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Random Thought 6

Audio books allow one to “read” while gardening. Currently I’m “reading” Crytonomicon. I wish I could figure out how to blog while gardening. At what stage did life get so busy that it started feeling like a waste of time to concentrate...

Lightening bugs lost in light pollution

This evening I’m going avoid saying anything too profound or educational. My evening was spent eating grilled foods, and drinking things I’m sure weren’t healthy as I kicked back with many of the other faculty and their spouses. There is a magical...

Cosmic Backlighting: The Cosmic Microwave Background

This is the second part in what I had originally seen as a two part series on what may be the neatest tools in astronomy’s tool belt for indirectly examining the stuff of the universe. I say originally thought, because as I sit here writing, I’m thinking...

All your words

I just want to drop you, my gentle readers, a message to say that yes, I do read all your comments. Sometimes (like this week), I get frustrated that I don’t have the time to respond to all of you. I want to write in response to all your emails, but doing...