Holiday Highlights

Published in December 26th, 2007

Posted by Alan in Life

Happy Holidays!
2007 has been good to us. Last Christmas season, we rented a new place in Shoreline (North of Seattle), a three-level condo with almost 1400 square feet and a nice location behind a wooded area. Much quieter than our old place in the U District!
Also, early in 2007, Anne got a new job! She’s [...]

Truthout.org

Published in December 22nd, 2007

Posted by Alan in Uncategorized

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For many years, I’ve relied on Truthout.org to talk about the things that don’t get full air time or full explanation on the major networks and news sources.
Just a couple months ago, a couple of major internet service providers put the squeeze on them — they started labelling all Truthout messages (which Truthout only sends [...]

Son of Sputnik

Published in December 19th, 2007

Posted by Alan in Exploration, the Universe

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This last October 5 was the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the Earth. Between, 1957 and 1969, only twelve years past, yet we went from orbiting the Earth to landing a man on the moon. In the face of such a burst of pyrotechnics, we might ask what’s [...]