jaybird

Hello friends!
Stell and Ian came back from the end of the world (RAGNAROCK) alive and intact. What an awesome event, 2000 people in a field in central Ohio, fighting battles. They have games like capture the flag, historical battle reenactments, our Dugans stormed and sacked Rome! Seven days of battle camp. Even Narnia is there. The whole thing is called Dagorhir. Our nation is...
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What a gorgeous day out today! In fact, the weather for a couple weeks has been wonderful. Cool air, warm sun, a little rain to keep things growing, all around nice.
I will go for a bike ride to the state park to lay out on the dunes this afternoon, before clouds roll in for the evening like they so often do.
Here is a...
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It's blizzard weekend for Michigan, but that's a whole lot better than tornados. Did you know that tornados are a plasma discharge event? That is, they are driven by electricity. That is why they are shaped like that. In fact, pretty much all weather and air movement is electrically generated. The plasma currents flowing from negative earth to positive space through the insulating atmosphere cause...
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How is it, that in the spectacular cosmic event of a supernova, it looks just like a soap bubble popping?



Jan 23, 2007
Electric Supernovae

Both conventional and electric supernovae are exploding stars. But what constitutes a star and what constitutes an explosion are quite different in each case.

In the conventional view, a supernova is an exploding star. Because gravity is the only force...
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Greetings, friends! May the Schwartz be with you. I like Yogurt.
Today, I will tell you about a storm on Yer anus. I mean, Uranus. Wait, no. Saturn! A big, freakin' storm on the south pole of Saturn, as big as earth. Cool. No, hot, it's hot.

http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/00current.htm




Dec 08, 2006
Saturn's Monstrous Polar Storm

A gigantic vortex centered on Saturn's south pole has sent...
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Well, October sure was dissapointing, weather wise. It might as well be winter already.
The kids and I and the missus had a fun Halloween, cold though it was. Two cats, a vampire, a baby lion, a daddy lion, and Mrs. Weasley! We live downtown, and only had to go about ten blocks total to fill the bags up with candy.

Today, at the shop,...
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Summer is definitely gone, it's cold in the wind now. I went camping with just my dog last night, built a fire on the beach, drank my finest beer, (La Fin du Monde kicks ass) and enjoyed nature.
This is my favorite season. Mountain biking weather. I can smell October coming.
-J

Today I am pissed off at all the liars in the world who lie to ignorant people for a living.
Like stock brokers.
Bankers.
Real estate agents.
People who are supposed to be respectible, but fear the truth. So they will never give honest advice. They will only enrich themselves at the expense of others.
And I'm pissed of that SO MANY people who should...
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Summertime.
Thank God for lakes.
Tonight, I take Rudy for a bike ride run through the woods.
He's a real deer chaser.
Take a little time to appreciate nature, it keeps us alive.