Monthly Archives: July 2005

Due to a faulty sensor in the external fuel tank, the Space Shuttle launch has been postponed until Saturday at the earliest, and probably until Monday (July 18). Send to Kindle

I’m very interested in space and space related things, so the coming launch of the space shuttle, scheduled for 12:50:53 PM Pacific Time has me quite excited. After two and a half years, it’s good to see them going back … Continue reading →

Christopher Hitchens, writing in the Daily Mirror on July 8 expresses the obvious, that nevertheless many seem to willfully, and puzzlingly, overlook: We know very well what the “grievances” of the jihadists are. The grievance of seeing unveiled women. The … Continue reading →

One of the interesting things that puzzles me sometimes is how people go about reading the Bible. In Douglas Adams’ humorous novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, scientists build the computer Deep Thought and ask it “the great Question … Continue reading →

It is very early in the morning and I am having trouble sleeping. It is appropriate, I suppose, that I’ve been at work preparing Edward Young’s 18th century poetic meditations on suffering for republication. The poem begins thus: Tired Nature’s … Continue reading →