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Zootopia
I got a chance to see Zootopia with my family this past weekend. [No spoilers below, don’t worry.] This is a movie that I’ve been looking forward to since the first trailers. I am delighted and relieved to say that it lived up to expectations ( Read more... ) -
Summer Family Vacation
This past week we did our semi-regular summer trip. We all piled into the minivan (the Family Truckster, if you please) and drove down to Santa Clara, CA with a stop in Portland, OR on the way back up.
On the trip down we also stopped at Ape Cave, a lava tube near Mt St Helens.
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Bipedal Beavers on the Moon!
Did ya hear about the bipedal beavers living on the moon?
It was front page news in the New York Sun.... back in 1835!
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New Horizons Arriving at Pluto!
After many years of waiting (and many journal updates here), the New Horizons spacecraft is finally arriving at the Plutonian system!
Pluto Flyby CoverageThey are already getting some fantastic new images showing the surface of the mysterious (dwarf) planet. New Horizons will have closest approach tomorrow, 7/14, and be beaming back heavy amounts ( Read more... ) -
New Horizons Approaches Pluto
Though it's fast approaching, it's still about 30 million miles away. But the team is starting to get some good images of the enigmatic ex-planet.
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A State-ly Word Puzzle
...because every now and then I get inspired to make a word puzzle. Enjoy! LMK what you think. Assume the comment section contains answers/spoilers.
“A Change of State”
Combine a two-letter state postal abbreviation with a word to form a different word.
Example:
In the blue hen state, illumination becomes a joy.
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SpaceX Launch Tomorrow
Tomorrow SpaceX will do another satellite launch. This will be their second attempt to land the first stage booster -- something no one has done and which would open the way to reusable boosters to cut the cost of launches.
The launch window is tomorrow, 6:10 Eastern / 3:10 Pacific.
UPDATE: Launch was scrubbed on Sunday due to an issue with an ( Read more... )
