Left Standing in Mid-Air
2015-01-20 – What do conservative believe about evolution? It’s probably mixed. Some go along with it. Some don’t. Their religious friends certainly don’t. And if liberals believe in evolution, it […]
Tag Archives: Science
I’m Coming Out as Cisgendered
2015-01-18 – I’m not exactly sure where to start. I think I’ve always known it, but I never had a word for it. I do now and I don’t want […]
Search for a Habitable Mars
2015-01-13 – The geese have apparently decided that Chicago is no longer habitable. They haven’t shown up in my park for several weeks. Don’t know if it’s because of the […]
Waste Not, Want Not
2014-11-09 – Right-wingers love to complain about waste in government. Now I’m not going to disagree about this. I am not going to defend waste. Of course, it all depends […]
Flying at Dusk
2014-10-30 – I like to fly at dusk. This doesn’t happen often. It depends on the time of year. And it may depend on which direction I am flying. The […]
It Could Be Worse. We Could Have Sidereal Time
2014-10-28 – Lefty’s first walk of the day is now in darkness. So is his last walk. The days are getting shorter. For just short of the next two months […]
A Blood Moon at Dawn
2014-10-09 – I have scoffed at Super Moons. But I don’t scoff at lunar eclipses. We had a chance to see one yesterday and I was there. With my wife […]
The Firewall Against Ebola—It’s the Government
2014-10-02 – No you don’t have Ebola. And you’re not going to get it either—unless you go to West Africa. Not in the United States. Why? Because we have effective […]
A Sweltering 134456.7 Degrees in the Shade
2014-09-16 – I’ve gotten into the habit of looking at the dashboard of Kit’s truck when I want to know the temperature. My car doesn’t display temperature, but I have […]
Tonight’s Super Moon Celebrates the Anniversary of EightOh9
2014-08-10 – Yesterday was the second anniversary of the current version of my EightOh9 blog. My original blog started on January 22, 2004. But after three years, some family events […]
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