Seafood Porn

Tonight, I have been doing astrophotography porn at least two ways. I’ve been taking pictures from the observatory 130SV instrument while also processing images from […]

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Galaxy Season

This is the time of year that amateur astronomers call “galaxy season.” When we are looking out at the arms of the Milky Way or […]

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This Week in COVID

Paul Klotman’s weekly COVID update is out today. The epidemiological picture continues to improve. But, we should remain vigilant even as we have reason to […]

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Last Night in Food Porn

We decided to have vegetables with a dressing of proteins last night. I bought ingredients, and Susan prepared them. There was a parmesan cauliflower covered […]

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Betrayal

It’s the stuff of Greek tragedy and Shakespearean theater. A jilted lover, a murdered emperor, it is loyalty reimagined as treachery. That’s betrayal. At our […]

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The Owl

This is an image of the Owl Nebula, M97. It’s a “planetary” nebula – a nebula created by a star that has exhausted its supply […]

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Reputation

I don’t know which of my early teachers admonished me that our reputations, good or bad, precede us. It was probably several of them – […]

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Euphemisms and Metaphors

They’re different things, of course, but both are used foreign policy. Consider Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation.” It’s just a euphemism for Putin’s genocidal war […]

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Bug Tacos

We have lots of leftover crawfish, sausage, corn, potatoes, and mushrooms from yesterday’s bug boil. So, lunch today was bug tacos. I sliced up a […]

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