That is all.
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Trees: first they pollute and now they warm
Posted on May 31, 2011 by Michael Hawkins
We all know trees are major sources of pollution because Ronald Reagan intelligently said so back in the 80′s when he probably had early stage Alzheimer’s Disease: Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do. True story. But it’s worse than we ever imagined. It’s those damn trees that have been causing all this global warming: [...]
Filed under: Humor, News | Tagged: Dana Rohrabacher, Global Warming, Todd Stern | 19 Comments »
The return to Gulf Hagas
Posted on May 31, 2011 by Michael Hawkins
I wrote last year of my trip to Gulf Hagas. It was so darn swell that I decided to go again this year with Shambling After (who, AHEM, needs to blog more).
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Pictures to come
Posted on May 30, 2011 by Michael Hawkins
This isn’t my video, but I was here all day today. Yeah, Maine is okay.
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Thought of the day
Posted on May 29, 2011 by Michael Hawkins
It’s difficult to point out what the absolute worst argument is from believers. They are so many choices. But at least one of the worst has got to be when they attempt to dispute that the burden of proof lies with them, not atheists or agnostics or anyone else not making the positive claim. Granted, [...]
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Discarded trivia
Posted on May 29, 2011 by Michael Hawkins
Here is some more discarded trivia: Name the only mammals capable of delivering venom? (Humans do not count). There are three answers, but two of them are too specific/difficult. Since I don’t want to confuse everyone at trivia night by qualifying that I will accept broad groupings (such as “some dogs” or “some cats” – [...]
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Officer Ian Birk murders John T. Williams
Posted on May 28, 2011 by Michael Hawkins
They won’t show you this on Cops. This happened last year. Birk still has not been charged.
Filed under: Murder | Tagged: Ian Birk, John T Williams, Murder | 20 Comments »
Excercises
Posted on May 28, 2011 by Michael Hawkins
Ever since I was a little kid I can remember my grandfather’s weight set. He had benches and barbells and free weights and I think there was even a kettlebell or two at some point. He would always try and get his four grandsons to work out under his supervision. For quite some time he [...]
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“Missing” mass discovered
Posted on May 27, 2011 by Michael Hawkins
There are at least two types of mass in the Universe: dark mass (matter) and every day mass. The former represents about 83% of the matter in the Universe, but it has never been directly observed. In that way, it is “missing”. (Or at least it was before Zwicky proposed it – and it will [...]
Filed under: Astronomy/Cosmology/Physics | Tagged: Amelia Fraser-McKelvie, Fritz Zwicky, Kevin Pimbblet, Monash University School of Physics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | 3 Comments »
Thought of the day
Posted on May 27, 2011 by Michael Hawkins
“VEVO”, or whatever the hell that bullshit is, ruins YouTube videos. No, I do not want to go to a different screen, wait for ads to load all over the place, watch an ad, watch my video, then have another ad yell at me. And all the while the videos on the right side are [...]
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