Category Archives: Journal

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Alcubierre Drive: a New, Subluminal, Physical Solution

It’s been 30 years since a Mexican theoretical physicist said that a warp drive was possible: hypothetically. And published math that backed up his claim. Last month, a team of scientists showed how we could build a warp drive: again, … Continue reading

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Well, That’s Frustrating.

UPDATE, about 20 minutes later. My son spotted the problem, corrected it, and I should be able to make this week’s post available shortly. Thank you for your patience. And a big thank you to my son! xxxx This week’s … Continue reading

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Frost, Smoke: Another Spring Day in Minnesota

That’s what the weather map showed last night: frost advisories for Minnesota’s northern counties, air quality alerts over the rest of the state. The air quality alert is still in effect for my part of the state and points south. … Continue reading

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Grief, Chatbots, AI, and (Sort of) Talking With Dead People

Folks have a great many ways of dealing with grief and loss. For example, folks at the hospital took a photo of our youngest daughter. She died shortly before birth. That photo’s on an ‘in loving memory of’ memorial card … Continue reading

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Radiation Therapy Done

We got good news today. Number-two daughter is done with radiation therapy, at least for now. What happens next: that’s something we don’t know. Thanks for the prayers — and I’m hoping that the obviously-happy news continues. What with one … Continue reading

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