Author Archives: Brian H. Gill

About Brian H. Gill

I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.

Pope Francis and an Open Catholic Church 0 (0)

On his way back from World Youth Day in Lisbon, Pope Francis said that folks who aren’t perfect can be Catholics. Since he was a tad more specific in how he expressed the idea, we got headlines like this: “Pope … Continue reading

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Frog and Spider are Friends 0 (0)

I’ve decided to list this post in the “Science News” category, although it doesn’t feature a current news item. That’s because some of the tarantula-and-frog research has been news, and current spiders-have-pet-frogs videos remind me of human interest stories, back … Continue reading

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Update: Air Conditioner Fixed :) 0 (0)

A technician was here this morning (August 3, 2023) — and the needed part was in stock. So now we have our main air conditioning system back online, and the part of the house we’re in most of the time … Continue reading

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Power Failure Last Week, Now Equipment Failure 0 (0)

This has been another interesting week, and it still is. First, the Good News We haven’t lost power this week, here in Sauk Centre. I mentioned last week’s electricity-free Monday in last week’s post: “…when my town’s power came back … Continue reading

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Fusion Rocket Engines, SETI and Science: Seriously 0 (0)

Nerd alert! This week I used words like deuterium and magnetohydrodynamics. And I may have gone into more detail that necessary about why we didn’t have fusion power generators in the 1960s. A British company’s plans for test-firing a fusion … Continue reading

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