Pennies are now officially collector’s items. There’s a cool band of teens from NZ. And my latest attempt at astrophotography was a mixed success. What more could you want?
Category: Science
Fire Ant Flickers (#14)
Halloween Hijinks
You might think you know where this is headed, but you'd be wrong.
Halloween: That magical time when boys and girls around the world are bribed with potatoes to prevent vandalism, although some probably end up in automobile tailpipes.
Fire Ant Flickers (#7)
I needed to clear a few browser tabs. Sorry about that.
Wherein I learn I need better photographic equipment and the brain to use it. Also, a transparent TV is an oxymoron, but tell that to the Koreans. And, finally, a tip for getting out of a situation that you’ll swear wasn’t your fault.
Pareidolia -or- Do you see what I see?
Do you see things in things? If so, welcome to the party!
Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon where our brains make us see things in other things. Or something.
Fire Ant Flickers (#2)
We're all about obscure scientific inquiry here at the Gazette. Also, cool cars.
It’s a rainy day in Texas, and thoughts turn to organic excretions, Cadillac concepts, and third thumbs. What an amazing world we live in!
Drone Drama: Downed & Drowned
The eclipse was awesome, but the related trauma wasn't.
The fact that the eclipse could wreck my drone was apparently not a surprise to anyone but me.
Random Thursday: The Tuesday Browser Tab-Clearing Edition
Pro tip for bloggers: Open a ton of browser tabs, then make a post out of them.
Saving Sonora
The patient is in critical condition, surrounded by medical professionals who are frantically working in uncharted territory. The patient, just four years of age, has something in her bloodstream that is preventing it from clotting. The medical team knows what it is, but the patient’s unique characteristics are posing a challenge as to the right… Continue reading Saving Sonora
Random Thursday: Shambling into a new year
Hello, America. It’s the first Thursday of 2022, and this is the year that I’m finally going to get serious about my journalistic responsibilities. Of course, that will have no effect on this website. As I’m sure you all know, today is National Cuddle Up Day, which sounds quite inviting, only it’s also National Bean… Continue reading Random Thursday: Shambling into a new year
Random Thursday: The Thawed Monday Edition
Howdy, buckaroos. We just received the cancellation of the boil water notice that we’ve been living under for the last eight years* so I’m giddy and in the mood to engage in some mindless activity…like blogging. I don’t know if you heard, but Texas traded places with Antarctica for a week, and then Hell took… Continue reading Random Thursday: The Thawed Monday Edition