December 25, 2007
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To get back to a theme of a previous post, why should any of us bother with “hard copy” reference materials when it’s so easy to look stuff up on the internet? Yes, I know. Most of us dropped the … Continue reading
December 24, 2007
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I know a lot of us have spent time laughing at that hapless beauty-queen contestant who flubbed the dub trying to answer a question about why so many people can’t find things that really should be obvious on a map. … Continue reading
December 23, 2007
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It may seem paradoxical, in light of the previous entry’s suggestion that one may take a stand against ignorance by watching more TV, that today’s suggestion is: Stop relying on radio, television and/or the internet as your primary source for … Continue reading
December 22, 2007
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There’s an old saying that goes “You learn something new every day.” Unfortunately, a lot of us don’t learn anything new, for days, even years at a time. This makes us all not only ignorant, but complacently so. Try making … Continue reading
December 21, 2007
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The simplest way we can each take a stand against ignorance is to support nonpolitical organizations whose purpose is the expansion of human knowledge. For example, you can subscribe to the National Geographic or Smithsonian Magazine or other similar publication … Continue reading
December 20, 2007
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We seem to live in an age that disdains learning. While this is nothing particularly new (heck, back in the stone age when I was in high school, the really popular kids weren’t always the smartest) it has become apparent … Continue reading
October 20, 2007
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I just can’t tell you how delighted I was to read this morning that J.K. Rowling told the world yesterday that the most beloved elder in Christendom (and I use that phrase deliberately) Albus Dumbledore is gay. Wow, who would … Continue reading
October 10, 2007
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According to the LA Times and other sources, Turkey is threatening to “cut off cooperation with the United States on a number of security fronts” if a resolution currently before Congress goes through. The resolution refers to the deaths of … Continue reading
September 16, 2007
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My current book is Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest by Gerard Degroot. The subtitle, I think, should really be A Cynical Luddite Curmudgeon Looks at the Space Race. I’m among the first … Continue reading
September 4, 2007
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You’d think that eyeglasses would be the last thing one would want to order through the mail. Up till today I was pretty much of that opinion myself. But my eyeglass prescription had changed considerably over the last year in … Continue reading
