by CJ | Mar 18, 2013 | Journal
Higgs Boson I kinda like the notion we live in molasses…it explains so much perversity, like butterside down… On Wednesday night Through the Wormhole (Science Channel) is going to have a special on the Higgs field theory.
by CJ | Mar 17, 2013 | Journal
…with the duststorm coming in. Seems to me when I lived in the area we ALWAYS got them when we had a big CME and especially with auroras due to display way far south. I’ve always been curious whether there’s a link.
by CJ | Mar 15, 2013 | Journal
A coronal mass ejection, not to be confused with the far more problematic EMP (electromagnetic pulse) We could see a comet. PAN STARRS has made its loop of the sun safely and is coming back, same time same path, only a bit further over… We could see...
by CJ | Mar 15, 2013 | Journal
The Roman calendar counts thusly: the Kalends is the first of any month. The 7th or 9th of the month is the nones. (nines). The 13th or 15th of the month (depends on length) is the Ides. Pridie means ‘the day before’ So pridie kalendae Octobri is Sept 30....
by CJ | Mar 12, 2013 | Journal
…with a clipon pickup, to make it more accurate. Korg brand, FYI. I had a real nice Boss tuner that was going ‘off’ gradually. A 12-string shares some characteristics with a sitar—the harmonics of some guitars can get real tricksy: not all 12s,...
by CJ | Mar 11, 2013 | Journal
Don’t be concerned about us: we live on a basalt ridge that survived the Missoula Floods 13,000 years ago. But when a warming trend and rain simultaneously hits the west coast (Seattle) and holds all the way across, we not only have abundant rain, but a lot of...
by CJ | Mar 11, 2013 | Journal
Don’t be concerned about us: we live on a basalt ridge that survived the Missoula Floods 13,000 years ago. But when a warming trend and rain simultaneously hits the west coast (Seattle) and holds all the way across, we not only have abundant rain, but a lot of...
by CJ | Mar 10, 2013 | Journal
ONION-FREE CROCKPOT CHILI Needed: 2-3 lbs ground beef, lower fat. 2 tbs virgin olive oil or other shortening to prevent burning. Salt, Black pepper, Cayenne pepper, or red pepper flake; Cinnamon; Clove powder; thyme powder, ground cumin; Allspice; dark red hot chili...
by CJ | Mar 10, 2013 | Journal
ONION-FREE CROCKPOT CHILI Needed: 2-3 lbs ground beef, lower fat. 2 tbs virgin olive oil or other shortening to prevent burning. Salt, Black pepper, Cayenne pepper, or red pepper flake; Cinnamon; Clove powder; thyme powder, ground cumin; Allspice; dark red hot chili...
by CJ | Mar 10, 2013 | Journal
It is. It did. We had a party last night, which lasted fairly late…so our household (read, Jane) is still abed. We ate way too much pizza. I, being a wuss, and tired, turned in a wee bit early. But it was fun. We had ball-jointed dolls all over the place. I...
by CJ | Mar 9, 2013 | Journal
about 15 min after sundown, near the sun’s path: we haven’t seen it yet, but you don’t need a scope, they’re saying. We’re having clear skies, so there is hope.
by CJ | Mar 9, 2013 | Journal
We are doing it. We took stuff that’s still operable to a store that funds a rehab center: we have sworn off Goodwill, since it continues to pay employees non-survival wages while the CEO gets richer and richer. This little place is very of-the-people...
