Sunsets, Stars, West, Wind
http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-week/2015/06/june-26july-5-2015
Look west for the next few evenings after sunset to catch Venus and Jupiter passing very near to each other.
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A nearly unbelievable list of accomplishments of the recently deceased Christopher, many of which were achieved before the age of 25!
One tidbit I did not know and which made me all warm and huzzy inside – Chris was a metal head! Now I’ve got to go get his award winning album enitled Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross.
You will be greatly missed, Mr. Lee.
R.I.P.
It must be June because my day lilies bloomed today:
I also briefly saw the sun today but alas, just like this recently passed May, the clouds hid it again.
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Tom strikes again with a gorgeous photograph of a full rainbow plus the double echo or shadow one.
Rainbow by Tom J. Martinez
Absolutely beautiful.
http://io9.com/how-chess-has-changed-over-the-last-150-years-1707692642
Chess is one of those games I know how to play but have no desire to play. As noted in this article, the rise of the machine has made human play almost an afterthought.
I like computers but I prefer to tell them what to do. Computers excel at trillions of calculations and quick logical comparisons. They do not sweat nor do they forget or fatigue. They will always win the every – possible – move grind.
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Free short SF story via my uncle’s blog. I liked it quite a bit when I first read it a couple years ago. Let me (or him) know what you think of it.
Have a great weekend!
https://theworldwar.org/memorialday2015
Free to the public. Opens this Friday at 2:30 pm staying through Memorial Day.
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Great blog posting over at Rottweiler Life: “13 Reasons Not to Get a Rottweiler”
I can confirm that #1, #2, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12 and #13 are all true with respect to the Rottweilers we’ve rescued over the years. Numbers 3 and 6 were the only ones I’m not sure about. But wait, there’s still time and more Rottweilers.
Hope that put a smile on your face this fine Friday.
http://io9.com/how-the-sinking-of-the-lusitania-heralded-an-entirely-n-1702800197
A less gentlemanly kind of war. Interesting short history on this 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.
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Report: Trolls can be detected early on – KCTV5.
I’ve been a moderator in various forums online over the years. My number one axiom is ‘Never Feed the Trolls!’
Now there’s a study to back up that assertion and to predict the birth of the next troll.