Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism This essay is derived from a creative work of the same title, posted on my poetry blog Monday. Happy birthday, mom. I miss you. Sixty years ago, you were thirty-eight years old. I was one year, one month, and one day old. I was apparently potty-trained, whichContinue reading “Cloth Diapers…”
Category Archives: Existentialism
60 Years Ago Tomorrow…
Source: March on Washington, History dot com editors Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights Sixty years ago tomorrow, two dear friends turned a year old, and ten years old. Sixty years ago tomorrow, I was a year, and 12 days old. The March on Washington happened on the eighth anniversary ofContinue reading “60 Years Ago Tomorrow…”
Until the Next July…
This map shows global temperature anomalies for July 2023 according to the GISTEMP analysis by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Temperature anomalies reflect how July 2023 compared to the average July temperature from 1951-1980. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies Topics: Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism, Global Warming, NASA Editor’s Note: ThisContinue reading “Until the Next July…”
Cartoon Network…
Mick Fleetwood’s Maui Restaurant destroyed in Maui fire. Allison Rapp, Ultimate Classic Rock Topics: Battery, Chemistry, Civics, Civilization, Climate Change, Democracy, Existentialism The Herculoids were a Hanna-Barbara cartoon that only ran for two seasons, from 1967 to 1969. From ages five to seven, I didn’t demand much from my Saturday morning viewing pleasure: good guys,Continue reading “Cartoon Network…”
Trinity and Consequences…
(Credit: DoruqpashA/Shutterstock) Topics: Education, Existentialism, History, Medicine, Nuclear Power 21st-century weather models show how radioactive fallout from atmospheric nuclear tests spread more widely than thought across the US The Trinity Nuclear Test on 16 July 1945 is a key incident in the blockbuster Oppenheimer movie and in the history of humankind. Many scientists think itContinue reading “Trinity and Consequences…”
Change, Crisis, Catastrophe…
Topics: Civilization, Climate Change, Democracy, Existentialism, Global Warming In my post on Friday, two weeks ago, I compared the Earth to a plastic or glass bottle in a microwave. Of course, YouTube has an example of someone not taking Thermodynamics seriously. After a LONG two minutes and some change, the explosion is a sad butContinue reading “Change, Crisis, Catastrophe…”
Thermodynamics…
Source: Climate.gov Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Existentialism, Global Warming, Green Tech Noun: the branch of physical science that deals with the relations between heat and other forms of energy (such as mechanical, electrical, or chemical energy) and, by extension, the relationships between all forms of energy. Heatstroke is a condition caused by your body overheating,Continue reading “Thermodynamics…”
Megalomania…
You’re going to have to pay me… One Billion Dollars! … Sorry, One Hundred Billion Dollars! Photo: Warner Bros; Getty Images, Jonathan Chait, NY Mag, March 8, 2018 Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Democracy, Diversity in Science, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights, Women in Science Megalomania: a mania for great or grandiose performance; a delusionalContinue reading “Megalomania…”
Critical, or Magical…
Topics: Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism, Science Fiction, Star Trek Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectualContinue reading “Critical, or Magical…”
Unsustainable…
From the Twilight Zone season 3, episode 8, “It’s a Good Life.” Billy Mumy plays an evil little boy who terrorizes his neighborhood with his magical powers for any slight. Here, he turned a man into a jack-in-the-box. Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Existentialism, Fascism Jesse Pinkman: You don’t want a criminal lawyer… you want aContinue reading “Unsustainable…”
Physics and Nano 