April 18th, 2007
AstroProf has just written a very thoughtful and heartfelt post about the incident at Virginia Tech. I’ve come to really appreciate his thoughts and writings, his blog is of the highest quality, full of original posts from the mind of a critical thinker with deep convictions.
If he presents ideas in the classroom anywhere near […]
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April 1st, 2007
I actually think this post is appropriate for April 1st because this seems like a big joke to me, but perhaps my readers know more about this than I do.
I love the History Channel, most of my TV watching occurs on that channel or the science channel. Today, I stumbled in this show (don’t […]
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March 30th, 2007
I cannot remember a time in my life when I didn’t have a telescope. Since childhood, from a time before my earliest memories, there has been some kind of telescope in my possession.
I looked at the moon incessantly during the Apollo program in the 1960’s and 1970’s, I had many craters and mountain ranges […]
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March 3rd, 2007
This is a personal post. While there is some therapeutic value in writing about this, I think it is also relevant to many discussions we’ve had on this blog.
Yesterday, a friend told me something that, at first blush, wasn’t all that earth-shattering but after it had sunk in a bit, I was shocked at […]
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February 12th, 2007
You’ve had a hard week haven’t you Lisa? For some reason the plan you had devised didn’t work and now people you’ve never met from all over the world are saying things about you. Things that make me cringe. I have no idea what you were up to, but the thing is, […]
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February 11th, 2007
I’ve been a good boy all week. I’ve kept my skewed perspective all to myself and not imposed it on anyone since I was being mr-serious-astronomer-guy spewing forth astronomical information for the nobly named Just Science Week.
The thing is, I didn’t want to distract you. I wanted you to learn this stuff, […]
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February 8th, 2007
Skewed perspective time (”Yay.” “Daddy, I’m scared.” “It’s alright son, I’ll protect you from the strange man.” “w00t.”).
This is my contribution to the Science and Health Channel Theme Day, which this month is love.
Lately my life has afforded me many opportunities for reflection on matters of love and the heart. I’ve invested […]
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February 2nd, 2007
I know, these headlines are over the top aren’t they? Whatever am I going to do with me? At least it’s kinda relevant (if not a little strange) because this is February, the month of love and oogling, and there’s some serious oogling going on between Saturn and the Moon right now. […]
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January 25th, 2007
I think thoughts, that’s what I do. Thinking thoughts thoughfully is hard work, but I am a professional thought thinker; I’ve been trained and I have many special suits to protect me. Scientists are professional thought thinkers.
So, I think many, many thoughts throughout the day, and many of them are strange. […]
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