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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy . . .

BONHOEFFER: PASTOR, SPY . . .

For my biography of Deitrich Bonhoeffer, please click here. This movie centers on a famous pastor who lived in Germany’s golden age known as the Third Reich (or Realm.) The previous two Reich’s, according to the Nazis, were the Holy Roman Empire and the half century or so of the German Empire ending with the conclusion of World War I. Acting was good, and most of the film was shot in Ireland. Period effects were as expected. It was over...

Folie à deux

Folie à deux

At the moment, my mind is racing.  As I get older (and I’m on the upside of 75), it becomes more of a challenge to organize one’s thinking and write academically, and this post will be particularly difficult because it involves a comparison and contrast between two nations in two different time periods, a discussion of an unusual form of mental illness (Folie à deux), and a movie review.  About the only thing missing here is my mother’s recipe for Sauerbraten, though I’ll include it...

GLIESE 667 AS A 3-BODY PROBLEM (三体)

GLIESE 667 AS A 3-BODY PROBLEM (三体)

As the Hubble and Webb telescopes discover more and more star systems, it was only a matter of time before systems with three or more stars that orbit each other or otherwise move in respect to each other were discovered.  Now, the once obscure hypothesis known as the “three-body problem” is making the astrophysical news as the reality of such a possibility becomes clear.  Here, we’ll look at the star system Gliese 667 as part of my exobiology research with a focus...

One Love

ONE LOVE

I have always liked Reggae.  As a child, I was introduced to Calypso music, popular in Trinidad and Americanized by Harry Belafonte.  We had county fairs and such when I was a teenager, and invariably there was a steel drum band featured that played Caribbean music.  As an adult, my favorite rock artists such as The Police and Peter Gabriel would play similar third world music.  It didn’t take much of a leap to collecting Bob Marley songs. In this post, I’d like to...

The Barbie Movie

Россияне любят <<Барби>>

Я – новичок в стране Барби. Все, кто вырос в Америке, слышали о Барби, которая, хорошо это или плохо, стала культурной иконой Запада. В прошлом месяце моя жена сходила на фильм о Барби, а через неделю – во второй раз, с двумя другими членами семьи. Во второй раз она, ее внучка и невестка оделись по этому случаю в розовое. Моя жена была в восторге от фильма и хотела, чтобы я его посмотрел. Мы договорились, что когда фильм появится на телевидении,...

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