Earth

It may only be visible on the other side of the world, but I feel it.
The one time I ever experienced a solar eclipse (and a partial one at that), I decided to divorce my first wife! This was as irrevocable as the motion of the heavenly bodies themselves. To me a solar eclipse [...]

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It’s cool inside the old adobe, maybe 69°, tops, during the hottest part of the day.
This is what the old wreck of a mud house is best at. Today my wife found a Craigslist ad for a passive solar house rental near her studio, and I shuddered just a bit (the neighborhood in question [...]

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This is the sort of thing I usually leave for Twitter now, but it’s so fascinating, I want to post it here.
As you may or may not know, there have been some real whoop-dee-doo crop circles appearing near Wiltshire, England over the last few weeks. (See here.) They’re the kind of thing that should be [...]

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We’re on a road trip. I’m very pressed for time right now, but here’s a video to get you started!

Who knew you could do this from a motel room in Nebraska?! Geez, I need to tweak the video (later). There’s lots more of this on tap, please check back later!
UPDATE: Well, America is still here. [...]

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I decided to take my head out of my navel and look around this morning, but maybe I shouldn’t have. Here’s another bit of news this Easter Sunday that makes you wonder if Western civilization truly has any right to live:
In 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. Its nine million people have been teetering on [...]

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Just what nobody needs: unusual seismic activity under Yellowstone Lake for the past three days, coming right after the new moon on Saturday. For those of you who don’t know, the Moon’s gravitational pull is strongest at these periods. The official earthquake data isn’t particularly alarmist, as there are frequent clusters of quakes in the [...]

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Something very strange is going on:
BOOTHBAY HARBOR (NEWS CENTER) — Some boats were scratched and docks damaged Tuesday afternoon when low tide became high within a matter of minutes.
Locals in the area say it happened about 6 or 7 times throughout the afternoon. They say it surged in within a matter of 5 minutes, then [...]

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