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Sunday, October 25, 2015

A Pat’s Hats Special…

I have a confession to make: I am a guy who easily gives in to curiosity. “Curiosity killed the cat”, they say, and maybe I’m lucky – I ain’t dead yet, I assure you, although there have been moments… But it has always been thus: If something awakened my curiosity, it would bug me and somehow gnaw... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

The Pitfalls of Beauty and Progress…

There was a time I could have dealt with it! It would have been simple even for someone like me, who is not blessed even with the inclination to occupy himself with such matters, let alone the knowledge … I could have, and I actually did, on several occasions that I won’t bore you with! But things... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 18, 2015

A Doggie’s Eyes…

We all know that for dogs the nose has it – it’s #1! Then it’s a toss-up between ears and eyes… For us the world is one of colour and shapes, but for a dog the world is really quite different than it is for us – it’s also filled with an ever changing ‘landscape’ of smells of a richness we can barely... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Naut’s Fabulous Quickie Lunch…

Ciel wrote about a healthy soup she made today with stuff that was getting tired, and it sounded good. Here’s what I made today… I don’t know if there’s really and in principle a correlation between any particular food’s ‘health quotient’ (HQ) and the time it takes to prepare it, but that may be the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 12, 2015

Forgotten English…29

In spite of what Topsell tells us, you might want to be careful when you meet this one – mainly because of its mother… camelopardal This beast is engendered of a camel and a female libbard. The head of the camelopardal is like a camel’s, his neck like a horse’s, and his body like a harts. The color... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 5, 2015

Forgotten English…28

For a second I thought I had one of these in front of me… compurgator In Glasgow, an official whose duty it was to clear the streets of strollers during church time on Sundays…In reference to Old English, the usual term with modern historians for the “oath helpers” whom a person on trial was allowed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 4, 2015

About Science…XXXII

It’s Sunday again, Boys and Girls… And when it’s Sunday, we often have Sunday School, right? Not always, I admit, and there’s sometimes school on other days as well, but hey, nothing is perfect, not even Sunday School… Some of you will remember that we spoke of the strange phenomenon that a moving... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 3, 2015

Forgotten English…27

I don't think there are many of these left around - or are there? propheciographer One who writes down or records prophecies - Sir James Murray’s New English Dictionary, 1909 London Judgment Day. No little consternation was created in London in 1736 by the prophecy of the famous William Whiston that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

About Science…XXXI

“Class? Again? What’s going on? Is there never an end to all this learning stuff?” I know, I know, boys and girls, it’s a tough life, but I did promise to tell you how it is that time slows down when you’re moving fast! And I like to keep my promises – I don’t always keep them, but I like to keep... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

About Science…XXX

Well, boys and girls, it may not be Sunday, but since I noticed some of you were virtually panting in anticipation to have the mystery of time’s transformation in speeding objects explained, we’ll hold class on this day… Of course (I almost said ‘of coarse’, LOL, just to please our good Vermont, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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