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('The Curt Jester', Jeff Miller: atheist-turned-Catholic) - tiberjudy
Happy. Southern. Catholic. - Time for Reflections
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Brian H. Gill
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Tag Archives: getting a grip
Double Jupiters, a JuMBO Puzzle; Antimatter Falls Down
Every time we develop new tech for studying this universe, we find something new. New to us, that is. This week, I’ll be talking about unexpected Jupiter-size objects in the Orion Nebula, and why scientists at CERN dropped a few … Continue reading
Unidentified Phenomena, Being Human, Taking Reality As-Is
NASA’s “UAP Independent Study Team Report” used the words stigma, destigmatize, or destigmatizing about a dozen times. At 31 mostly-text pages, that works out to one of those words every two and a half pages. That’s nowhere near the frequency … Continue reading
Prescription Quest: Another Month’s Epic Saga
First, the good news. Two days of this month’s quest for a prescribed medication have passed without incident. I’ve asked my pharmacy to request legal authorization: so that they may sell me another month’s supply of methylphenidate. They’ll also be … Continue reading
A House in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Folks living in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, are not having a good time. The last I checked, the Northwest Territories capital was being evacuated. Understandably, since there’s less than a mile of open water between Yellowknife and one of Canada’s … Continue reading
Good Nutrition, Radioactive Breakfast Cereal
I’d prefer living in an America where doctors never used kids as lab animals, and “feeble-minded” folks who were already locked up were not feared by the powers that be. But I live in a very real America. We had … Continue reading
