The Old Rings Out
THE OLD RINGS OUT “Perfect” not pleasant symphony of tuning-forks each impinging pitch.
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Defining Trait
We used to think it was our ability to use tools or the elegance of our reasoning or the architecture of opposable thumbs or brain size.
Maybe we need a new criteria to define our intelligence and what makes it distinct from other species on our planet.
T.T.O.T.T.
T.T.O.T.T. As we get older, more words elusively slip the tip of the tongue.
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COSMIC SIMPLIFICATION Parabolically, along a stretched “rubber sheet,” planets roll like balls.
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SILENT PARTNER was originally published in 86 Logic, Spring 2021. No need to mention any of the names of those who ask me, “Why so quiet, James?” In truth, I’m quiet since I do not choose to shallowly discuss the evening news, to idly chat about weather reports or wager over who should win at […]
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There’s always someone who believes the moon is real when I’m not looking. ENTANGLED EXPECTATIONS There’s always someone who believes the moon is real, when I’m not looking.
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Recently, we’ve learned that Pluto is a double (dwarf) planet in combination with its mutually tidally locked partner, Charon (pronounced Karen). No matter which “dwarf” you are on, the same side of the other will always face you. Charon cannot see Pluto’s heart, which is on Pluto’s “dark side,” relative to its view. Now called […]
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More HiRISE photos can be found here: https://www.uahirise.org/catalog/
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Relativity’s a funny thing.
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MONKEYS SHINED The keyboard monkeys, ad infinitum, may randomly type out a Shakespeare play, but publishing monkeys may well spite ‘em, printing only the pap that sells today. The chance of brilliance, vanishingly small, is filtered through some monkey business sense and may never make the bookshelves at all — some monkeys see […]
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BARD OF MARS 