the new year is what I jocularly call the Feast of the Holy Reset. The idea is pretty simple. I unblock everyone I’ve blocked during the last year at Facebook,...
View ArticleGatekeeper
Ain’t no p’int buildin’ an outpost, seein’ as how a proper settlement is like to be easier.
View ArticleTrump Admin Drafting New Space Treaty that Allows Ownership
Dadgum, taint a moment too soon. I shore hav taken a shine to the plashures of shootin’ claimjumpin’ varmints as what figger to deprive me o’ my lawful squatters’ rights. Natcherally. Yet havin’ the...
View ArticleSocial-distancing, 1956 Sci-fi style.
Isaac Asimov was 64 years ahead of his time in The Naked Sun.
View ArticleSpaceX Dragon
The Grand Ol’ Republic has got back in the saddle o’ manned space flight. I reckon as we’ve been a long time gone. Widowmaker is natcherally bucked for the company. https://www.spacex.com/launches/
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The ideal squirrel
I mean this in the Platonic sense. A computer trained to recognized squirrels, by being shown a huge number of examples of squirrel versus not-squirrel, was instructed to draw an image of a squirrel....
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Scale model of solar system, 7 miles.
They constructed a scale model of the solar system in the desert, with seven miles representing the distance from the Sun to Neptune, and with the Earth being 1/2 inch in diameter....
View ArticleKen Mattingly Turns 80
On Thursday Ken Mattingly, the youngest man among those who ever ventured beyond low Earth orbit, turned 80. A couple others were younger than Admiral Mattingly at the time of their respective...
View ArticleRock Guitarists Get Older Too
From an interview with Dave Keuning, Killers guitarist: In 2008, Rolling Stone said you were saving money to book a trip on Virgin’s first commercial space flight. Is that something you’re still...
View Article*ELON’S NEW and USED ROCKETS* (Buy Here / Pay Here)
‘Scuse me for scoopin’ Pecos Bill who usually posts these news bits. (Ah’ll try ta give it sum Pecos-isms to give it the raht savor.) But this is a big, big, BIG thang. And I couldn’ contain mysef. A...
View ArticleIslamic Scholar on Neanderthals and Aliens
My discussions with mainstream Christian theologians about aliens usually leaves me disappointed. But this discussion by an Islamic scholar did not. A thoughtful discussion of where Aliens and Cavemen...
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Washington Ballet’s Frontier
This may appeal to others besides myself. I wish I could see it. From the Washington Post: “Okay, you walk — one, two, three, four, five, six, seven — and kneel on eight,” Stiefel tells Sarah Steele, a...
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