Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Lack of Religion is not the Presence of Science

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Recent polls from the Pew Trust and Gallup assert that 30% of Americans self-identify as Not Religious along the spectrum from Atheist to Do...
Monday, August 29, 2022

A New Microscope

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To support my emotional buy-in to my most important medications , I responded to an email from AmScope. I shopped for a binocular microscop...
Sunday, August 28, 2022

THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY REVISITED

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With a hospital a mile away and schools all around, my northern sky here is worse than it was in Austin. Except for finding Messier 81 three...
Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Invictus

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I learned the poem in seventh grade English. The our teacher, Mr. Hart, said that he held a thesis that it was actually translated from Lati...
Wednesday, August 10, 2022

My Armadillocon Presentations

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I attend Armadillocon because it serves writers with workshops and panel discussions and science presentations. As a technical writer, I try...
Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Armadillocon 44: Day 3

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Hard science topics, especially on space exploration, are always a panel or a presentation at Armadillocon.  “Space Tries to Kill You” (7 Au...
Monday, August 8, 2022

Armadillocon 44 Part 2

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The convention lost two of its founders, Willie Siros and Joe W. Bratcher III and memorials were held to celebrate both of them. Willie Siro...
Sunday, August 7, 2022

Armadillocon 44 Day 1 and Day 2

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The 2022 convention was almost back to pre-Covid glory. The first night and the second day and night were productive for us. Different from ...
Sunday, July 31, 2022

How do you make God laugh?

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How do you make God laugh? Tell him your plans.   I have been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer in some cells found in the b...