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Venus a better colonization target than Mars?

Posted on 2015-08-30 by GarySeptember 9, 2015
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Venus is closer to Earth with shorter transfer times and tons of solar energy. Unfortunately, its atmosphere at the surface is horrifically tremendously high pressure (comparable to a depth of a kilometer in Earth’s oceans) and unimaginably hot (nearly 900 … Continue reading →

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Review: My Name Is Bruce (2007 movie)

Posted on 2015-08-30 by GaryAugust 25, 2015
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Like a lot of people I enjoy Bruce Campbell’s work, so I was looking forward to this film, which he co-produced, directed, and starred in as parody version of himself. In the end I was disappointed, but there are moments, … Continue reading →

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Supertasters

Posted on 2015-08-29 by GaryAugust 29, 2015
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Years ago I read somewhere that people who hate broccoli have a gene that enables them to taste things that the rest of us can’t, including very bitter flavors in some vegetables. Here’s a video about that, which I feel … Continue reading →

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Bill Bailey on doorbells

Posted on 2015-08-29 by GaryAugust 29, 2015
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Bill Bailey is a British comic and musician (and former co-star of the series Black Books) who ought to be better known in the U.S. Here’s a very brief bit on doorbell melodies from a recent performance. (To clear up … Continue reading →

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Review: Sucker Punch (2011 movie)

Posted on 2015-08-28 by GaryAugust 25, 2015
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Sucker Punch is a strange film, self-consciously and intentionally so, with a title that makes no particular sense. Lovely Emily Browning (who was a mental patient at the start of The Uninvited) is here a troubled young woman dumped in … Continue reading →

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Review: The Uninvited (2008 movie)

Posted on 2015-08-27 by GaryAugust 25, 2015
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I’m surprised we don’t see more of Emily Browning, the talented and attractive young actress who played Violet, the elder sister in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (reviewed here). In this film she stars as a teenager who … Continue reading →

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Redneck Avengers

Posted on 2015-08-26 by GaryAugust 26, 2015
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More from the folks at Bad Lip Reading. Not as good as the GOP debate dubbing, but occasionally funny: Link: https://youtu.be/OOQnk-hRVuc by … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with sitting?

Posted on 2015-08-25 by GaryAugust 25, 2015
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Like a lot of people, I sit way, way too much, and I keep reading that this is bad for one’s health and telling myself I ought to do something, like maybe get a standing desk or move around for … Continue reading →

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Canadian political ad

Posted on 2015-08-24 by GaryAugust 23, 2015
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In case you haven’t already seen this… Link: https://youtu.be/DG6fhub9HDQ And yes, this does appear to be a real candidate. by … Continue reading →

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High-income families in subsidized public housing?

Posted on 2015-08-23 by GaryAugust 23, 2015
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Public housing is supposed to help give low-income families a place to live, but according to a Washington Post report (link), some families getting public help have pretty high incomes, in one case nearly half a million dollars a year. … Continue reading →

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