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Monday, December 8, 2008
In the Steps of John Lennon
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John Lennon died on this day in 1980. I realized this weekend that last month I stayed at the Montreal Hilton, the same hotel where John Len...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl
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This past weekend I finished reading this long awaited (by me) novel. Clarke had been working on it for a few years but was unable to comple...
CD Review: Roy Orbison - The Soul of Rock and Roll
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I'm a big fan of Roy Orbison. He had an amazing singing voice, was a talented song writer, and was a pretty good guitar player. And with...
Monday, September 1, 2008
Humans, by Robert J. Sawyer
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I just read Humans , the second novel in The Neanderthal Parallax trilogy by Robert J. Sawyer. It was just the thing to pass the time flying...
Sunday, August 24, 2008
2008 Olympic Results - Another Way of Looking at the Numbers
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The 2008 Summer Olympics are over, and the results are in. The official rankings are weighted by the type and number of medals won, and with...
Friday, August 22, 2008
Book Review: Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?
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Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? And 114 Other Questions Penguin Canada 2006 ISBN-10: 0-14-305390-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-305390-3 I sub...
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Star Trek Gets A Facelift
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I'm a big fan of Star Trek, especially the original series. Recently I was thinking, how would the original series hold up against conte...
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