It is so good to be home again. The cats are very affectionate, and they slept with us all night. Today, I fed them treats, […]
Read MoreM31 and Friends
The Milky Way galaxy is part of a Local Group of Galaxies that together occupy a space some 10 million light years in diameter. As […]
Read MoreHome Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig!
After a week of astrophotographical safari, it is nice to be home among familiar cats and with access to our own bed. The safari quarry […]
Read MoreThis Week in COVID
I know that you’ve been waiting all week for Dr. Klotman’s weekly COVID update, and here it is. The most interesting things about COVID this […]
Read MoreThe End of Novelty
I have five telescopes. Four are astrographs – two Ritchey-Chretien (RC) reflectors and two APO refractors. The fifth is a fast Newtonian that last saw […]
Read MoreVerlasso Salmon Porn
Tonight’s dinner was pan-fried Verlasso Salmon with a spicy aioli and a boiled artichoke to dip in garlic butter. Verlasso is a farmed salmon. Its […]
Read MoreNoblesse Oblige
It’s French for the obligations that fall upon those born into the nobility. Unlike our cousins across the pond, the US has no aristocracy – […]
Read MoreRamen Porn
Dinner this evening was very low key. Susan had bought some ramen noodle bowls at Walgreens, and I decided to supplement them with U-16 shrimp […]
Read MoreRed Wave. Blue Wave. What Wave? No Wave!
It sounds a bit like a Dr. Seuss rhyme. Robert Reich’s Substack newsletter today commented that the election returns haven’t shown any evidence of a […]
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