Category: The World
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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…
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The other side of the coin
Loving the reports I am hearing (and seeing) of people banding together with their brooms to help with clearing up after the recent unnecessary events. Loving it even more that the shops they are helping are also helping them by allowing them free access to their facilities! Loving the images of some of the hoodlums…
The Mansionic Perspective 