Gorilla Watching Cat Video

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I can’t figure out how to embed this (short) video, so I’ll just have to give you the link, at TheAtlantic.com: http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2015/11/even-gorillas-cant-resist-smartphones/413902/ The commenter noted that the girl seemed to be ignoring the magnificent creature beside her. I actually found … Read More

Another New Star Trek!

posted in: Star Trek, TV 2

CBS announced today that they’re launching a new Star Trek series in January of 2017, to be aired on their paid subscription channel CBS All Access. The first episode will be on broadcast TV, to get us hooked. Alex Kurtzman, … Read More

Massive Ebook Sale at Kobobooks!

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This one took me completely by surprise. Starting today, Kobo is running a huge half-price sale on all ebooks published directly with them by the authors (through a program called Kobo Writing Life). That’s a huge number of books, and … Read More

I Guess I’m Not 25 Anymore

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I hadn’t played softball in at least twenty years, and when a bunch of people at our church retreat (on Thompson Island, in lovely Boston Harbor) got a game going, I thought, Why not? It’ll be fun! And it was, … Read More

Lunar Eclipse, with Lightning

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Check out this stunning photo in full size on Astrononomy Picture of the Day, with explanation. Photo by Jose Antonio Hervás. Check out his site, too, for a lot of stunning photographs.

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