Monday, January 1, 2024

2024: The Year in Books

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Here is a list of books (or other long-form works) that I have read for the year. They will come in many formats (paper or pBooks; electroni...
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2024: The Year In Shorts

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As with the past several years, I'm going to attempt to read a number of shorter works (primarily fiction, if the past is a guide) equal...
Sunday, June 25, 2023

Eco's Favorites

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  From Literary Hub , Umberto Eco's favorite books . "Deep Cut"? Seriously? Dumas? Joyce? Jesus wept. 
Monday, January 9, 2023

Green Visitor

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  Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), now appearing in our skies. Between the blue tails and the green he...
Sunday, January 8, 2023

It's Elementary, My Dear Watson

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Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the familiar periodic table of the elements, coded as to origin of said elements. We are, as...
Saturday, January 7, 2023

Cosmic Voyagers

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  Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the International Space Station and the Tiangong Space Station "passing" in the ...
Friday, January 6, 2023

Lunar Cycles

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  Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the full moons of 2022. Hopefully you get a chance to enjoy 2023's lunar bounty (I usu...
Thursday, January 5, 2023

Sisters

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  Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Messier 45, The Pleiades, or the Seven Sisters, children of Atlas and Pleione. Those who a...
Wednesday, January 4, 2023

The Menace of the Galaxies

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  Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows a galaxy being menaced by a cometary globule (CG4). A cometary globule has the same relati...
Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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  Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the asterism known as Kemble's Cascade. Twenty-odd stars, all (more or less) in a row,...
Monday, January 2, 2023

March of the Planets

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  Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the western sky after sunset. "Mouseover" the image in the link to flip the imag...
Sunday, January 1, 2023

Blue and Green

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Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is an image from Voyager 1 . Nearly lost in the haze of Saturn's rings is our small rock of a ...

2023: The Year in Shorts

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 As with the past several years, I'm going to attempt to read a number of shorter works (primarily fiction, if the past is a guide) equa...

2023: The Year in Books

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Here is a list of books (or other long-form works) that I have read for the year. They will come in many formats (paper or pBooks; electroni...