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of hatred and love | One More Epicycle
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The improbable adventures of a reformed anglo-catholic conservative planetary astrophysicist from Alberta in London ’s East End. Of hatred and love. Posted by DSM in politics. The inimitable Jay Nordlinger writes at the Corner of a friend of his. She said to me, out of the blue, What do you think of Sarah Palin? And while I was drawing breath to answer, she said, I hate her. Of a movie that left him unimpressed with the scriptwriters, to put it mildly:. Here’s why: They hated every major character ...
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vegetables and enlightenment | One More Epicycle
https://onemoreepicycle.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/vegetables-and-enlightenment
The improbable adventures of a reformed anglo-catholic conservative planetary astrophysicist from Alberta in London ’s East End. Posted by DSM in daily life. I’m currently struggling to overcome a mysterious energy-sapping will-to-live-destroying illness which makes it hard to eat, lie down, stand, sit, walk, sleep, and so on. So I’m trying to think of happier times, and one was a few weeks ago when I managed to drift into some weird perfectly awake and lucid but somehow not-quite-there state. All at onc...
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truth without hope | One More Epicycle
https://onemoreepicycle.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/truth-without-hope
The improbable adventures of a reformed anglo-catholic conservative planetary astrophysicist from Alberta in London ’s East End. Posted by DSM in QOTD. Ain’t nothing, really, but a meanness in this world. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
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natural problems | One More Epicycle
https://onemoreepicycle.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/natural-problems
The improbable adventures of a reformed anglo-catholic conservative planetary astrophysicist from Alberta in London ’s East End. Posted by DSM in astronomy. 1) Sage explained that Nature only publishes 7% of submitted papers, and roughly 12% of the astronomy-related submitted papers, because they’re looking for only the best papers. This isn’t true, though: they don’t publish the best papers. Not even close. The articles in astronomy in Nature are usually pretty terrible. Sage argued in Nature’s de...
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unintended consequences, example umptillion | One More Epicycle
https://onemoreepicycle.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/unintended-consequences-example-umptillion
The improbable adventures of a reformed anglo-catholic conservative planetary astrophysicist from Alberta in London ’s East End. Unintended consequences, example umptillion. Posted by DSM in science. I like the idea of saving the Earth. I grew up in a town with lots of parkland and I’ve never quite adjusted to the more urban environments I’ve lived in since. So when I read this article. Describing how an envirofriendly Toyota Prius was crushed in a miles-per-gallon test by a BMW 520d (!
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disclaimer | One More Epicycle
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The improbable adventures of a reformed anglo-catholic conservative planetary astrophysicist from Alberta in London ’s East End. In principle, this page shouldn’t be necessary. In practice it may very well be; there have been several recent cases where blogging academics were denied tenure, and it’s a matter of some controversy to what degree their blogging affected the decisionmaking of the promotions committee. In any case, I invoke the standard net.disclaimer. I’ve spent my life being in an invi...
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he’s right! give us hell, Quimby! | One More Epicycle
https://onemoreepicycle.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/hes-right-give-us-hell-quimby
The improbable adventures of a reformed anglo-catholic conservative planetary astrophysicist from Alberta in London ’s East End. Give us hell, Quimby! Posted by DSM in faith. As they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. Hosanna in the highest!
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second act | One More Epicycle
https://onemoreepicycle.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/second-act
The improbable adventures of a reformed anglo-catholic conservative planetary astrophysicist from Alberta in London ’s East End. Posted by DSM in astronomy. There’s some discussion here of bringing Nagasawa-sama over here, which would be really cool. I’m too junior to have the budget to do it myself but some of our mutual friends do! After Japan it was off to Victoria for CASCA, which was enjoyable though I have to admit not as much fun as usual. Not sure why, although I suspect it was because not al...
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no thanks, I already have plans | One More Epicycle
https://onemoreepicycle.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/no-thanks-i-already-have-plans
The improbable adventures of a reformed anglo-catholic conservative planetary astrophysicist from Alberta in London ’s East End. No thanks, I already have plans. Posted by DSM in politics. I did get a kick out of the poster sales, though: on the same billboard, there were two communism-related posters, one above the other. I guess the poster company had put them together because they were both “progressive” or something. The one on top read “ Welcome to the Party. That Marx guy was all talk! Ah, the Left.