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| Can't sleep for nothing! (Illustration by Edmund Dulac) |
When a former renter neglected to clean out one last pea from the freezer, her landlord was quick to keep some of the deposit money. True, there were a few other peccadillos, such as “a small piece of paper on the floor,” but how tough is it to pick that up?
A focus upon peace rather than peas could have been far more satisfying.
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Copyright August 14, 2021 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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| Hmm... (Fair Use) |
Take Bennu, for instance. “Ben who?” you ask. Bennu, the asteroid that might just crush the U. S. Eastern Seaboard within 300 years.
What, me worry? A current stance of top scientists who estimate the odds of that happening to be a mere “1-in-1,750.” Do statistics lie? Best to find out before it’s too late.
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Copyright August 13, 2021 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved |
| Constellation Andromeda (Card by Sidney Hall) |
If you crane your neck skyward this evening, you might just catch an eyeful of “fireballs.” With Perseids peaking at about 100 per hour, chances are great that you won’t be disappointed.
And who might Perseus be? He was the mythological hero who slayed the monstrous Medusa and founded Mycenae, an ancient center of Greek civilization. He later married Andromeda, whose legacy also shines within the heavens.
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https://news.yahoo.com/perseids-start-week-nasa-calls-121300182.html
Copyright August 12, 2021 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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| Temple of Hephaestus in Athens (Photo by LBM1948) |
“Lucifer” is to blame, which is the name folks have given to the anticyclone root of this hotter than you-know-what wave. Before this, Athens held the record at 118 degrees Fahrenheit, perhaps because of Hephaestus, later named Vulcan.
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| Dawn at Joshua Tree (Photo by Jessie Eastland) |
A collection of Picasso creations could fetch as much as $100M. That’s million with a capital M. His works have long been revered for their beauty and diversity. But then again, so have God’s.
So we ask: Is the panorama of a dawning day any less artistic than brushwork on canvas?
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Copyright August 12, 2021 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved |
| Zip Thy Lip (Photo by Kajoovi) |
But what about the rest of the mouth? Perhaps there should be an additional warning, one that stipulates, “Thou shalt not bite.”
The mayor of Nagoya apparently did not get that memo. After he bit into the gold medal of Japanese softball player Miu Goto, the blowback was fierce. He ended up apologizing, then admitting, “I should reflect on that.” Reflection is all well and good, but tends to work best when done beforehand.
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https://news.yahoo.com/olympic-officials-replace-japanese-athletes-133002089.html
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| Perseverance 'Selfie' (NASA photo) |
Scientists aren’t quite sure what went wrong, so they too will have to persevere. They suspect that Mars rocks might have “unforeseen properties” that interfered. Or perhaps the soil is overly “sticky.” Fortunately, the overall sampling system seems to be in good shape.
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https://spacenews.com/perseverance-first-sampling-attempt-comes-up-empty/
