Category: The World
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Stand back, citizens!
Every now and then, you are called upon to do some kind of super-heroics that leave you wondering what would have happened if you hadn’t been there. Or maybe, that’s just me. Twice this week, I have had to jump to the rescue of ordinary people going about their ordinary business. Or, extra-ordinary people involved…
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The Brand-New Drive-Thru Review
Today’s review is about the newly opened intergalactic drive through just beyond Mars. Actually, the drive-thru itself is on Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, and the decision to have the drive-thru there has caused a little resentment, especially with the supporters of Mars’ other moon, Deimos, and the Cytherean Movement (those Venusian traditionalists!), who…
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The Three Marys
I’ve found myself, once again, thinking of Betelgeuse this week. I last wrote about Betelgeuse in my post Night as bright as day? back in January 2011, and the speculation that it is due to go supernova sometime soon. Betelgeuse makes up part of the Winter Triangle, or the Great Southern Triangle, with Sirius and…
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Ministers without a purpose
I am not at all politically minded. I don’t like politics of any kind, not the governmental kind, the office kind, or the little one-on-one kind. To me, it’s all manipulation, co-operation, beg, steal or borrow, or you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. I constantly have an itchy back, and manage to scratch…
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Literae Antiquitas
A bit of a random post this evening… even more so than usual! To the left is an image of a part of an ancient document discovered sometime around 1930. It is written in Latin, but it is very easy to translate into English what is actually being said. The ancient text that it is…
The Mansionic Perspective 