Superhero comic books can be fickle things. They continuously shift from one interpretation to another I believe to adapt to the times and conditions in the “real world.” One of the greatest villains in all of superhero legend is The Joker . However, it has never been stated definitively how he came to be or […]
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Well I just saw the movie, now I’m going to explore some the science (or lack of it) involved in this journey. In Jules Verne’s original book, the center of the earth is a large cave like area with some sort of electro magnetic field producing light. Same in the movie. Current Science views the
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I have a book for people with little or no background in Astronomy. It is called quite simply “The Stars — A New Way to See Them” by H. A. Rey. I learned my constellations by the having start charts with lines connecting the various stars in a group (constellations and asterisms) and except for
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Currently (as I write this), my top read posts contain two posts I wrote about books. If I look at the posts from the last 10 days, I find posts about books take 4 of the top 10 spots. I just found this fascinating. In fact one of my best few days in blogging (most
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Sort of… Years ago, one of my favorite things to watch was the series “Mystery” on PBS. I’m not even sure they have that on anymore, but I enjoyed it when it was on. This series generally brought classic fiction mystery novels to television. Hosted at one time by Vincent Price and then Diana Rigg,
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Ok, it is late at night, early in the morning again. I had about 1/2 hour nap earlier today, and I’m wide awake again… So my list of favorite books. 1 – 4 The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy — Tolkien 5-11 The 7 Harry Potter Books — Rowling 12-14 The Chronicles of
Stole this one from Tanja’s site. It looked like fun. The Big Read, an initiative by the National Endowment for the Arts, estimates that the average adult has read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed. How about you? 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Italicize those you
I commented on something in another site, that got me thinking about time travel, instantaneous travel, and relativistic travel. Some heavy thinking for this late in the day, but I’m here now. Time travel has been in our collective stories for centuries. The early stories were all using magic or wishes to go back in
Well, to his creator anyway. Ian Fleming was born May 28, 1908. WOW… that would make him 100 years old today… of course he passed away many years ago. Ironically, he left the world mere months after the release of From Russia with Love on the big screen in 1964. The centennial of the author’s
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I took 2 of my daughters to see Prince Caspian tonight. While I enjoyed the movie, but couldn’t help but feeling that it wasn’t quite flowing with the book. It has been years since I’ve read the book, so I couldn’t be sure. I will have to read the book again to determine if my
