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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome (late Saturday edition)

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Trains are wonderful and people are garbage, which is in partial response to… :: …Amtrak is running a pilot program for writers’ retreats on their trains. If accepted, I guess you literally get to ride … Continue reading

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Symphony Saturday

In 1833, after a concert of his music, Berlioz was introduced to Niccolo Paganini, who was already one of the most famous figures in the musical world, owing to his unimaginable virtuosity with the violin. (Paganini is one of those … Continue reading

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Wow.

Moon over northeast Greenland, originally uploaded by NASA Goddard Photo and Video. That is all.

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Instaweek

The week in photos! Have a great weekend, everyone, and Happy Pi Day!

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Fixing the Prequels: Revenge of the Sith (part nine)

previously: eight seven six five four three two one OK, this is long…quite long. But necessary, because this is when we finally get to the meat of the whole thing. At the end of last entry, Mace Windu had placed … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday (Freakishly late, almost-Friday edition)

Whoa, sorry to be so late with this feature! But anyway, I was reading an article on Cracked a bit ago that said some mean things about the 1980s era for the band Genesis. I take exception to this, because, … Continue reading

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

Probably did this before, but what the heck…name something that culture has decided is Full Of Awesome which just leaves you with that “Meh” feeling.

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A Very Public Service Announcement

Whoa Nellie! Life has become quite busy the last few days and likely will remain so for the foreseeable future. Nothing bad, in any way, but blogging is likely to happen at a reduced or inconsistent pace for the next … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Secret passage bookshelves. I dig this notion. :: I note with sadness the passing of Geoff Edwards, who was a staple of my teevee watching as a kid, because he was…a game show host! As … Continue reading

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Symphony Saturday

Yeah. That’s not all that inaccurate. What happened was this: Berlioz went to Paris to study music, and by all accounts he was a good student, if a bit rebellious and marked with a tendency to stubbornly do things in … Continue reading

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