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May 30, 2009
Category: Creative commons
Warning: Artsy-fartsy post. Read this article on Francis Bacon, a unique artist. His painting of the head in a cube (that's Pope X) kept me disturbed for many days and nights. Later in life, Bacon hated having painted this, saying...
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May 27, 2009
Category: Prime Stream
How can you see hummingbirds, roses, orchids and not believe in Lord's splendor? But, if you're going to look at those things, you should look at other things, too. Think of an African boy with a parasitic worm boring into...
Posted by Selva at 7:32 AM • 4 Comments •
May 25, 2009
Category: Prime Stream
. So, Mark Vernon wants us hard-nosed realists to feel warm and fuzzy. From this BBC post: A prize-winning quantum physicist says a spiritual reality is veiled from us, and science offers a glimpse behind that veil. So how do...
Posted by Selva at 5:28 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: DesiPundit
This news at the beebs. A Catholic church in Malaysia which prays to Allah has prompted a court case over who can use the word. Muslim leaders say Islam should be the only faith to use it, saying its use...
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May 23, 2009
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The 1995 Literature Nobel Laureate speaks of the poem Digging....
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May 19, 2009
Category: DesiPundit
A few days back, I happened to watch a few scenes of an old Star Trek episode. There was the usual fare of beam-me-ups, tea materializer, mother levitator, etc. And then there was the Matter Displacement Detector. That piqued my...
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Category: Creative commons
Here are some tips on what to do with it....
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May 16, 2009
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Watched this delightful interview by Gabby Logan with Agassi and Graf, two of my favorite tennis players when I was young. It was more than just two former professional tennis players talking. Very smart and very self-aware. I've grown fond...
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May 15, 2009
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One of the occasional political posts. You're probably full of this news already, if you live in the UK. It on the TV for 24 hrs. Anyway, let me unload before my head explodes. The motherload. There's an article in...
Posted by Selva at 10:24 AM • 4 Comments •
May 14, 2009
Category: Prime Stream
Layman: What are the strings in String Theory made of? Physicist: Well, they are not made of anything. They are fundamental. Layman: Like how sometime back protons were fundamental, and then how quarks were fundamental? Physicist: You see, physics...
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