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  • If it isn’t Coincidence

    In Jungian psychology, we find the term ‘synchronicity’ – defined as “Coincidence of events that appear meaningfully related but do not seem to be causally connected, taken by Jungian psychoanalytic theory to be evidence of a connection between the mind and material objects.” We started the year with a pair of coincidental terrorist attacks – Read more

  • And a Few More Graphs

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  • Who made this Replica Remington Revolver?

    I’ve finally found a chance for alliteration.  In prose, not poetry.  The challenge was finding parts for an old, black powder revolver.  My revolver is inscribed with ‘EuroArms’ and looked like this when I bought it a bit over 50 years ago: There was a lot I didn’t know back then – I knew that Read more

  • NASA’s micro-mission Lunar Trailblazer will make macro-measurements of the lunar surface in 2025

    César León Jr., Washington University in St. Louis NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission is slated to return astronauts to the Moon no sooner than April 2026. Astronauts were last on the Moon in 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission. Artemis II will utilize NASA’s Space Launch System, which is an extremely powerful rocket that will Read more

  • Why Did it Have to be Garbage?

    I went to the greenboxes about noon on the Saturday after Christmas.  By carefully spreading out my garbage into vacant spaces in 4 dumpsters, I was able to unload my pickup.  I walked behind those dumpsters to see that, by noon, garbage had missed the containers and was on the ground. Garbage is no new Read more

  • The Eagle, The Turkeys and Two Ravens

    It’s Saturday afternoon, and I have just watched a young bald eagle attack a flock of turkeys – the attack started maybe 100 yards from me, and the turkeys immediately scattered and fled into the timber on the side of the hill. The eagle’s ability to dive and fly faster than the turkeys might have Read more