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Veterans Day 2017

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Brian H. Gill

Tomorrow is Veterans Day in my country. It’s a national holiday, related to Armistice Day, Remembrance Day and Volkstrauertag. I’ll be talking mostly about what’s happened since 1914, why I don’t fear the future, and what I think we can … Continue reading →

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Science, Faith, and Me

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Brian H. Gill

This universe is bigger and older than some folks thought, a few centuries back. I don’t mind, at all. Besides, it’s hardly new information. We’ve known that we live in a big world for a long time. “Indeed, before you … Continue reading →

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A Century of Science

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Brian H. Gill

BBC News posted what a scientist thinks about we’ve learned in the last hundred years. That’s hardly news. What’s remarkable is that he didn’t go on to say that the sea will catch fire, or that if we don’t recycle … Continue reading →

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On the Halloween Express

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Brian H. Gill

Tomorrow is Halloween. I hope you have a good one. I mentioned St. Wolfgang of Regensberg, All Hallows’ and All Souls’ Day, and the autumnal equinox last year. Also Gaelic and Welsh traditions, jack-o’-lanterns, and Easter eggs. Enjoying my culture’s … Continue reading →

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Swatting Fast Flies

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Brian H. Gill

We’re a lot smarter than flies, which probably helps us swat them. But the insects are very good at being somewhere else when the flyswatter or newspaper hits whatever they were on. I’ve run into a few reasonable speculations. One … Continue reading →

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