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Showing posts with label Star Trek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Trek. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Tree Shaped Tombstones - some Jewish examples from St. Paul. And from Vulcan.

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  Tree Shaped Tombstones are not evenly distributed among different faiths.  From my extensive - if unscientific - study, I'd say they a...
Monday, December 2, 2024

A. I. gets all chatty....

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I've been tapping the keyboard here for many years.  Mostly of course just me sending thoughts out into the cluttered void that is the i...
Monday, July 17, 2023

Strange New Star Trek - An Incomplete Review

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It is difficult to explain the significance of Star Trek in our culture.  In its original incarnation it was a hastily produced, low budget ...
Friday, May 1, 2020

Alas and Alack

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It's rare for current events to creep into an etymology posting.  But in a recent email I used the phrase "Alas and alack" and...
Friday, January 10, 2020

Coincidence? I think not.

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The robotics team does not do late night marathon sessions.  Nobody does their best work under those conditions although in our adult career...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020

The Time Travel Alley

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I mentioned in my meandering New Year's post that I've been thinking about Time.  So here's a little mental exercise.  Take five...
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Friday, January 3, 2020

Dispatches from an Alternate Work Shop

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My long years of involvement in student robotics projects have taught me a lot.  For instance, Sharpie markers....you never have enough of t...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

An Eccentric Museum

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On our way back from excavating at Vindolanda I proposed a stop to our gracious drivers.  The Museum of Classic Science Fiction in Allend a...
Monday, April 23, 2018

Walking into the Past

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We met up with some old friends from Residency recently.  Three decades and change since we'd seen each other.  Lots to talk about.  We ...
Monday, October 9, 2017

Worm Hole Aliens

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Fall in the air so on a recent weekend it was time to get the "Up North" place ready for winter.  The dock is now in, the firewood...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Star Trek Discovery. A Review and a Performance Review

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I have been a fan of Star Trek since the beginning.  I watched the first episode of the Original Series when it premiered and have been at l...
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Friday, September 1, 2017

The Thrift Sale buy that (fortunately?) got away.

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Now there's something you don't run across at your average yard sale....a deep fryer. I hesitated and did not grab it at the f...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

First Contact - 16th Century

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For your consideration today, one of of those little finds that has the potential to entirely revise our view of history. As mentioned, Vi...
Sunday, May 28, 2017

Decloaking

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I have been blogging for six years or so, and on Facebook for about half that time. Essentially in this and all internet activities I ha...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Dr. Who Saves the Enterprise

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I don't make a big deal out of the fact that I am able to travel back and forth in time.  Most people find my stories implausible.  The ...
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Monday, June 6, 2016

Signs of the Times - Medical Edition

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With overseas travels behind me and only a couple of road trips for the foreseeable future I figured I might as well go back to work a bit t...