Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »
I was at my favorite Borders bookstore looking over the various subjects in their Science section when I got the idea I should go home and look on Amazon to see how their Science section stacks up. I love book shopping in bookstores but I love reading the reader reviews before buying a book. And [...]
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Men and Women on February 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When I was young I didn’t think aging would be much of a problem. I imagined it was just a matter of becoming wrinkled and losing hair. “Geez, I can handle that,” I thought at the time, but boy was I ever wrong. I was reminded of those thoughts the other day when my friend [...]
Posted in Astronomy on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I wrote “The Lights in the Sky are Stars” I was trying to remind people we live in this far out universe but most people fail to look up and notice. Sadly, light pollution has destroyed the impact of the night sky thus diminishing our sense of wonder. Now I’m reading Einstein by Walter [...]
Posted in Audio Books on February 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love audio books. One of the first things I wanted to hear when I discovered audio books was stories by Robert A. Heinlein. And the first books I wanted to hear the most were all the Heinlein juveniles. I joined Audible.com at the beginning of 2002 and my first two monthly selections were The [...]
Posted in Computers on February 3, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Those cute, I’m a Mac and I’m a PC, commercials really irritate me. Now I don’t want to get into the whole PC versus the Mac thing although at times it might seem like I am. What I want to explore is our love-hate relationships with our computers. No matter how much you love [...]
Posted in Science Fiction on February 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
My power went off Tuesday afternoon just as I was getting home from work and didn’t come back on for twenty-six hours. It was cold and dark outside and I sat bundled up in blankets thinking about what I would blog. My two cats struggled for the warmest place on my lap while I listened to [...]
