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18 Apr 2024 3 minute read 0 comments 072wxw
Today I am talking about a colloquialism from my childhood. I have heard it said many times in our society when the intended message was to say you need to be less sensitive, or to tell someone to have tougher skin so to speak. "Sticks and stones c...
22 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments My life My rules
People from ancient times have wanted to have locks to their bodies and minds. To be stronger, to be smarter, to gain power over fate and over entire generations. The world has changed, the wisdom of generations is dissolving and losing its original...
2 Jan 2024 3 minute read 2 comments Diomedes
It was an oriental drama, an almost perverse scene, Babylon, and this was in daylight. Who knows what it was by night, as she’d been absent from our sleeping quarters the last three, without explanation. It was like when Alexander first broke the...
13 Nov 2023 3 minute read 0 comments evgenima
Daily Bible Reading: Sunday, November 12, 2023 Matthew 25:1-13 (NRSV) Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish,...
19 Sep 2023 1 minute read 3 comments Nihilsum
I recently built a small but scalable 24v off-grid solar power system as a fun/educational project for myself and a backup power source. I had no prior electrical experience but read and studied obsessively. I built the system for a little under $100...
31 Aug 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Sdom
Hydrogen is the first and most important element in the universe. It consists of a positively charged nucleus (proton) and a negatively charged electron and has the lowest atomic weight of any element. Under normal conditions, hydrogen is a colorless...
27 Jul 2023 3 minute read 0 comments evgenima
Daily Bible Reading: Friday, July 21, 2023 Psalm 86:11-17 (NRSV) 11Teach me your way, O LORD,that I may walk in your truth;give me an undivided heart to revere your name.12I give thanks to you, O LORD my God, with my whole heart,and I will glorif...
15 Jun 2023 2 minute read 0 comments evgenima
Psalm 100 (NRSV) 1Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.2Worship the LORD with gladness;come into his presence with singing.3Know that the LORD is God.It is he that made us, and we are his;we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture....
23 May 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
This was disturbing news and completely unexpected. Ted asked if he could examine her cluster in the basement of the complex. That would give him some idea of how much of her was still working. He might even be able to restore sectors that were do...
28 Apr 2023 3 minute read 0 comments steverobert
Small Modular Reactors Small form factor nuclear power is considered to be a safe and efficient way to generate electricity. Small modular reactors (SMRs) are designed to be passively safe, meaning that they do not require active controls to prevent...
