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BROKEN

  • August 24, 2023
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People today behave differently about things than people in the past.  In fact, many words that were familiar only a century ago are a mystery to people today.  Back in the days of the Great Depression, and the years before and after, mothers used to “darn” socks and sweaters.  That meant closing holes in the sock or sweater with a needle and threat.  I remember iron-on patches for the knees of boys’ jeans because the child would wear out the fabric playing.  Tires on a...

Oceans between us

OCEANS BETWEEN US

I like many different forms of music. I enjoy light rap, pop, easy listening, some country, some jazz and a bit of opera, even. But fundamentally, I like rock and roll; U2, the Boss, REM, Journey, Loverboy, Bryan Adams and of course, Bon Jovi. One of my favorite rock bands years ago was Survivor.  They just knew how to rock out.  This was maybe the only group where I liked every single song they did.  They had one song in particular called “Oceans”...

The mysteries of Europa

THE MYSTERIES OF EUROPA

On January 7, 1610, the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei peered at Jupiter through a primitive telescope he had fashioned.  He described what he saw as “three fixed stars, totally invisible by their smallness,“ but over the next few nights, he noticed one more point of light, and that they changed positions.  Moreover, they moved in a direction that was opposite that of the other stars.  He eventually concluded that these were not truly “stars” but were actually four moons of Jupiter and they were subsequently called Io, Ganymede, Callisto and...

What Would Jesus Do?

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?

These are difficult times for our nation, for many reasons.  We know this from public opinion polling, from the lyrics of recent country music songs, from the angst, anger and confusion in people’s eyes.  We know this from the several civil and criminal indictments that have been filed against the previous president. We are inudated with choices, but what would Jesus do? In the worst of times, people will sometimes, perhaps wisely challenge their assumptions.  “What went wrong” they may ask?  People, patriots all...

ALIEN DNA

How I arrived here (wherever “here” is) The first time I heard the term “alien DNA” was while I was watching a news conference on CNN early into the pandemic. There were four or five or so men and women in a group called “America’s Frontline Doctors.” They were in Washington outside the U.S. Supreme Court building, or perhaps on the steps of the Capitol. They took turns speaking, and one particular doctor started referring to the COVID virus, possibly...

Wolf 359

WOLF 359

One of the many things I find fascinating is speculating on the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe. What life might emerge on a planet circling a white dwarf star, or a red giant, a pulsar? What if the planet was tidally locked? What if it was a waterworld, or an ice planet? The oceans on Ganymede, one of the moons of Jupiter are thought to be sixty miles deep with a thick crust of ice covering them. What...

My Cancer Journal

MY CANCER JOURNAL (8/2023)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023 (C DAY +188) This morning at 8:30, I checked in for my chemotherapy treatment.  Deena was at my side as she always is.  I could not bear this trial without her presence and support. My regular nurse practitioner is on vacation, but the nurse who filled in did an excellent job herself.  I requested the technician who catheterized me last time to perform the honors once again, and today’s procedure was the least uncomfortable by far, though I felt...

Pray for us--or else!. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev.

PRAY FOR US–OR ELSE!

Last Sunday, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev tweeted (or is it now called “X’d?”) that Russia’s enemies had better pray Russian forces in Ukraine were successful in winning the war, else Russia would have no choice but to go nuclear under current Russian doctrine. He was speaking in particular about Ukraine pushing Russia out of what Medvedev calls “our land.” Medvedev did not say what land he considers Russian land. More than likely, he meant the Crimea. But...

Plato's Cave

PLATO’S CAVE

In Book VII of Plato’s famous work Republic (written 375 BC), Plato speaks of an allegory to his older brother Glaucon, and the allegory is known today as Plato’s Cave. One purpose of the exercise is to show the difference between what perceived reality is and how it differes from true reality. It also examines the role of the philosopher in all of this. Plato was well-respected by the early (apostolic) church fathers. We call the first generation of Christian...

The Greatest RINO of all

THE GREATEST RINO OF ALL

For much of the past eight years, Donald J. Trump has claimed that his political enemies (basically any republican who disagrees with him and refuses to pay homage to him) are nothing more than RINO’s (Republicans in Name Only.) However, it should be clear that he, himself, is the greated RINO of all! Consider this: The Republican Party has been hijacked and has morphed into a personality cult focused on a six-time debtor (the term for someone who has filed...

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