Thursday, August 06, 2009

The Sharing Knife Books: Ground

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In previous posts, I described the setting and the theme of the four Sharing Knife novels, by Lois McMaster Bujold . A later post, on rel...
Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Sunspots 222

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: CBS News, and many other sources, report that tanning ...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009

The Sharing Knife, theme

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In the first post in this series, I attempted to set the stage, including some description of the two types of people in these books. A lat...
Monday, August 03, 2009

The Sharing Knife tetralogy, by Lois McMaster Bujold

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I have recently read the Sharing Knife tetralogy, by Lois McMaster Bujold . Bujold is one of the few authors who have won both the Hugo ...
Sunday, August 02, 2009

The diversity of God's creation

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I have been struck by the number of times that the Bible is inclusive about God's creation, in reference to how good it is, and, I belie...
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Saturday, August 01, 2009

Very strange fungal parasites in action

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Carl Zimmer has hit another home run in this blog post from Discover Magazine . He has learned about fungi that parasitize insects. Nothing...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

The recent eclipse, seen from space

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Since you didn't see the recent solar eclipse, you can see the shadow of the moon on the earth, on China, as posted by Wired. Amazing!
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Sunspots 221

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Did you ever wonder about the adaptive significance of ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

We are all human.

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When you hear a baby cry, you can't tell the sex, skin color, national origin, ethnicity, or language group of the child from the sound....
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Water: an amazing substance

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Water is a very common substance, so common that we take it for granted, but it is also unusual. How so? Why is that important? 1. Water ...
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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Loose talk

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Mark 7 : 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, ...
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Brief book report: Solstice Wood, Inside Job, and Afternoon of the Elves

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I have recently read Solstice Wood (New York: Ace Books, 2006) by Patricia A. McKillip . I don't want to give away the plot. This is a...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Elizabeth Moon's Vatta's War books.

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Elizabeth Moon has become one of my favorite authors. Evidently others like her work, too. Her The Speed of Dark won the Nebula award for...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Oswald Chambers on conversion versus redemption

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I am ashamed to confess that, until recently, I had never read My Utmost for His Highest , by Oswald Chambers . It's a challenging devot...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Sunspots 220

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Wired reports that a human egg has now been grown fr...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Fireflies: how to communicate with them

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Carl Zimmer , science writer, and a good one, has recently written a piece as a blog post for Discover magazine. In his article, Zimmer dis...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Yet another proof that sex does not equal love

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I'm old enough to remember some of the stir created by Masters and Johnson , who boldly went where very few had gone before, namely into...
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Revealing Christ

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I recently had the privilege of hearing Pastor Kerry Willis present, to a small group, what he said was his main theme, namely demonstratin...
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Stem cells and Lou Gehrig's disease

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On July 2nd, CBS Evening News reported on what they say is a ground-breaking new technique, aimed at treating Lou Gehrig's disease , or...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

The Footprints of God by Greg Iles

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I read The Footprints of God (2003) by Greg Iles , some time ago. Somewhere, I had read that it raised questions about ethical and religiou...
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